Well, the problem is that a lot of the corporate stuff doesn’t oppose racism in any real way. Things like taking Uncle Ben off the rice box or posting a mealy-mouthed statement about diversity to a company Instagram do more to promote the brand than to fight systemic inequality. You can think that stuff is dumb while…

I don’t think that’s racism so much as a joke on clumsy corporate attempts to fix racism. But a)it probably isn’t a joke white people should tell and b)somebody else pointed out they have more than enough transphobia to go around, so fuck them anyhow.

Gross. I stand corrected.

Darn. They got so close...

One bit of faint praise for the Babylon Bee: They seem to be the rare conservative humor site that isn’t using racism, sexism and homophobia as the basis for most of their punchlines. I don’t agree with their point of view but I can read the site without wanting to take a shower immediately afterward.

This photo should be sent to anyone who praises Ivanka’s physical appearance. Anybody can be pretty with a chin implant, nose job, hair dye, expensive makeup, colored contacts and a personal trainer.

I mean, she’s a model. She has to be like 5'10" herself. It’s just two fairly tall people having a very tall child.

I read a profile of him talking about the biography and he comes across really well. Basically he worked very hard to seem so laid-back. I don’t care enough about him to read his book, but I agree that it seems like one of the better celebrity memoirs.

I think in the US it’s state-by-state and some are a lot easier than others? But I’m neither trans nor British, so I’m sure somebody else would have a better understanding.

I understand that they don’t identify as a woman and that having had a hysterectomy doesn’t make someone one. What I’m saying is that it sounds like the prize is open to nonbinary AFABs as well as those who currently identify as women.

Maybe I’m reading this wrong, but I don’t think the prize committee was excluding nonbinary people AFAB. The issue was that they didn’t know whether Emezi fell into that category, and asked about “legal sex” because it allows them to include trans or intersex people who may have been AMAB.

Fair point. My argument would be that she didn’t convince anybody who wasn’t already on board the birther train. Obviously there are all kinds of problems with that, and it may have increased racism in the way any public racist statement does. But if you compare it to Ivanka and Jared and the way they’ve turned…

For what it’s worth, I agree with you. Melania wanted to marry a rich guy and be taken care of for the rest of her life — not exactly a noble goal, but not unusual either. She obviously isn’t all that into the First Lady thing and is basically just biding her time until Donald dies. She’s shallow, unkind, and not…

I respect your opinion, but it’s interesting to me that I’m talking about physical side effects and potential complications and you’re talking about physical appearance. It’s like the world’s worst “Would you rather”: Would you rather your child blame you because she’s 6’ tall with broad shoulders, or blame you…

Very possibly! But most trans people were able to make choices about their future fertility and the risks/benefits of bottom surgery as adults. Those are HUGE things that no 10-year-old on earth can make a lifetime decision about. (I’m not sure many 16 or 20-year-olds can, either, but at least by that point you can…

Yeah, it’s all pretty new. And it’s hard! My bias would be toward delaying medical intervention until somebody is at least 16, but it seems heartless to say that to a child who’s been miserable in their body since toddlerhood.

Nah, they think you have to do most of the jaw work in childhood for it to work -- once you’re an adult, you’re screwed. So we need to get our toddlers to go full moose.

And she doesn’t have much sexual feeling, right? I’d be terrified of taking the possibility of a fulfilling sex life away from a child — it’s such a major part of how (most) adults connect in relationships. Obviously sex isn’t everything and ace people exist, etc., but as a parent I wouldn’t feel comfortable making…

They aren’t attributing it to evolution, though. They’re saying that because we don’t use our teeth as vigorously as evolution intended, our jaws don’t develop properly and we end up with a mouthful of crowded teeth. It’s an argument about muscle use, not genes.

The strangest thing is, it looks like there is some truth to the idea that jaw shapes changed after the industrial revolution and actual scientists think changes to our diets may have had something to do with it. I was shocked when I googled and found that, because at first read my assumption was that the Mews were…