I'm still pretending that instead of a Sherlock special in period attire they're filming the Doctor Who Christmas special, which features both of them as the historic Sherlock and Watson. (I know they never existed, but one could easily make up a story about how Doyle met people who inspired him to write Sherlock…

How do you recommend an article? I know about the tips email address and I've occasionally used it, but since my kinja account is only affiliated with twitter, there's no way of proving said email came from me.

Thank you. I came here to say just this. If people want to hate watch 50 Shades, pirate it or stream it. On top of not paying the people who romanticize abuse for a living it comes with the added bonus, that there are no die-hard fans in the audience if you hate watch it at home.

I especially like how calm he remains when discussing religion with idiots. He endures so much vile nonsense, yet is still able to quietly counter it with facts and logic. I would've lost my calm 1 minute in and I'm not a muslim, so I don't have a stake in that game.

lets say only half of them are "extremists"

Me, too, but that was the point. Most people won't be able to stomach watching a mere video of it, so what gives them the right to demand that FGM be performed on others.

Ugh, that guy. I wonder how many students were graded very unfairly before you, but never questioned their grade, because unlike you they didn't know it wasn't accurate.

Shouldn't there have been some form of legislation in place anyway, that would've enabled the prosecution of doctors/midwives and parents in cases of FGM? I won't believe that a medically unnecessary, often very painful and dangerous operation that has a lasting impact on a girl's quality of life was legal prior to…

Yup. And then they blame the lack of women in STEM fields on girls being less interested in science. Nope, we just learn very early one that our achievements are not valued and our presence is not appreciated.

It sucks that there is no specific legislation that outlaws upskirt photos, but wouldn't the fact that she was 13 at least make a difference here? Child pornography, sexual harrassment of a minor, there must be something that could stick.

As luck or as cheating. I'm a girl, who used to be very good at math. My teachers never doubted my abilities based on my gender, instead they came to expect excellent results from me. I noticed how those expectations meant that I got away with the kind of 'sloppy' work (skipping steps, using a different approach,…

Partial credit and extra credit make up the differences here I think. Boys are probably more likely to get partial credit, if they started solving an equation the right way, but made a small mistake towards the end, because the teachers trust that they still knew what they were doing. They probably also give boys…

My teachers would give extra points for especially clever thinking. If you approached a math problem in a different way than the one that had been taught, you would get full credit and then some, as long as you reached the correct conclusion in the end.

I used to beat all the boys in my math class and never encountered any gender bias from my teachers. Unfortunately that last part was only true for math. While I (and two other girls) frequently were the only ones who scored an A in physics and chemistry class, our teachers (even the female ones) would continually…

I'm sorry for what happened to your sister and you. I did not mean to diminish the horrors of FGM by calling it a procedure. English is not my first language, but shares a number of originally Latin loan words like procedure with English (and many other European languages). Sometimes they differ slightly in meaning.

It's not a rant and I appreciate your contribution. :) You should probably brace yourself, though, for the 'Islam hates women how can you say otherwise' crowd, who has never even seen a Quran, let alone opened it.

FGM has been illegal in the U.S. since 1996 and "vacation cutting" was outlawed in 2012.

I'm aware of that. What I don't understand is why an employer would want to give their racist/sexist/homophobic employee the chance to save face and spare them the trouble of explaining what happened to future bosses. I imagine any future employer would like a heads-up on what kind of person they're hiring.

If your modus operandi is defeating spirits with excessive disbelief, that could actually work.

a dueling group of staff members, upset by what they saw as blasphemy, complained to the city