Yeah, stay in my room with all my books and not have to do chores? Okay!

I like using 2 dollar words too, but in moderation and when they make sense. It just comes off as some elaborate pose.

I hate hugs. I think I would like this dress.

I really like this. Our society still has the remnants of "menstruating"="ritually unclean" beliefs that show up in how gross we think periods are. I'm so nervous of revealing in any way that I have a period around a guy I'm into for fear that he'll be grossed out, and, I dunno, not want to bang. It would be really…

I know we're not supposed to play oppression olympics, but dang, the stupid shit that people say about black women (and men) just blows my mind. Maybe it's just because people know better than to say dumb stuff about Asians to me, but I think it's worse than the crap I put up with as an Asian woman.

As a fellow Asian, I'm actually really grateful when they have no idea how creepy they're being and just lay it out there. That way, you know to avoid them immediately instead of after the first time you sleep with them and a flood of weird comments about Asians starts pouring out.

Me too. I've recommended this to several people. It's a great mix of personal human stories, the joy of scientific discovery and future societies.

His overly elaborate language was making my skin crawl: "libations", "ether", "vitriol", "a spree of lunatics have sugared their own egos".

Nah, I think it's fine if you didn't have anything serious going on. Most people know that if they don't get a response that it means the other person wasn't interested. I mean really, if a guy takes a week to respond to a text I send, it's pretty obvious he's not that into me.

Anyone ever read Heart of the Comet by David Brin and Gregory Benford? It's a fascinating story about a group of scientists and engineers who set up a colony on a comet.

I can see why women believe that. We want to think that it couldn't happen to us, that we live in a just world where the only way a man we loved and trusted hit us is because there was a valid reason.

In my mom's case, she could manage keeping her mess inside the house. We just always had the shades down.

I grew up in a hoarder home and it looked very nice from the outside, but was a total shithole once you got inside.

I would also end a friendship with a guy like that, but I really disagree with you here. I think the majority of apologists, male and female, are people who haven't had experience with it in their lives and can't believe that people actually act like that. It seems too crazy, too removed from their existence, so…

Yeah. I cannot believe the amount of anger and defensiveness some of these ostensibly liberal guys display when women's issues come up. It's very depressing.

It sounds like you know what you are doing, hope it works out!

Love that movie so much.

Yeah, my mom and her brother were raised that way. My grandpa was a total asshole hardass with my uncle, but babied the hell out of my mom. My mom ended up being pretty helpless while my uncle is an asshole who is raising his son and daughter the same way.

It's "jaunt" :)

I just mean... I've heard from guys who've had well-meaning but overbearing parents who have really weird guilt complexes or think that any sexual feelings towards a girl are disrespectful. I've also heard from kids who hear the progressive feminist/social justice talk and then rebel against that in their teen years.