Ha, me too. My first thought was literally "I hope they make sure it's not a zombie." I blame Max Brooks.

Yeah, I used gay as a slur when I was little and I had no idea what it ment. When I asked my mom she told me that gay means people like my godmother and her partner. My mind was boggled — my godmother and her partner didn't seem to be that different from other grown-up couples. So I wouldn't say I was an especially…

Your train of thought is pretty similar to Gloria Steinem's: [www.mum.org]

I'll just leave this here.

My boyfriend is a sailor. His words: "Wow. They have a lot of spare time."

Yeah? Let's see.

I wonder if you've seen this.

I read that his party's female MP's pretty much avoid being alone in the same room with him. They learn it right in the beginning of their careers. So yeah, I guess something like that.

If you abortion-loving shitasses really long to witness abortion on screen you should totally see Obvious Child, a cute short comedy by Gillian Robespierre. [vimeo.com]

"We're all assuming that it's those racist white people yet again"

I feel it's an American thing. I'm from Finland, and even when we were little me and my siblings used to laugh about how in American movies the only two black characters always ended up together. It seemed absurd to us.

Yes! The first thing I thought of when I read this article.

Trigger warning for the YouTube comments as well. I just... I mean... Agh.

Aww, thanks for sharing. Very cute, very age-appropriate. I used to take African dance classes when I was little, too. Should start that wonderful hobby again.

I find Janelle Monae awesomely Disney-like in this old clip. She doesn't sing like this most of the time, though.

I tried several different browsers — I could see the picture on Chrome, but not on Firefox or Explorer.

No, what? I thought he was as hot as ever.

@Nimnyn: I think he's saying the men aren't really heros either — otherwise there wouldn't be an illusion to wreck.

This reminds me of when, a few years back, I asked a (male, elderly) gyno for a referral to HIV testing. He looked at me from head to toe, saw a blonde "good girl" and chuckled: "Pffft, you don't need to do that." I insisted on getting tested, and his response was to ask if I had been "messing around" with foreigners.…

Everyone who has an uncle has been in this situation. Awkward.