How can you even focus on that when the event’s signage involves both prissy faux-handwriting and a PINK HEART for godssakes. How many meetings did they have to go through before they nixed the fairy-princess mascot with the sparkly wand?

Angels for Satan

“People assume that just because Donald Trump is awful that I’m not going to support him,” Kremer said, sounding indignant. “That’s an insult to my intelligence. I have the ability to think on my own.”

Seriously. I couldn’t get through the first paragraph.

Yes. This was completely idiotic.

Your writing style is absolutely the worst ...

They didn’t even make it to the ‘one month for every year of our age difference’ stage of their marriage.

Yes, hi, hello. I am a 21st century feminist, well aware of the difference between sex and gender, but thank you for taking the time to put all of that information into words for readers who may not know.

Multiple brain-imaging studies have demonstrated that the brain structure of trans* individuals often more closely…

I think the idea is that gender is a sociological construct (not to be confused with biological sex.) “Gendered” behaviour is a product of society, but dog behaviour is not, for starters.

No, it doesn’t. A human cannot identify as a dog. We do not have the hormonal or sensory triggers that a dog has. Our brains are not comparable to a canine’s. Dogs have instincts utterly dissimilar to the ones hardwired into a human. You can “feel” like a dog, just like someone can “feel” that they’re really God, or…

“Dog” is not a human gender identity. I don’t think the matter needs elaboration beyond that point.

OK, well then can I politely ask you to stop speaking for all people with mental illnesses because I actually don’t want others to associate me with people who have no idea of appropriate personal and sexual boundaries and I’d assume that there are at least a few other people with mental illnesses who feel similarly.

I understand what you are saying, but it clearly was affecting his entire life. He brought it to work with him and nipped at customers’ shirts or brought them products in his mouth. I think that is where he crossed the line from fetish to unhealthy obsession.

“Then I had this moment of panic because a puppy without a collar is a stray; they don’t have anyone to look after them. [...] It’s a sad thing to say, but there’s not love from the heart in me for Colin–but what I have got is someone who is there for me and I’m happy with that.”

This doesn’t sound super healthy? If…

Far be it from me to tell consenting adults what to do, but whenever I read about stuff like this I always wonder, how do you discover that this is your kink? Do you see dogs and think, ‘that looks chill’? Because I don’t have a kink (yet) and if I am missing out on something I want to know.

A while ago there was this heinous video going around FB starring a guy who would physically push his girlfriend into things, or dump things on her or say nasty shit to her and it was SO FUNNY.

Expanding on teagurl’s comment, there was an episode of Radiolab about K-Pop idols and the rise of pararazzi in Korea that could provide some insight, as they have a very similar Pop Idol culture to Japan. The same kind of idol factories, the same dating restrictions, the same tightly controlled public personas.

I hate laugh tracks as well, but until I had the misfortune of watching an episode of “Fuller House” I didn’t realize what a horror show childhood TV was. Now if I hear someone laughing who isn’t myself, my spouse or an actor on screen I change the channel immediately.

It's for when a woman wants to signal she needs help to get away from a guy.

I hope she will be able to pull through. I can’t imagine how awful and scary that must have been. A lot of men can’t seem to understand how scary it is to be a woman. There is always that fear this might be the guy that will hurt me because I said no in the wrong way. She even tried to get the police involved letting…