There are two exceptions.

I remember reading something about shady workplace safety issues at Kink.com a while back? Like, well before this James Deen story came out? Anyone got a link?

This was my initial view of the porn industry until basically PR campaigns and Internet intellectuals convinced me that it was just a job people do. Then it turned out that independent sex positive feminist Sasha Grey was actually physically and emotionally abused by her bf/promoter and forced to do a bunch of things…

Women in America are taught to love mediocre white men and that’s him in a nutshell.

I read an article yesterday that the GOP leadership is losing its collective shit at the idea of a Trump nomination. They all openly said it would not only hand the presidency to to the Dems, but the Congress as well.

I did it with my cat. On the phone. It was an animal-whisperer-in-training though, so she did it for free. I was desperate, my cat was not going in the litter box, we thought there was something territorial happening between him and the other cat. She made me put the phone on the table for 10 minutes while she…

Oh gosh I look naked in pastels, I am both pink and blue hued, like a soft toned zombie ghost. Give me some radiant jewel tones anyday.

Oof. Another problem with domestic violence awareness like this is folks assume it looks like your face is all bruised and cut up. As one of my clients said, “I preferred the beatings. The bruises heal, but I still can’t get the words out of my head.”

Yes. This is not a mental health issue. It’s a violence against women issue. Carly Fiorina, Jason Chaffetz, and the rest of that garbage pile are directly and personally responsible for this bullshit.

It would be a mistake to write this guy off as a random lunatic when he represents everything fundamentalist religions stand for. They seem to love forgiving men for crimes like abuse and rape and then go out of their way to demonize women for accessing legal health care.

I feel terrible for Sinead. I grew up in Ireland and watched her go from a really strong, talented young woman who always had to guts to talk to power and took responsibility for way more than it was really her job to carry, to someone who just seemed to feel constantly harassed and lost in life, and with good reason.…

God forbid if something had happened and she didn’t get help today, her children (19, 11, and 8) would be left with a public message blaming them, in part, for her death. I really hope they all get counselling and Sinead gets treatment that works for her.

He is, and a tough, seasoned one at that! He works in an office and everything. Sometimes he even wears suits to meetings, just like a woman might do.

Exactly. When doctors say a glass of red wine a day is good for the heart, I take that to mean we should all be drinking a MINIMUM of 7 glasses/week.

My take-away from this article:

The element of coercion isn’t gone since the aesthetic achieved through corseting is still the cultural ideal.

In a way, I understand it, but in another way, isn’t it regressing to 18 century practices aimed at reducing female mobility ?

Whatever happened to doing drugs and fucking boys?

That’s very sad when someone has to scrounge a few dollars worth of cans to supplement their paltry wages. Shame on you, WalMart.

There’s a stupid theory that women get (usually super short) haircuts after big breakups or disappointments. Also, fwiw, historically women had their hair ‘shorn close’ to let the demons out when they were any kind of ill. So there’s that. *headdesk*