Yup. Hate the character; love the actress.

Yes (sarcasm), because childhood sexual abuse is totally an "accident." I call fucking bullshit on this. These monsters, they don't pull shit like this by "accident." Hell to the motherfucking no. They purposely go looking for these images and videos, they purposely go after people they feel are vulnerable, they purpos…

She said "no," and he admitted she said "no," but...he decided it was reasonable to interpret a direct, unequivocal "no" as pleasure? How is that not a straight-up confession? Let's guess how the rape apologists will do those mental acrobatics: "I mean, she didn't say 'Stop putting your penis inside me right now,…

Guys who want to be the next Hemmingway are the fucking worst writers. I include Hemmingway on that list

Panera makes most of their food fresh every day, they actually care about keeping their kitchen and restaurant area clean, and they do a lot of good for the community. My spouse has worked for almost a dozen chain restaurants and Panera is the only one where she will still consider eating there after having seen the…

I think that this site has has in mind feminist writers and journalists, rather than women on the internet generally. If I choose to have a discussion about feminism on the internet, then I don't generally mind if people ask questions that they could have found the answer to elsewhere. But feminist writers are…

Counterpoint: Show them a clip from Clueless. Because even if you have on a white collarless shirt from Fred Segal, you will not pass a test if you don't study for it. Wearing your most capable looking outfit has no bearing on intelligence or scholastic achievement, and schools should be more concerned with that than…

I can tell you there's a lot of trans women watching these developments with an avid interest. Between this and 3D printed organs (seriously, it's a thing) the future of medicine in general but also of trans folks' ability to transition is really looking amazing.

a lot of people have that reaction to Arcade Fire, minus the sex part.

ah-HAH. I stand corrected. White Chocolate is still an abomination against God, though.

We don't know if he forced her to go back to the hotel room. He could have made her feel so unsafe that she couldn't say no. Please stop victim blaming, you asshole.

And this quote by danah boyd also seems current in the context of 2014 and Facebook:

In danah boyd's detailed account of the decline and fall of Friendster, she points to the alienation of the queers as the tipping point that lead to Friendster's collapse. She credits the queers with driving Friendster's early growth, and then their withdrawal was the beginning of the big move to MySpace:

I am honestly tired of people claiming that this is a new rule, especially while male. Women have been complaining about this rule for a year and a half. Burlesque performers and gendered violence victims gave up trying to get people to listen but suddenly men area affected and my freaking Supervisor is on board, it's…

YES! SO GOOD!

I didn't even realize my mom and I were"breaking the rules" with our names. My mom was only given her first name to pad out her middle and last names, and she's never actually used it; everyone, including her parents, has always called her by her middle name. Using her first name on FB would be weird and erroneous.…

I LOVE this. All of it. It's amazing.

Dude, "Just playing" after saying something dickish is no different than "no offense, but [insert dickish comment]." Whoever employs these phrases is saying something deliberately hurtful but trying to claim innocence at the same time. This is true regardless of Trainor's stupid lyrics and my actually okay childhood…