Jokes about violence against trans women: the most hilarious thing to hit the queer community since AIDS jokes.

I had this same thought - Wondering if the song being connected to his kidnapping was traumatizing for him. The video of him singing the song isn't working for me, but I'm hoping that the song still helps him through hard times.

Some days, I read the news and I doubt humanity and then there are stories like this where there is still a glimmer of hope in the world. I've been a big old softy lately. News is just fucking grim. And I work for the county, so I'm seeing a lot of just really heart wrenching shit. But I digress. Thanks again for…

Bless you for sharing a story with a happy ending. It's been a rough week news-wise, so this is just what the doctor ordered.

Especially when it perpetuates the most convenient and pejorative stereotype about urban poverty? I mean, I'm not homeless now, but believe it or not, that person who looks "normal", goes to job interviews and signs up with temp agencies, and keeps to himself so as not to be a public nuisance (which, let's face it,…

I agree with you on this. The video was really tasteless. I have really, really deep seated issues with Malloy. But the video is worse than the issues I have with her.

Anyway, being as I have finally been blocked from posting on the main site, I am moving on to gayer pastures. I am sure they will continue to do a fine…

yes, guac is amazing.

One more time for the people in the back: ONLY THE GOVERNMENT CAN CENSOR.

You do realize that, among adults, "bbbbbut *SHE* started it!" is rarely a persuasive argument. Right?

Actually, I'm going with South Park as well. In the infamous Naggers episode, Token says, "You don't get it." And you don't, clearly, get it.

EXACTLY. I don't understand how people don't get this. I'M NOT EVEN AMERICAN AND I GET THIS. A free press is not the same as an open press. A free press means you you get to publish what you want, and also refuse to publish what you don't want. The refused party is FREE to publish LITERALLY ANYWHERE ELSE THAT WILL…

Yeah! And I can't believe I'm not allowed to tell customers that they are going to hell for being gay married! I mean, the PC police have literally GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIPPED my First Amendendment Freedom of Speech© away from me. This is obviously just like living in British-Administered India. As an Indian!

Amen. I need the (few) classless assholes in my family to know that they well never, ever be allowed near my professional acquaintances. They damn well know why.

... I had to keep reminding myself which was Iggy Azalea and which was Azealia Banks. That cannot have helped. But good luck, girl.

I was talking about this with my students the other day. I'm from the UK and while people in Britain can be just as materialistic and money-driven as anyone else, I had never encountered anything like the loathing of poverty driven by fear and paranoia before I came to America.

I have a question. (Stay with me on this.) I'm Australian with about 22 or so great, intelligent American friends I regularly keep in touch with. I read as much of their media and articles as I do Australian, UK and European media.

I have never seen anywhere near the level of paranoia and suspicion of 'The Government'…

It seems that the more I hear about circumstances of women's sexual assualts, the more it seems that so much happens as a result of young men not really understanding what rape really is. While I'm sure all of them could define it as "sex against a person's will" there's obviously a gap between what men think is…

Nope — according to the case as presented by the authorities, the mayor had shady dealings with Medrano, who had her own separate of shady dealings in human trafficking. It doesn't speak well of his judgement AT ALL that he'd be involved with her, but as I understand it, there's no suggestion the mayor himself was…