So, to people who identify as traditional Southerners...is this like actually ADMITTING finally that they lost the war? Were they hanging on to that thing the same way an abuser defends his abusive behavior just so he‘ll never have to admit he WAS an abuser in the first place? Because this was like a military funeral…

Take race out of this entirely as if it isn’t REAL. Which it’s NOT. One race=human. Guy with bipolar troubles bashes women in the face. EVER OK? NO. Bipolar MAKES NO PART OF THIS OK. He was a violent offender and a racist terrorist. I am very sorry for his family and their loss. And I will not pretend any woman should…

Just a thought...how about anyone who is going to be making decisions about reproductive health of anyone ELSE is required to get a passing grade on a simple reproductive health test?

I hate rape. It’s this thing I’m all weird about and have to justify a lot. So no, thanks, I’m not watching it. But by NOT doing so am I also not supporting her protest, or even challenge, against rape culture? So then am I participating in rape culture by not wanting to watch it? Am I supposed to NOT be confused by…

“I did enjoy clowning on this movie in real time more than I enjoyed enjoying many other movies I greatly prefer,”

So, over a year ago this article came out announcing that Mariska Hargitay would be making a documentary about the backlog of untested rape kits:

Oh, sexy kangaroos!

This is nothing new, by the way. Download “The Duchess” with Keira Knightly.

OMG Thank You. I’m child free, but at 54 I still feel a disconnect with women in their 20’s and 30’s who talk smack about feminism.

As mature women it’s also up to us to keep our eyes open and speak up when this kind of predatory crap rears its ugly head. I was told it was “None of my business,” to speak up for a young woman who I saw harassed on the street. I demanded to speak to the construction boss. If WE stop tolerating it and bust them for…

You can arm your little girl. Teach her how to be safe, who to stay away from, and that it is NOT OK when people talk to her like that. I was raped when I was seven. My Mom was apprehensive, but took NO ACTION to protect me. You have the power right now to teach yourself and teach her to respect, stand up for and…

As a girl rock jock, it was always assumed I would clean the studio, and the guys still leave messes for me even when I report them disrespecting the studio and coworkers. They ask me if I “have any wipes” so they can, with great virtue, clean up after themselves. I’ve been asked to babysit various staff’s children on…

Well said. Invisible diseases don’t bring out the compassion in people. Asthma sufferers often hear crap like, “Why don’t you just breathe?” while their alveoli are flattening and refusing to receive oxygen. And since it’s invisible, it’s often mocked and/or ignored when the sufferer needs help. Victim-blaming is also…

Yuppers. Even HOLLYWOOD got that unwelcome news thrown at them.

I used to reply as if I had met a cute dog. "Awww, look! Sit! Sit boy!" snaps fingers. "Sit! Roll over! Beg!"

Hate is hate.

Where are all the Tim Burton jokes? *sigh* searching....

I was raised atheist. No bible in the house. The most popular book in the house was the latest issue of National Geographic, which was read cover-to-cover by all of us, and provided dinner conversation. I was raised to be open-minded (because nobody knows everything and we all will always be learning) and, I…

Of COURSE they stuck her with NO AUDIENCE. They set her up to fail as much as they could. I have BEEN in a position a lot like that. She did great. Look down your nose at her if you want to, but a chick had to go on and do it first and pave it for another more famous and funnier chick to do better and make it look…

Who's in the ACTUAL bubble? Would somebody PLEEZE photoshop Huckabee in a bubble? He'd have his girls-in-aprons calendar and his big plate of grits n' gravy...