Wait, what? I didn't say that people who have issues with their body are too stupid/illogical to understand body positivity. I listed specific "objections" that I'm calling "alien," and they are: Read more

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What? I don't have any issue with women not wanting kids. I'm referencing the part in the video when she cries because she clearly hoped to have biological children with her husband and now she can't. The issue isn't that a woman isn't going to have biological kids—it's that the pressure to lose weight took that… Read more

Yeah, I know. It's just the Happy Meal element that makes it "wacky," I guess. Like, is heroin considered a girl toy or a boy toy? Read more

I didn't say this post was illuminating anything. YOU GUYS BROUGHT UP MY OPINION ON MACKLEMORE. Read more

Jesus Christ, I'm not sure where you got "hate" out of any of my comments on Macklemore. Yes, I think he's a nice guy and I also think his success illuminates some really important structural inequalities that need to be talked about until they are fixed. I'm not going to hold my tongue on the latter just because of… Read more

That is a really bizarre leap. It's just a cute photo I found in my old yearbook. Read more

I don't know him well or anything, but he is a really genuinely nice dude. Read more

It is possible to think that a person is nice and good and has made positive contributions to the world AND be critical of the culture that elevates that person's contributions above the contributions of marginalized groups who have been trying to be heard for decades. It is possible to happy on an individual level… Read more

WORTH IT Read more

OBLIGATORY. Read more

I disagree, though we're kind of talking semantics here. I don't think that "hostility" is the same thing as "violence," and as a rule I try not to police oppressed people's reactions to their oppression. I also think that a lot of white people use high-minded arguments about "civility" to mask neutrality/complacence.… Read more

I agree that it's definitely BETTER than a lot of anti-gay Christian rhetoric, but it still boils down to this: Read more

AGREED. Read more

YOU ARE A HERO. Read more

I don't personally think that. But I think other people think that. At least in terms of consistency. Read more

Hahaha, me too! Read more

lol ok #benghazi Read more

What on earth are you talking about? Read more