Yeah, pretty groundbreaking shit that there are different people in the world, right? I bet if I looked really hard I could even find a male feminist!

hah, well, I guess I've been outed as a computer illiterate. thanks :-)

we've been friends since elementary school, and even though we disagree about a lot of things, he's still a great friend. it's hard when you find qualities in your friends or family that you dislike, but friendship is ultimately about more than aligning political views. and my post wouldn't give you this information,…

I didn't realize that when I started responding. is there any way to ignore them after the fact?

To be fair, at that point in history almost everyone was essentially required to be religious.

I do agree with you on that. But how do you get millions of people to start calling an idea by a different name? Humanism is already taken, and FemManGLBTQChildIsm just sounds awkward.

OH MY GOD THANK YOU FOR EDUCATING ME! Here I was thinking that white men never deal with poverty, discrimination, domestic violence, cancer or paper cuts.

You have just insulted a huge group of people. Is that what you meant to do?

He's a very wealthy, white, well-educated only child. He tends to get a little uppity when anyone reminds him that he automatically has it easier than most other people.

Where did people get this idea that feminism means wanting men and women to be featureless clones?

Why is it an either/or situation? If you're a humanist, you're also a feminist (unless you're a very strange humanist who hates women, but I don't think that's likely.) You can be a feminist without being Secular Humanist. There are plenty of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish feminists, so I think you can be humanist…

That was totally me. For years, I said that I couldn't be a feminist because I thought men and women should be equal. It took a feminist friend to wake me up and say, "You know that's the point, right?"

thank you for that, I was just about to say. but... at least he didn't say 'Golden Labradors'?

Is that really a thing people cluck over? I'm terrified of having a baby because (among other things) it opens up a whole new world of judgement.

So, this is my own very limited experience. But: A sick deer ended up in my front yard. Animal control came, and said "We can't move it while it's alive." Called city police and within thirty seconds of pulling into my driveway, one of the cops shot the deer in the head. With a shotgun. Twice.

Amen.
My now-husband and I went to our first friend's wedding several years ago. We both had full time jobs and I withdrew $100 cash to put in the envelope because my gift was more of a cute thing than a useful thing. He said "That seems like a bit much for a present, I usually give people like twenty bucks and a…

1) Chewing loudly. (Really, I have misophonia. I turn into the Hulk when I can hear chewing. I scope out movie seats based on what snack foods the people behind me have. No to popcorn, yes to hotdogs.) I married my husband because he's a quiet chewer. Didn't find out until after the wedding that he's a chronic…

I have not. How are your balls? This is an actual question. My husband is thinking of getting one. I want to use mirena, but he wants to be extra sure. And it freaks me out thinking of him getting cut open.

you also have to bathe kids, from what I hear. better not get any of those, either. just to be on the safe side.

Jesus= Do whatever you want Monday through Saturday. Wash the sin away on Sunday.