Even had I been an athletic high school student, the idea of FCA would have made me vomit.

I'm glad you agree about private usage. But I remained concerned that attempting to stop Ru's use of a word that forms her self-identity I'd incredibly problematic. I've never been misgendered, but I have been misidentified and it's painful, not only to have my identity erased, but also to have to correctly identify…

No, I think it's problematic to exclude drag performers from transgender identity because for those of them that identify with their drag persona, as many do, enact many of the qualities that define transgenderism. I think, furthermore, that the exclusion is at least in part internalized homophobia, as when gay men…

Ru's use of the term is admittedly part of a sexual-minority dialect which does not have a one-to-one relationship with English at large, or even with dialects of other sexual minorities. I can't help but think, though, that in policing Ru's language and denying him access to the term, there's some element of…

Uh? Is curly hair illegal now?

So a driverless car's programming might be:

No, I just don't feel like sitting on my balls.

Americans have had a love affair with the French since colonial Britain. France is in the sweet spot of being just similar enough not to excite xenophobia, but just exotic enough that everything they do seems fascinating and exciting. It's like Australia, but classy.

So, first reaction, as a decent person: god, why are thigh gaps a thing?!

I'm sorry, but when was Tori Spelling ever relevant enough to publish even a single memoir?

Am I the only one who thinks he looks pretty damn hot even without a six pack/including a lot of scruff?

Well, since I wear them all day everyday, you're already wrong. Secondly, if you're wearing an uncomfortable jockstrap, maybe buy one that isn't uncomfortable?

it's called a jockstrap and the rest of us get along just fine.

That's what I thought. The definition in the article is lacking some nuance.

Didn't they change the criteria of gender dysphoria to the anxiety one gets from occupying the wrong gender? I.e., transgenderism is not a mental health problem, but being unable to transition might cause mental health problems?

Well, I hope you know that all dogs aren't like that!

That decision is even more broad than that. Nobody can be forced to recite the pledge; anybody can abstain for any reason whatsoever.

I agree. We're now 20+ years into third-wave feminism, and hard-core,
"lesbian commune" second-wave feminists are dying off. Let the transphobes have their precious transexclusive spaces; we can party better without them.

But you could quite easily ban MSM for six months to a year, if they've had sex with someone whose HIV status they don't know, and still cover the time between infection and the blood test positive. Why aren't you more concerned that the statutes around blood donation haven't changed in 40 years?

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