i think it’s really hard to see yourself as “the default.” when these guys see woman-specific support groups or black-specific support groups or black-woman-specific support groups they don’t see minority groups being given a voice, they see themselves being specifically excluded. they don’t see how they are the…

interesting... we only ever use 69 for foreplay. i finish, he doesn’t, then we move on to sex. i can get him off right quick with an old fashioned beej, but that angle is awkward and my arms and neck ache after a point.

man my dude is obsessed with it, but usually turns down plain ol’ BJ’s. i’ve been trying to get to the bottom of this phenomenon and i’ve deduced that he just wants his face sat on.

this is absolutely heartbreaking... she must have had so many dreams and so much potential.

I’d say this is also a restriction on the middle class who receive abortions more often than people realize. plane tickets are expensive and PTO is hard to come by even if you’re not exactly struggling.

i live in a part of the country that has recently seen a huge development boom. the state highway that i take to get home was barely a dirt road in the early 90's. Walmarts around here are struggling... 5-10 years ago they were the only places to get essentials and now nicer (not to mention more humane) grocery stores…

good for her... I wish my school had a more robust and old-fashioned home ec program. we learned how to microwave frozen food and use pre-made cake/dough mixes. when i eventually found myself, as a young adult, needing to feed myself healthily on a budget I didn’t know where to start. I ended up digging into some…

I grew up in a heavily Muslim area (Palestinian, Egyptian, Chechen, and Lebanese primarily with a small Indonesian and Malaysian Islamic community) and am very familiar with the customs and dress requirements as they are interpreted in the Western world. About half of my friends at any given time were Muslim, although…

i agree that plus-sized fashion does suffer from being too bright and patterned but in this case i actually think these are very on-trend. look at the bikinis that victoria’s secret (the first company that came to mind) is showing right now and you’ll see they’re similarly structured, strappy, and loud.

my point wasn’t even about the burkha, it was about the social mandate for women to adhere to traditional muslim standards for modesty. even outside of taliban or ISIS-controlled territory, a woman who is not traditionally dressed— shit, a woman who is wearing shorts and a tank top in the summer heat or a party dress…

the immigrants are not all from Syria— they are from all over the middle east and africa. most of these societies require women to dress modestly, with a few on the more extreme end committing violence against women who are not 100% covered. for the most part, these extreme religious rules are pretty recent, the…

I agree, I’m not saying what I posted (if it has any credibility, this is the internet after all) means he’s guilty. she had been to his property several times before, and on any of those occasions he could have looked at her car. I drove that same model the year she was murdered and it was starting to have issues.

of course, all this is supposed at this point. here’s the source: http://www.pajiba.com/netflix_movies…

yup... reputation also counts for a lot in small towns. Avery and his extended family had unkempt properties and were known to be troublemakers... he had an animal cruelty arrest and a burglary arrest under his belt by the time he was accused of the rape charge. the way the police tend to look at it, getting people…

the only forensic evidence left out was sweat found on the hood latch of the rav4 and that the bullet with her blood on it matched his gun.

i’m not convinced of avery’s ultimate innocence, but this documentary really succeeded in shining a light on the kind of corruption that goes unexamined in small town police departments. the miscarriage of justice in this poor woman’s case was abhorrent.

if you ask her? “of course not, and you’re a horrible person for even mentioning something so awful! but these women have to learn to close their legs somehow”

I just got back from an extended vacation at my childhood home with my family, and my mother (60, white, female, housewife) is a fascinating case study in this.

i always got michigan white trash vibes from her.

she should have been put on suicide watch— jails are required to make liberal use of it and she apparently admitted to having attempted suicide several months earlier on her intake forms. that’s a no-brainer and should lead to disciplinary action for negligence.