It would have been fair to give some warning, either on the syllabus or by e-mail or whatever, that porn clips will be shown on X day in class. That way people who really didn't want to sit through that could elect not to come.

I agree with Jansen. There is plenty of porn in which men are "dominated" whether by other men (very frequently in gay porn) or by women. That's because some people - men and women - enjoy being submissive. To deny that or try to shame those people is not exactly feminist.

If it's a potential threat, that's one thing. I think the point here is that the term is tossed around much like "stalker" - something that, if real, would be very threatening. I've heard friends of mine melodramatically discussing their "stalkers" enough times that I am no longer really alarmed when I hear that…

I agree that the term can be insulting and overused, especially when used as kcpenna applies it: "I think I'm better than this person, who has the audacity not to realize that I think I'm better than him/her." That in itself is a bit creepy. On the other hand, I'm no MRA, and I think the "creep" label can and should…

Awesome response, you win the internet.

Where did I tell you what words you can and cannot use? You're free to use whatever language you want. You can walk around calling everyone you meet an asshole if you want, it's a free country.

Of course you can choose whether or not you want to communicate that way.

Because your personal experience of being called a bitch explains everything ever.

Did you just claim that everyone on True Blood is unattractive??

I think Vampire Diaries jumped the shark when relationships/pairings/shipping/whatever became the sole focus of every plot line and every scene on the show. Last night is a good example. All of a sudden GhostRose is giving long soliloquies about Damon and Elena's unrequited love? Why the hell would she care, and even…

How about "deeply unsettling." Well, I guess that sounds pretty insulting too. But at least it's more specific.

And when you get called a bitch, fucking deal with it and reassess your behavior? Or just call the person who called you a bitch a creep, then everyone can call it a day.

"Though the word may be occasionally used unfairly (for example, to describe a physically unattractive guy's genuinely respectful attempt at striking up a conversation), "creepy" serves a vital function. No other word is as effective as describing when a man has crossed a woman's boundary"

They also took over the small town of Hanford, Washington. You can still see the ghost town in the middle of the eastern Washington desert. Pretty eerie.

This reminds me of philosopher/theorist Jane Bennett's Vibrant Matter. The iceberg doesn't quite have "agency" but according to Bennett, it has a trajectory and "Thing-Power".

Uranus has an unusually powerful magnetic field that draws me right in. I just can't resist the forces of nature.

The people in this video are insufferable. In ten or fifteen years people will be mocking all the twee hipsterishness of the 2000s and I can't wait. It's truly one of the most insufferable decades yet.

"Jason's rape storyline being dropped like a hot potato? Why have it in the first place? "

The suspense is actually killing me. Oh HBO, I love you so.

I agree that most of the characters on the show are annoying as hell. Maybe it's weird, but that doesn't bother me.. I mean, I feel like these characters are kind of supposed to be annoying. I feel like the writers are constantly mocking them and I'm okay with that. I'm also not bothered by the fairy blood because I…