Sadface for Tim Gunn, and not just because of not being able to come out to his parents. The "already presented my family with a lot of disappointments" bit makes me wonder what sort of family he had and what on earth they expected of him. He had a long and apparently well-received career as an educator, then followed…

We've gathered here to celebrate the life of Erin Gloria Ryan and I've been asked to share a few personal thoughts on her passing.

The little fucker beat me to it.

Feel free to grab some cookies on your way out. Enjoy the rest of your afternoon.

This one was my favourite

Let's play, "Spot the POC!".

At least he's not from Lebanon. VANNA'S SON SHACKED UP WITH LESBIAN.

I really disagree. I think you can make those arguments about a lot of cultural institutions (and I do myself, all the time!), but when it comes to something where the very premise is the public appraisal of women, I don't think that's a salvageable tradition. Unless we're talking about transforming pageants so much…

I'm an attorney, and I defend youths who are accused of sex crimes (among other things). Many end up on the SO registry. I also deal with families involved with child welfare, many of whom have one parent who is a sex offender and considered "untreated," causing the state to intervene in the family. So, I've seen the…

a "very nice, very funny" guy

This anti-trafficking campaign in amsterdam's red light district is really amazing (and sad) as well.

At what point do you stop giving passes to people who lack the education? If you don't learn about feminism in school, but instead toss your opinions about in the media, don't you think you should be held accountable for what you say?

I'm actually arguing for a more united front in which sisterhood is powerful and more and more of us refuse to play by the pretty rules so that we can actually change some of this shit for everyone. It should not be necessary to fight this societal battle alone. Yes, I am a child of the 70's.

And yet articles on makeup elicit cries of "I love make up and don't judge me for wearing it!" I get tired of trying to talk about how wearing makeup effects the beauty expectations of makeup and disadvantages women who do not wear it.

Things like this always make me think of the Designing Women episode with the construction workers (skip to 21 for the relevant scene)

Being that he is a woman that is sexually attracted to women, a man who is sexually attracted to men, a member of either gender attracted to both genders, and someone who is/has/will be transitioning their gender, what time can he possibly have to care about kids or Sports (proper noun). I mean, that's a lot of…

Most of this is irrelevant to my life because I work in an office where my boss is totally cool with me wearing jeans and t-shirt, and I would never buy $1000 shoes or a magazine that's hawking them, but I lovelovelove this:

I'm sad that this type of comment has become so rare. Fighting for your right to look conventionally attractive seems ridiculous. Who's the big oppressor here? Who's threatening anyone's right to proudly wear make-up? A handful of second-wavers? That's the enemy people feel is worth standing up to? I don't know, that…

Ok but your interpretation of patriarchy is laughably naive if you think "Well I never had to ask a man." Sexism isn't about that it's about subtle attitudes people have women and feminine things or how women should be. If one of the assumptions in our society at large is that women should wear makeup and…

Let me preface this by saying I don't and would never harsh a woman for wearing make-up. Their body their choice, but I like to think about how the concept and expectation of make-up affect women overall.

Yes, but we still need to interrogate WHY women feel "weird" in a suit without makeup while men wear suits all the time without having to spend 30 minutes "doing" their face, and draw attention to the fact that this is an inequity that exists. Not just accept it and move on.

In my opinion, "Thin-shaming" falls under the same category as misandry and reverse-racism. It's not to say that it doesn't happen or that it doesn't exist, but what people need to realize is that when you come from the perspective of the privileged class, there's a huge difference in (pardon the pun) weight being…