Thanks for filling in my rape culture bingo card today! I'd been a little busy, but thanks to this one comment I managed to fill my card all the way in.

I liked the first three books. The last two were so bad I rated them at five full wall hits (when you get so mad you throw the book at a wall). But Clary is a huge Mary Sue and also obsesses over boys for almost all of the series ( I mean, Jace specifically, but still).

Yeah, I'm less worried about the medical effects (most of which are kinda unproven and shit science) and more worried about the life effects. If you have a kid at 40 you are going to be 56 when they learn to drive and that's just asking for a heart attack :/

Yeah, and anecdote is totally the singular form of evidence and all that.

Can we talk about the very real problem of developing increasing anxiety every time someone says the phrase "biological clock"?

Yeah, but if it's a one night stand to one person and the start of a relationship to another?

I'm generally against being a liar or misleading others about your intentions. It's not a different strokes thing. Your approach misleads and hurts people. Mine does not. They are not equal.

Awww, did I hurt your feelings?

A non-issue for me.

congrats. You're one of the douchebags we're all trying to avoid.

Considering you referenced pick up artist guides as being useful, yes, you are just talking as a crazy guy.

I unabashedly love Keegan Allen and Troian Bellisario. Some of the best acting on a 'teen' show and their tumblrs are both fantastic.

you're right. At 13 he totally "made the choice" to stick a needle in his arm and after that we should have denied him all love or chance at a normal life. Also? The people who love him should have 'realized' he was a goner and aren't allowed to hurt now. What the fuck are you even arguing?

I would agree. I would also say that most men dress to impress other men and most women dress to impress other women. I don't think it's fair to attribute a need for frequent haircuts or dresses to men and claim that's the reason they have to pay on dates.

My current dude spends way more on clothes than me (and looks goddamn awesome for it, he also tailors his own clothes), gets his hair cut more often than I would ever dream of (I hit up the salon once every four months or so), and guess what? We still go fifty/ fifty.

That's the best part of the pizza/pool/beer and fun wedding style: You can invite as many people as you want! No "it'll cost us 200 per a head" bullshit.

wait, so you actually take hormonal birth control because men like it?

My point is a guy paying for my dinner because he feels obligated or because "I make less" or because "it costs a lot of money to be pretty" is perpetuating the problem and bringing it into a budding relationship.

that's insane logic.

well, that's real dumb.