I remember something a professor of mine said once about the more she learned the more she realized what she didn’t know. I try to take that attitude because I realize there is a lot of stuff I don’t know about. There are several ways of seeing things and finding answers. I can't assume my way is right.

THIS. Once, as I was literally sitting there working on my master’s thesis in biological anthropology, a guy who was an engineer, and who had never taken an anthropology course, asserted that men are “naturally” more ambitious and “naturally” breadwinners because of some bullshit evopsych nonsense. I said that wasn’t…

I once had a libertarian landlord with whom I got into a discussion about whether or not Government had ever done anything good. He said that anything the government did, private industry did better. When I pointed out that DARPA had invented the internet, that he worked with every day, his response was that the…

This is true among atheists/skeptics, too. Dawkins is of course the most high profile example, but the misogyny and the outright refusal to examine or admit it because they believe they are perfectly rational is depressingly common.

Oh totally I’ve seen this. Something about working with “rational” systems with provable rules makes people who work in STEM seem to, more often, believe that there is an easy rational answer to normal life, or that, as you say, their training makes them immune to subconscious bias.

Take a class in Japanese calligraphy. Really helps. And remember, it doesn’t have to be your own menstrual blood, so long as it’s obtained in accordance with the rites.

Couple that with cognitive dissonance and it can be a real shit show.

“We call it an embryo, not a baby because it’s an embryo. Not. A. Baby. Words mean things.”

I, on the other hand, not so much.

One time I was doing a show and some dude sitting in the front row kicked his feet up onto the edge of the stage like he was in a fucking la-z-boy. I am Patti Lupone and totally just kicked his feet off on my next pass downstage.

I am also a little appalled that the stupid’s stupid…

I’m a family law attorney, and my office has been up in arms about this all week.

Never forget.

There’s a moment in the trailer that I hope gets expanded upon, where a girl discusses not ever being able to talk about race at home because of how her parents will react. You learn to not ever talk about race, and then maybe your parents’ views start seeping into you. I’ve known people who grew up in environments…

“BUT THIS IS HOW MY GRANDPARENTS MET AND THEY’VE BEEN 2GETHER 4EVER”

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I thought we all new that Lorde was really Randy Marsh?

Individual religious beliefs have nothing to do with who the state should allow to marry. If someone’s opposed to same sex marriage, they should refrain from entering one themselves and should join a religious denomination that shares their views, but there’s no reason a person who opposes same sex marriage on…

It’s so fucking insipid. I mean, I like cupcakes. I LOVE cashmere (when my knitting budget lets me). But as a name for a line, it’s like all the basic bitches created a singularity of Basic Bitchiness that created a black hole that devoured all of Pinterest and spit this out. (Note: I know nothing about science.)

No because that's literally not what humanism fucking is. If you are passionate about all people being equal, you are an egalitarian. If you are passionate about all people being equal and believe women have it especially shitty in this aspect of life, you are an egalitarian and a feminist. If you believe that deities…

Can we ban people who don't effing know what humanism is from using the word in conversation or nah?