Most of the tiny houses I have seen are ridiculously expensive to me and cost way more money than a brand new trailer or even a modular home. I have seen some going for 40,000 USD that are essentially small trailers. I really can't see any value over a trailer or a modular home, especially because for the price of…

I think it is wrong to suggest this discussion is a distraction because it assumes that were it not happening then that attention would be given to trans people, often of color, getting assaulted. I think that ignores how little attention is paid to violence against trans people in the media, specifically against…

Honestly, if the special dress code further restricted the skin allowed to show in the regular dress code, I still find it disturbing. Even requiring formal or business wear wouldn't have necessarily resulted in the kind of coverage they obviously wanted, but it would have made more sense if they really wanted to…

Their excuse makes me really upset. It doesn't even make sense. If you wanted to show them professional dress, then why on earth not implement a business casual, business, or formal dress code for picture day? Why not just say no tank tops for picture day? Why on earth decide that the best solution (and I use that…

I'm pretty sure some of those examples were listed as sexual coercion and not rape in the study. But you know, beer commercials are in and accurate reporting on studies is out (for goodness sake, one of them even includes "sexual violence" in the title. They are arguing that a report says everything listed is rape…

I've checked out some of your other comments and based on that it will be the last time I engage in you. I am fighting against bullying women, degrading women, encouraging violence against women, and regulating women to the role of sexual providers for men among other things. Those of us who oppose the ideology at…

I haven't said anything hypocritical. I don't think women, or anyone, should be expected to encourage the continued existence of people who think that we bring about our own abuse and violent deaths because of who we will and will not sleep with. People like the person who wrote that ROK article are active threats to…

In this article, some blogger at "Return of Kings" argues that women are to blame when sexually frustrated men kill because we fail to sex those men up until we are past our prime (age 26). He applies this theory to a school shooting that ended in suicide, based solely on pictures of the perpetrator. This is line of…

Seriously? Cheerleading started as all male pep squads and involved into a highly physical competitive sport. It originated as rallying the observers to help support the team. I feel women are expected to be or want to be cheerleaders and that it is still associated with being a feminine exercise despite its history,…

No, no we can not all agree on that. Especially the as bad as a racist character bit. Can not all agree on that at all. And cheerleading probably has more to do with providing a suitably-deemed feminine physical activity for women that is geared towards cheering on the men to victory. It regulates (historically) women…

So are you saying they shouldn't be advocating for better wages because they initially signed up for really low wages? It sounds like at least some of these cheerleaders want to push back against the low pay, and I think they should be supported in that even if they did initially sign up for low pay.

You mean you didn't know that it best to just quit a job instead of coming together and advocating for better treatment with one aspect of that being letting the public know the ridiculous requirements and low pay? Why advocate when you can just abdicate?

The problem is that all employers aren't required to do that and there are numerous ways of getting around those requirements. For instance, someone can be designated as an intern or volunteer and only be given a "stipend" which doesn't have to be minimum wage for hours worked. Or, they can make them salaried and not…

I think the terminology throws people off. I think that pro-life is so wrapped up with legislative, legal, and deceptive (crisis pregnancy center) tactics that it the people who want to lower/eliminate some of the drivers for abortion through working for true universal healthcare, free pre and post natal healthcare,…

Yeah, unless nonchalantly means what appears to be an internal monologue of "oh crap, oh crap, oh crap please don't trip. Please don't trip. Please don't trip. Nooooooooooo!" Because that is the feel I got from the reactions of the two who made the catch and the assist. And the person in the blue raincoat looked…

I agree that the cultural context is important. However, I think there can sometimes be danger in the "no judging" doctrine that lets people off for their reinforcement of oppression. I am a queer black person in the south from a very religious family. I can understand their line of thinking, especially because for…

Yeah, I saw that and was just....wtf? They even have her straight-up validating the main character's character growth in the trailer. Having a non-white male lead does not justify a failure to have black women who don't fall into sassy side-kick role. Too often being fat, being black, and being in a secretarial role…

But not everyone has access to the internet. This is the kind of information that needs to be disseminated in as many ways as possible and as quickly as possible, including taking into account not everyone having the internet or cable.

It can be pretty short but that doesn't matter because it was the only stipulated dress code and if the school had a problem they should have gotten more specific (something like no more than 3 or 4 inches above the knee would make more sense and account for various heights and leg to torso ratios but be harder to…

That change always interested me. I have not watched much of the show, but I find it odd that they let Osha keep her name instead of Asha who appears to be a much bigger character so far, even if she is introduced later.