This straight male will (respectfully) appreciate any cleavage a busty woman is willing to display.  I will not judge you for it, and I will not ogle you.  But I will notice; I can’t help that.

While I would have voted for Nixon were I a New Yorker, it’s unfortunate that left leaning Democrats couldn’t get a more experienced candidate to face Cuomo.  I think Nixon could make a fine politician, and I hope she runs for some other offices.  Maybe after accumulating more political experience, she could become…

Maybe they were big fans of the ‘90s rock band, The Nixons. “Sister, I see you, dancin’ on the stage of memories...”

“All mushrooms are edible.  Some are edible only once.” -Terry Pratchett

Yeah, bad people can be rape victims, too.  Hell, rapists can be rape victims.

The $15/hr thing comes from extrapolating what minimum wage would be if one adjusted the 1960s minimum wage for inflation.

With political figures, taking a stance of believing all women only arms bad actors with a very easy-to-use weapon.  Often, though, the weight of evidence is damning, or it’s clear the woman is being truthful for one reason or another.

I think the problem is that they’re usually kind of boring. Originally, they were titillating, and I’m sure they still are for some people.  However, pictures of naked people are just a few clicks away.  Now, sex scenes just seem like a waste of time, just like bad action scenes.  For a scene of any sort to be…

Not the police budget, as that’s just an excuse to pull it away from some other department to make up the difference.  Instead, pull it out of the pension fund.  Then, maybe the police will recognize the threat of bad cops.

Regarding the legitimacy of nobility in a D&D game, it depends on the conceits of the setting. Are the good gods actually granting divine right to kings and nobles? Maybe, it’s a good idea to follow along. Does no one really know any better (like people from throughout most of history?) Then, assume your characters…

Absolutely. Theories are much more important than facts, because they have explanatory power. They grow and develop with revision, or they collapse under the weight of contradictory evidence. The Theory of Evolution is a well-tested one that has undergone a great deal of revision. It’s unfortunate that the common…

In teaching undergraduates in STEM, I definitely see this phenomenon. Young women are much more likely to seek help, clarification, and support, while young men tend to go and just do their own thing. I often see a female super-performer who clearly understands what is going on and is already doing excellent work seek…

I’m a boringly straight white male. I have never understood this weird thing about dark skin somehow being ugly. I know there’s a long history regarding toys, media, popular sayings, etc., but I just can’t wrap my head around this strange idea of dark skin being ugly. I mean, if we can accept green-skinned Orion women…

Or this nastiness:

I’m a loyal Agents of SHIELD watcher, and it’s been kind of fun watching Chloe Bennet’s evolution as an actress. In the early (honestly weak) episodes of the show, she was not very good, especially when one stacks her against the other talent. Her background was chiefly as a Chinese pop star and pinup girl.

That is true, but the show made it pretty clear that she immigrated as an adult.

She was also a secret alien refugee... and that was weirdly problematic. I mean, the show just brushes it aside, but it means that she certainly does not qualify as president on the basis of land of birth and that she deliberately and systematically lied to the American people about her background. I mean, how did the…

In some countries such as Finland, silencers are required for shooting because of noise pollution rules.

I recently discovered fountain pens, and I love them. I now carry a couple of them around with me all the time.

I cheer first for my American countrymen (and countrywomen... countrypersons?) After that, I cheer for fellow democracies.