Maybe he should try Susan Komen.

Then again, Mel Gibson’s (ex-?) wife is Russian. I remember seeing no end of mail-order bride jokes and variants of “Russian whore”. Taylor Swift is pretty much America’s Sweetheart.

Not to take away from the rest of what you’re saying. I agree.

The only place “Enjoy the Silence” belongs is as a title of a Depeche Mode song. Ugh.

I’m just not impressed by her transphobia. I should add, though, that my personal hang-up doesn’t mean that she never had anything important or interesting to say and that nobody should read her work. Also, I know her opinion wasn’t unique in second-wave feminism.

No thanks to Mary Daly, but the rest look interesting.

Signed! I think my Longhorn parents will understand.

Beautiful. I know that when I was a child and found out what “gay” was, it didn’t cause my poor little brain to explode. It merely expanded on the definition of love that I already knew.

Had to comment on this just for the Anastasia Krupnik mention. She and her books are so underrated! Of course, Madeline and the Paper Bag Princess were awesome, too.

I also like your interpretation of the Carole King song.

That’s an interesting interpretation (and you definitely make some good points), but I’m going to have to agree with Ms. Brown. Incidentally, looking up the linguistic origins of the word “passion” (with roots in words meaning “destruction” and “to harm” among others), I sort of wonder how it even came to have more positive connotations.

That’s a real shame to hear (or read, rather). I thought D:TNG did a good job with their other rape storylines, especially Paige’s. This stuff with Holly J and Declan is just ew.

What you said. I have absolutely zero interest in working with anti-choicers and I don’t believe that to be an unreasonable position at all.

“…crying may have been a means of thwarting unwanted sexual advances.”

That is the most odious assertion I have seen in awhile.

Someone needs to tell this guy that his ass isn’t a reliable source for statistics.

“Twiblings”? I think I’m going to hurl.

And, yes, there were/are Mulan and Pocahontas dolls. I have them both, each gotten around the time their respective films came out . My Mulan doll has re-attachable hair (that you could “cut off” with her little plastic sword, like in the movie), two outfits, and a bamboo pole with a suction cup that she [...]

You do realize Cinderella came out in 1950?

If you watch the sequels, she actually has a bit more personality.

*something like this

I definitely e-mailed and made sure to share my experience. This crap has to end now.

Aw, Jesus, they had us do some like this in my freshman year of high school (about seven years ago). In health class, my teacher had an abstinence-only motivational speaker come in to talk to us (at the behest of the school, I’m sure—our teacher actually made certain we knew about all forms of contraception [...]

It’s the Daily Fail. Are there other sources for this?

I really hate to hear “she got raped,”…

Ugh, I really hate that, too. People don’t even think about it when they put it that way; how wrong it sounds. Same with “got murdered”, “got beaten”, etc..