I am glad that you elaborated on the strategies you had in mind other than advising young women not to drink to the point of incapacitation. Yes, I do agree that we should teach everyone not to drink to excess and to respect bystander programs and specific methods for staying safe in social situations.

I don't hear that very often!! Thanks.

I certainly agree that rape prevention should focus on potential perpetrators. We have been talking about this for years and it has never happened. I think this is a major problem and that we should be making more of a fuss about it.

I already addressed that.

You have paid no attention to what I have said. Again—that link you provided was just like this one—someone's exaggerated, overblown spin on what Emily thinks and says, not what she actually has said. I'm not sure how else to explain why it is important to hear directly from the source—Emily—not someone who is…

OK, now we seem to be jumping the shark.

Well, it's very late where I am right now and I am too sleepy to do this issue justice. But yes, I do think Erin is barking up the wrong tree.

The headline of Emily Yoffe's article is obnoxious, but she probably didn't choose it. her editors would have.

We are told that what happened was recorded on video and that it amounted to sexual assault.

I do agree. Although they do include a lot more male nudity than most shows/movies and it seems like there's more as the show continues, there is still more female nudity.

You say you're "more porn-friendly than most" and then go on to complain about the sex and plot aspect of Game of Thrones.

I really don't know what they expected me to do. Once, they discovered that I used something as a makeshift pad and totally freaked out because it turned out to be valuable. But they still didn't click that maybe they should pay for tampons.

I think this is an excellent idea and I plan to donate. I especially think that free tampons should be available in schools, because many kids can't afford them.

Well, I'm surprised I haven't been totally flamed. I know that it takes a lot of sensitivity and skill to talk about this kind of thing in a way that will move a discussion forward, and I'm not great at social commentary. I'm sure there is a better way to say all this than what I have said.

I could not agree more. I also welcome any debate about feminism and privilege, etc. But when there is no debate, when a bunch of privileged white women are repeating simplistic buzz phrases, then things get tiresome and old and the debate does not move forward.

Ol' Auntie Em, that's a great point. There should be more that is original. We get so many articles where problems are pointed out in other media and in the fashion industry in general. My issue here is that this is not done creatively, but in a hackneyed, preaching-to-the-choir way. But where do we actually get…

I don't understand. I am about to fall asleep, but if you want to elaborate, I will be back tomorrow.

I'm not saying I don't benefit from white privilege. You're missing the point. You're taking the same easy route that I'm tired of reading in Callie's work lately.

Callie, I understand that this article is about presenting white women's hair trends as universal. You're not ignoring, as some people have said, that there is a long tradition of braiding in white cultures. But I don't think things are so straightforward.

I see it as the same thing to accept that the world isn't fair and to accept that women will always be treated this way.