Thanks for saying this. I was having a conversation about this just the other day about how we’ve noticed critical thought- and the questioning that goes with that- seems to be on a decline. I was having that convo with 2 close friends in a public place and every time we gave a real world example (on stuff way lower…

I was actually wondering about this..I think it’s a combo of people being more comfortable with admitting bigotry in general BUT on your point about trans ppl- people who may have literally had no opinion before (since as you put it it’s not as big as the rest of the LGB) suddenly see the ahole they voted for tweeting…

Based on the majority (not all) CW shows I would say they should stay away from trying anything with a feminist lens b/c it would probably end up being sexist AF. Then I said awwww the Jane the Virgin writers? Yeah do it!!

She was right though...I never made it to the end of the series but I remember catching a rerun of season 1 wayyy after I had stopped watching and thinking wow this is a completely diff tone from what I remember.

The president holds the title of commander in chief. Said pregnant widow should have been comforted by her husband’s commander, who he died in service to.

Pigs.

Orthodox men are meant to be dressed modestly out of respect for god. Women are dressed modestly so as not to distract men from god. Like in any extremely religious world god and proximity to god are paramount. The dress code reiterates that women exist for men not god- their importance is low. So kped is right about…

Also, “I don’t act flirtatiously with men as a policy.” OK. Not only is that victim blaming (and also flirting is different from behaving pleasantly to their would be boss, maybe no diff to a predator, but come on Mayim) but here’s another flipside for you: why would anyone assume that ‘perfect 10s’ (as she calls…

Also the ‘nice guy’ is deserving of the woman prize. They’re perfectly nice nerds of course they deserve women who aren’t just better looking than them but better than them.

I was with a friend at a bar. A guy who was already drunk at 5pm would not leave me alone. I didn’t even bother with politely telling him I’m not interested bc he introduced himself by putting his arms around me. I said, “get off me”. He continues groping. “Go away I’m not interested”. He smiles/continues like it’s a…

“Blaming children” I think you mean girls, and we still haven’t figured that out.

I can’t believe people couldn’t see the difference. And I mean I literally do not believe it. People saw a difference but wanted to feel like they were edgy badasses protesting a broken system-without actually doing anything of course bc a protest vote was the same as doing nothing. Which they well knew. This was a…

A lot of people depressingly believe this. A religious guy I met maybe 5x that I’m facebook ‘friends’ with pops up into my newsfeed every now and then. The other day a video from him shows up. I see the first line and keep watching thinking this has to be some kind of satire. Nope.

Other ways to phrase this headline: “Friend of noted yet free roaming serial rapist Bill Cosby, who was also cited in 2008 for rape himself (and referred to Quaaludes as thigh openers so that seems pretty right so far),” purveyor of ‘sexual revolution’ for men only” “Normalizer of porn... that objectifies, demeans and…

I want to reiterate this bc it can’t be said enough Patty Jenkins made a point that should’ve ended the conversation right then and there. “But if women have to always be hard, tough and troubled to be strong, and we aren’t free to be multidimensional or celebrate an icon of women everywhere because she is attractive…

This. AND I STILL KNOW PEOPLE WHO KEEP INSISTING SHE “WOULD’VE BEEN JUST AS BAD.” Obviously I try not to talk to them anymore/I need a new job....but how in the name of even bare minimum logic can they still say that when it’s clear that yeah people are dying just from his ineptitude alone.

I kinda agree with you but there’s also the problem that GUGGENHEIM is in charge of Arrow. Even if he had only black people in the writer’s room for w/e special episode he thinks he wants to do HE is racist/sexist* (there’s so many examples above and probably all around this thread) and gets final say. He doesn’t…

I was going to post this you found that quickly! Thanks!

I came here to a) say why not both, no there isn’t one type of woman b)also say that as much as I dislike cameron and almost all of his movies, he does have a point. I’m VERY happy WW did as well as it did because hopefully now Hollywood will be after $ and keep making films with female leads and I’m thrilled how many…

I’ve been yelling at people who have been saying this for well over a year. Many of them in the “highly educated liberals” group. It’s amazing that after all this time my blood still reaches a fine boil. Even more amazing: a lot of them still haven’t stopped saying it.