This is the part of his argument that made me scratch my head. Oh no! People are using up all the benefits you give them! What freeloaders! Like, this guy may be happy to give his company a bunch of unpaid labor (although looking at his attendance record, maybe not), but I expect to get paid for my work like a good…

I want to send him an email saying, “I didn’t want to miss work for maternity leave, or to take Junior to the hospital after it became a kid. So I got an abortion instead. Thanks, Mister Gay!”

Fascinating argument you put forth.

Honestly, I don’t know if it’s even that. I can’t think of a society where standard of living, healthcare, life expectancy, etc. have increased without birth rates decreasing. Not all women are ever going to want children, and the ones who do aren’t necessarily going to want 2 or 5 or 10 or however many you would need…

Minimal (if any) support for mothers, no affordable childcare, and the burden of care placed on women.

It’s pretty ridiculous to say that Christians “appropriated” the Hebrew bible when Christianity is literally an offshoot of Judaism (I can’t speak to Islam, no idea really how they incorporate the Hebrew bible). So when our messiah came, were we supposed to scrap the “history” of our people and come up with some other…

I want to come to your mom’s house for Thanksgiving.

Liberal use of the color red. Flocked wallpaper. Fainting couches. And gold tassels on EVERYTHING.

Why does it have to be just white people who does cultural appropriation? Have you seen the appropriation they do Asia? Especially in countries like Japan? Anything goes in Japan. ANYTHING.

No, that’s just racism. I think cultural appropriation is nonsense. Nobody has ownership of these things. The problem isn’t white people wearing cornrows, the problem is that black people are denigrated for wearing cornrows, while white people aren’t. That’s just plain racism at work. The concept of “cultural…

it’s NOT a strawman. I have seen and heard arguments against wearing any garments, or eating foods, or playing musical styles, belonging to another group. On this very site and The Muse and other websites and blogs on the Internet! More than once!

For me, the bright line is religion.

Not to, uh, gentilesplain, but I don’t think many people view most of those sorts of things as appropriation for any culture. Like, people aren’t throwing bagel parties and handing out yarmulkes. They are just enjoying bagels. Using language from one culture that has seeped into the popular vernacular doesn’t tend to…

I like giving people the chance to know us! :D

I’m not familiar with her, but as I finished the article and saw that one of her books was already optioned into a movie, any remaining sympathy dissipated immediately.

Ya know, I’m decent human being who likes engaging in conversations that would hopefully evolve our understanding of things and make the world a better place, but this movie is not for me and I don’t need to see it or support it to be a decent human being doing those things.

But her job had no problem with her clothing. Some random asshole making it seem like she was prioritizing her “hip outfit” over a horrible murder of a kid when that is what she always wears is really fucking shitty.

Or another way to look at it: extroverts find social interaction refreshing, introverts find social interaction taxing.

Let me apologize on behalf of all the people who enjoy things you dont; we have clearly committed the most grave sin against you, the center of our universe.

I’m thoroughly enjoying your articles, Ms. D’Anastasio. I started wondering, had I missed your stuff over the past two years? But it seems you’ve only been here since June, so I haven’t been completely oblivious.