Well, he isn’t teaching English, so I’ll give it a pass. I did still have to stop at those words, because they hurt =(

Sweet fucking christ. Is there a depth to which human depravity won’t sink to?

That sparkly cape and outfit are incredible you have no reason to kinda be into it. BE ALL THE WAY INTO IT

I kinda want to wear the sparkly cape all the time.

I am stupidly into that sparkly cape. I want to wear it. (I would look very dumb wearing it, but still.)

the joke is about Derek and Hansel’s out-of-touch bigotry

But the character is clearly a parody on how his looks have been labeled weird and alien like. All isn’t supposed to be transgender. He is supposed to be alien.

Really don’t like the comparison to blackface, especially calling this the “modern” equivalent. Um, blackface is not a thing of the past. It's still very much a problem.

But... it sort of was acknowledged in the books. People tended to have names that fit with their jobs or the economic niche of their districts. Like Wiress was from the technology district, Gloss came from a luxury district. Or the names reveal something about the character: Katniss is a water plant nicknamed an…

I actually preferred the books to the movies because you got to hear a lot more of Katniss’s inner monologue. This isn’t a light and happy trilogy. It’s a story about civil war and PTSD and how we use media to turn suffering into spectacle, but also how you can overcome suffering through love and constancy. I thought…

When your drivers license expires, you are no longer allowed to drive.

Yeah, that’s the one element missing from the story. It was common until recently for Catholic families with enough daughters to assign one of them for life as a nun. It was seen by many as some kind of obligation to the Church. Or, if something happened to ruin her “chances” like rape or unwed motherhood, or some…

I’m an atheist raised by atheist parents and I spent kindergarten through high school in Catholic schools because they were the best education where we lived. It’s not uncommon. Most Catholic schools don’t even have nuns teaching anymore and if there are priests around they are often in administrative positions.

According to RAINN, 293,066 people are sexually assaulted in America each year. 80% are assaulted by someone known to them. That still leaves 59,613 women being assaulted by strangers. Not an insignificant number. I’m not sure I agree with your idea that women wouldn’t wear the device to parties and in homes—after…

I know, right? The MRA trolls are THICK on this thread - no idea how they got in the black. I wish people would stop responding to them. Lots of “rape never happens, feminists made it up” garbage. Hope they don’t have wives, sisters, or daughters!

It isn’t just designed for stranger rapes. It would also work for if a friend-of-a-friend decided you really wanted to have sex with him at a party, even though you said no. He drags you into a bathroom or a closet, you press the button, a loud screaming noise emerges, plus an alert goes up to your girlfriends. Mr.…

Just the fact that it could be activated silently, while (someone you know and thought you could trust) is in your house or some other space where there aren’t lots of other people around (because you let them in) is *huge*. If I’d had a small device clipped to my belt while I was being acquaintance raped you bet your…

About a month back a woman was abducted in broad daylight not even a block away from my apartment building and raped. Less than a week after that another woman was sexually assaulted IN my apartment building. So fuck you and your assertion that my insecurities are unfounded.

Unfortunately, that is the real life that many (and possibly most? not sure and hope not?) women lead. Think for a minute: do you imagine it’s like, “Whoops! Uncle Joe turned out to be a rapist! Guess I’ll just cut him and only him out of my life” Or do you think it’s more like, “I love my family and they support me…

I’ve been raped and sexually assaulted. I’ve had my house broken into twice. I’m not paranoid, I’m being proactive.