Yup, it's so very very telling that these white people get worked up over affirmative action but not automatic legacy admits or the not-so-secret endowment system (which is WAY more blatantly unfair - my private university admitted a kid with a 960 SAT and 2.5 GPA after a million dollar endowment from his ad exec dad.…
I still have mine in mint condition. Gonna make a FORTUNE one day!
I'm pretty sure I've still got a tube of them in my parents' place. Of course, I never bought them to collect, just to play. I had a nice brass slammer.
I used to freaking love pogs when I was 7. I had so many amazing ones lus quite a few amazing slammers. I left them in my drawer at school after bringing them in for toy time one day, went back to them after a couple of hours to find them ALL GONE... apart from a couple of crap ones.
That was the day that I learned…
My grandfather used to sell pogs. He could put all us grandchildren to hard work just with the inkling chance we'd get a slammer at the end of the day. Smart man he was.
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"The best I can up with is that men and women are created equal but different."
Jesus — "they were all kids and all their lives were ruined" is an absolutely appalling remark to make, given that it lumps together the trauma of the victim and the trauma of the perpetrator as if it were just a 'sad situation' that no-one was responsible for, and that led everyone to suffer equally. Do you really…
Um, my friends father was falsely accused of rape about 20 years ago. Went to trial and everything - it was discovered the accuser was lying. Yeah, it was a crappy time for him and his family, but after it was over, he resumed his job as a teacher, kids softball coach, and continued to work within the community. The…
The difference is that those boy's lives wouldn't have been ruined if THEY HADN"T ASSAULTED HER. She didn't touch anybody, she didn't hurt anybody, she didn't do anything to deserve what happened to her, and she has to live with this the rest of her life. She might have trouble trusting men or handling physical…
it still basically states that the onus on the woman is to scream bloody murder and/or become physically violent if she needs to express her non-consent.
A friend and I traveled halfway across the country to attend our college roommate's wedding. We lugged a gorgeous basked filled with food that reminded us of good times together (we were exchange students in London. Hob Nobs were NOT easy to find in the U.S. in 1991.) The basket alone was pretty spendy, and its…
D: Oh god. I'm going to a friend's wedding this weekend and I already feel a bit awkward 'cause I made their gifts. I'm an artist and painted two little watercolors of their much beloved feline kids. Deep down I know my friends are AWESOME and they loooove those cats so much that it is a great gift but I also feel…
Seriously. And where the heck is this $100 plate venue? We got married in DC-one of the most expensive places to get married, and it was $50 a plate. With steak. And included the open bar. Those brides totally got ripped off.
I do know that in parts of the country that is is considered gauche to gift a real…
If you read the material (which is gross, so I would understand why one wouldn't want to), it's very difficult for the woman to withdraw consent after the couple has started practicing this dynamic. For example, there are no safe words, so if he decides she needs a spanking and she decides she wants out, she can't say…
I think you're reading criticisms that aren't there. From a BDSM perspective, this still isn't okay, because there's no safe word, no way for her to withdraw consent during the scene. Even for people who are into the 24/7 lifestyle thing, there has to be a way for the submissive partner to withdraw consent to physical…
When I'm in crunch time on a book, I keep a tiny Nerf gun on my desk. If the kids see it, they know their choices are to interrupt me, or become target practice. We tried hats, headphones, signs, and doors. Nothing, but nothing, has worked better than the tiny Nerf gun.
The issue is the non-consenting comments from the women who don't have a voice. With BDSM relationships both partners have power, this sounds very one sided. Also, I'm gonna do it, I apologize in advance, but.... "what about the children"?
Here is the thing (at least according to the piece XOjane wrote about this): the woman CANNOT withdraw consent direct before or during the punishment.