For the longest time I was really ambivalent on the transgender issue. I mean, do whatever you want and live you own life you know?

“What happens to medical research or clinical drug trials when a dataset misgenders or omits thousands of people?” Is this an actual concern? Wouldn’t a woman born in a stereotypically male-labeled body want drugs that are, I dunno, designed for the characteristics of a stereotypically male-labeled body? 

Two things:

I get what you’re saying, and I think there’s a pretty big difference between deliberately de-centering white women’s experiences and going out of your way to invalidate white women’s experiences. If I’m being really honest, it seems like the author has some really good and important things to say, and also seems to…

Call me hyperbolic, but what happened was a commenter exodus because folks kept crying that Jez was too “white” for them. While this site has definitely struggled with incorporating diverse experiences and perspectives, their response was to do a 180 and perform their woqueness by shitting on white women repeatedly for…

“I honestly don’t care.”

Really?... Because she’s white she can’t be a feminist? Because she’s white she doesn’t know of the discrimination she would be dealt for having body hair. This is a perfectly innocent person bringing attention to something that all women probably face at some point, but you’re saying because she’s white shes not…

I’m not sure I consider this act brave, or even inherently feminist

You don’t even have to be slavic or greek. Some white women are just very hairy. I can’t even claim it’s because I’m slavic, mediterranean or jewish, I’m just hairy. People have even suggested I have pcos, as if a woman can’t just be hairy, there must be something wrong, some imbalance or malfunction. I haven’t worn a…

“If white women were oppressed, 53% of them wouldn’t have supported Trump.” That’s a valid point about white women. This article wasn’t.

As a woman with pcos who just happens to be white, fuck you. You do not have some moral authority on struggling with body hair or being tortured for it/by it. 

No one suggested that she was being extraordinarily brave, so why do we have to shit on everything? We can’t just take this for what it is without lambasting it for not doing enough for the brown community? They really do not HAVE to do anything with one other.

I hope if anything this pisses off Courtney Love enough to write her own story while she’s still alive. If paired with the right creative team and given minimal responsibility outside the script and styling, it could be amazing. There are plenty of things wrong with her, but being a bad storyteller has never been one…

Yes! That’s the word! Thank you!

That would be a funny 3-character one-act play.

I’ve had bipolar disorder since I was 19. It didn’t get treated til I was around 28 (circa 2013). I started seeing my therapist then, and by the time of the election, I was really stabilized - my entire life had changed, and I felt loads better than I ever had in the past. I was feeling very hopeful for the future,…

So I work at an outpatient mental health clinic associated with a local hospital in the urban part of my city. I primarily act as a patient advocate (explaining options and recommended treatment when there’s conflict). I am tired. We have to do better by ourselves and our loved ones. Stop waiting for things to get…

Are you kidding? Absolutely!

Jason Bateman is the new Matt Damon.

And 650 is generous!