I think the difference is that if you are within the culture/religion/etc, you may most certainly criticize it (what the Christians like to call "blasphemy") because you actually have some prayer of understanding what you're criticizing. But appropriation/scrutiny/criticizing of another religion, of which you are not…

I've been known to refer to the "period shits" as the "EVERYBODY OUT!" phase of my period. And I've been known to tell my body "You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here."

Or emotionally wrecked. I can't watch it a second time. It was too painful the first time.

Is that what you got from this? Not that one might need to be willing to accept that perhaps they're imperfect and might have something to learn about themselves?

Exactly, but let's be real. If you belong to group X and group X generally does Y, you're probably guilty of at least some Y-like behavior. Being a white woman, I do my level best to never be racist, for example. But, if someone calls me out on racist behavior, if I'm honest, sometimes I'm guilty of it. It's then…

Was there ever any doubt that the Kardashians in general were self-centered?

Which makes perfect sense, because aborting a few cells is murder, but threatening an uppity female. . .is just Tuesday.

My mother, a speech therapist, used to work with people who'd had strokes. One sweet, elderly woman lost all of her language, save curse words. The mind is a fascinating thing.

Go on and try it; see how much fun it is.

I have a very close friend who came from Pakistan who is very introspective and highly self-aware(most of the time), and he says almost precisely this same thing. He has learned to view women as objects of respect and equal treatment, but that is because he has effectively required himself to do so. When new family…

Natalie Portman was going to retire after V for Vendetta too. Sometimes it doesn't stick.

It's completely different from abortion. Abortion generally takes place before the fetus's nervous system has formed. It has no consciousness and hence no fear or pain. Also, it's done by professionals who know what they're doing. Not the same at all.

That part brought me to tears. Poor sweet baby.

I am officially in love with that scene, thank you for bringing it into my life :)

I think possibly my favorite part of this is the bit on his website which says "Not looking to date anyone, please don't insist." Ummm. . .yeah, 'cause all this screams of something with which I am dying to be involved!

My cat, Alejandro seems to think he's my deputy. When the dogs are misbehaving and I'm chastising them, he will take off after the offending dog and give her a smack or four with his claws. One of the dogs gets upset and runs away, whereas the other bares her teeth at him. He does this fairly consistently and…

Ten points for using Latrice.

I think she is beautiful and apparently others do as well. You're not required to pretend that she is, but also don't assume that others are lying as well.

Well, allow me to introduce myself. I'm a lifetime vegetarian and could stand to drop 30-40 pounds myself.

You're confusing the words "sex" and "gender." "Sex" is more or less binary (barring inconsistencies for birth defect, etc), and refers to body parts. "Male" and "female" refer to sex traits. "Gender," on the other hand, refers to a social construct which encompasses the less tangible things (feelings,…