Here’s the thing. I’m white. I’m not an activist. I’m not involved in any charities. Mashing a couple paragraphs down on internet comment sections here and there is the closest I get to voicing any convictions—I don’t even have very many convictions. I read about injustice; on a cognitive level I disagree with it and…

I would disagree. Hatred’s totally unhealthy in my opinion. Anger can be useful. Calling attention to situations where publicity would do more good than harm will always be very important. But hatred and reason don’t mix, and in the long run it doesn’t do your psyche much good either.

I’d say they’re a little past just trolls. Still, way to take the high road. I’m impressed.

I don’t know if I would fault them for casting her as a sex-worker. The sad fact of the matter is that so many transgendered folks have been forced into that trade. Now if they’re giving off vibes that we should look down on sex-workers or judge them as somehow immoral, that’s an issue. The whole episode sounds like…

And he’s from New Zealand, not Australia.

...Yes?

Quite honestly I would probably just ignore it too, man, woman or otherwise. Ain’t nobody got time to get involved in that shit.

I think you should feel bad when it happens to a man, which you do and good on you. That single standard is how you know you actually have clear and reasoned morals.

I think something that might confuse commoners about the wage gap is that the discrepancies seem to occur mostly in circumstances where both male and female parties would be making more than enough to survive regardless. Without diminishing the issue, I can see how someone in a blue-collar field -a huge percentage of…