“He goes to talk. He doesn’t go to commit a crime. They talk and it seems like there is still this spark between them, this unfinished business emotionally... Certainly, that’s how Ross feels. He doesn’t force himself upon her.”

Me, a woman who has had a child and taken birth control, and him, a man who is a child and whose face is birth control.

When I was about 22 ish (back when the Loch Ness monster was just a tadpole) a 60ish man put his hand down my skirt and squeezed my ass at a charity function. My then boyfriend tried to make me tell someone, but all I wanted to do was leave.

The people planning to vote for him(?)

His sons?

Is there anyone on earth who knows less about government and/or diplomacy than the orange goblin?

Really. For every happy self-content old/fat woman out there enjoying sex, there are 15 young/skinny women who avoid sex or turn the light out because her ex-boyfriend 5 years ago once said her thighs were fat. People scoff at this as shallow, but the damage is real. We’re never good enough, always Less Than, …

NEWS FLASH : 25% of women avoid sexual activity because they feel self conscious about their bodies WHETHER OR NOT they are overweight.

The “naive” modifier sticks in my craw. I get what she’s going after, I think, but it’s more complicated than that. It isn’t about naivete or innocence or gullability, it’s about power combined with intense socialization for men to dominate and women to subordinate themselves. Your boss grabbing you and kissing you on…

#NotAllCheetos

I ran the Detroit half-marathon Sunday. There were tons of spectators, many with signs, so I saw lots of variations on “Run like Trump is Trying to Grab Your Pussy.” Seeing one around mile 12 did help put a little pep in my step.

I’m still trying to wrap my head around the fact that there is an intersection of Amy Schumer fans and Trump voters.

I wonder how he’s going to blame this on a Mexican shareholder or a global media and banking conspiracy, wink wink.

If one more person asks why these women are just coming out now, I am going to take a huge period shit in their mouth.

And yet, from the NYT:

No he isn’t. All the women and men who have and continue to fight for women’s rights have brought this moment about. Trump just happens to be the rich white male property owner that got caught in the evolution.

#theRealKhaleesi

“They’re trying to take away our right to rape and grope! TO ARMS!!”

Indeed. The past week has left me feeling dirty, discouraged, and diminished. Even more so by the men and women who insist that lewd, crass behavior by men is normal and that the women who complain about it are hysterical. The men and women who are now talking about repealing the 13th amendment. The men and women…

The entire opening block of LO’D’s show was tremendous last night. I’m especially pleased that he resisted putting a man on the panel “for balance”, because that is not the voice we need on this subject. We need to hear from women.