I believe the author *does* think she can tell, and I very much dislike *anyone* who puts themselves in a position of deciding on behalf of other women how genuine they are.

And if this article has been strictly about the men and their misguided fantasies, it would have had a point. But it's not. The author assigns herself the ability to know who is playing to men and who is not, and she has neither the ability or right to do so.

I know what you're trying to say, and in a different article I'd be very likely saying the same. Though I think there is room for debate to a degree on the divide between gender vs. sex. I say that because that I used to state that they were utterly separate, but many of the trans people that I know personally…

In this article, that *is* what gender performance means. From the image to the text, that's the entire point of it.

Of course I'm not. Like everyone else, I carry implicit associations. None of us get to escape that. But that doesn't equal *performance*. Performance heavily implies that people are choosing their interests based on a gender checklist, and the reality is that most people *don't* do that. (And this article goes…

No, she is very much saying that. Moreover, she's saying that SHE gets to determine who has genuine interests and who does not. That you can somehow tell just by looking at a person if they REALLY like sports or if they just want guys to THINK they like sports (and the determining factor is obviously how hot they…

For some reason I was taught the word vagina, but a penis was a fraggle. One day I kicked one of my brothers in the crotch HARD, and then gleefully exclaimed that I busted his fraggle gooood. This was in front of my mother's Quaker meeting group.

That's fine, so long as you realize why it's a bad thing to repeat going forward. :) I understand the desire to advocate for the breed, but pretending they are perfect angels who would *never* harm a child unless they were abused or 'raised wrong' is a very bad idea. Human aggression is not typical for pits (though…

The nanny dog thing is a myth. Even Bad Rap, a well-known pit bull rescue and advocacy group, admits to this. Please stop spreading it...it does the dog AND the kids zero favors.

Every few months I end up on wiki reading about Halifax or the Iroquois fire all over again. I have a terrible fear of fire, so I have no idea why I'm drawn to torment myself in this fashion.

....do you have any research that supports this theory about the subconscious mind controlling hormones? Because the only thing I'm seeing when I google it is links to pseudo science sites.

long shot, but does anyone any any idea why trying to run Minecraft returns this error?

Actually, studies have shown that taking a hands free call diverts your attention just as much. Humans just are not nearly as good at multi-tasking as we think we are. It's different from having a conversation with a passenger in your car, because that passenger is also (consciously or not) paying attention to road…

Take out the word 'real', and HeyYouGuys' post is still about superiority of one type (which by sheer coincidence happens to *their* type) of gamer over all others. That is what you agreed with...that some gamers are better than others because they're older, play different games, started on system x instead of system…

You seem not to be following this conversation very well. HeyYouGuys started the thread with this:

Oh dear lord...we ARE under one umbrella term. You can't just proclaim that everyone who is a jerk is suddenly not a real gamer. Do you honestly think the *real* non-gamers will understand the completely artificial difference you're trying to establish?

Once again, the fact that he teamed up with the HSUS indicates that he did not, in fact, change, and that his claims of changing are based on PR. If he had denounced the HSUS and their policies...which again, would have directly affect his own canine victims...I might be more inclined to be sympathetic. I can't…

The answer to your first question is never. I'll never let it go, because I'm under no obligation to. I don't believe in forgiveness as a mandate. He brutally tortured and killed dogs for pleasure...he's a bad guy and a terrible human being, and the fact that he stopped doing it after he got caught doesn't erase the…

"Real gamers" does not exclude ANY of the groups you just listed. We have different sub categories, yes, but ALL of those categories fall under 'real gamers'. It is the designation of some gamers as 'real' (and thus some as presumably NOT real) that is a problem. Not only does it draw an artificial line that allows…

"The term has been forcefully stretched out of context"...