Oregon is in on it too, though our urban side drowns out the rural via population. If you think Oregon as a square, only the coastal 1/3rd of the state fits the hippie/hipster stereotype. The other 2/3rds is a sparsely populated wilderness of inbred, sexist, racist, YEC, birthers.

Bananafish IS a pretentious story. Franco's assertion that all girls like it is insulting to most girls' intelligence.

So you get real riled up over racism, but think it's a joy to troll feminists? Whatever, wacko.

At what? Convincing kids to repress their sexuality? Making them feel terrible about something they already felt good about? Or worse about something they already felt bad about?

Things just got pretty Homestuck up in here. <- the nerdiest thing i've said all day, and I spent the morning cracking physics jokes.

it is alll about that oatmeal Aveno and blades with the lotion around them. Anything else and my legs turn into bumpy red cities full of degenerate ingrown hairs.

I'm so worried for Maester Aemon:( He's the kind of character Martin would kill off. Just to break my heart.

They did this at my school in 6th grade, as part of the "Students Today Aren't Ready for Sex" program, only the instructions were to stand under the sign that represented the furthest you'd "gone".

I called all the deaths in that episode. All of them. My brother and I had a debate going on whether it'd be Jon or Ygritte dying, but I was RIGHT.

Yeah, I have a lot of faith in Lauren Faust. My Little Pony is chocked full of pink and purple and glitter, but even the most diva character has a lot of depth. That's remarkable considering the show's roots, network pressures, and that is marketed for children. I think Faust actively considers gender in her writing…

Why am I the only one having a terrible experience with the Mirena? My sex drive is waaay down and driven further down by how the actual plastic bit turns sex into a game of "how many times can xp-px get stabbed in the uterus before she cries uncle?"

I'm with bowsercrushes on this one. Attraction isn't just aesthetics, or emotional, there's also a very chemical component to it. For some people one or two of those categories is enough for a happy relationship. A lot of us need all three I imagine.

It's possible that I've seen good looking trans men and thought "cute dude!" without being clued in at all that he was trans. I've clearly never hit it off with a guy like that though. I think there are a lot of subtleties to attraction involving pheromones. I can't see getting *really* steamed up over a man who…

Maybe it's because the only trans man i've ever known was reaaaally not my cup of tea, but I get where you're coming from. I'm wholeheartedly in support of identity and applaud people who go for it and embrace their own against popular opinion. I just don't ever see it happening that i'd be romantically attracted to a…

I have this problem where I so ferociously feel for foster kids that I know when I have my adult job and life I will want to go overboard. "Adopt a baby? Yes, but what about poor older child over there? Well, yes, one kid, but what about that family that will get split up? Okay, so now I know I have 4 adopted…

*note: Adoption is ridiculously cheap unless you are trying to get a perfect baby through an agency. Which is kind of disgusting to me when so many other kids need homes. I guess I can see being stupid rich and being able to afford to adopt a foreign child from terrible circumstances. But for the average person? The…

hah. Well yeah, they do that. But it's pretty funny. It's only when they taste an *amazing* new flavor. And "pissed" is actually just scared. Poorly socialized hedgehogs get scared really easily. But a well-handled one unfurls quickly. Mine is honestly just a downright snuggle bug.

Almost a good point, except that Jezebel bills itself as being the sort of site that discusses fashion. And Michelle Obama is a fashion icon, as have most first ladies been. It might be worth talking about why that seems to be a first lady's duty (really, what is the usefulness of being "fashionable"?). But since…

adorable assholes.

good news then: hedgehogs aren't rodents! Just small mammals. Distant relatives of the shrew.