Uh-oh, Rick. Looks like your rape-y lyrics are “Holding You Back.”

“don’t critique hip hop for objectifying women when you clearly don’t listen to it.” “And on that note, don’t expect me to know all the hip hop songs. I don’t. ”

Um, yeah. I think I’ve heard about enough here.

FYI, it is rude to touch anyone’s hair without their permission or invitation.

The double standard I was referring to is that I know my boyfriends would not have approved of me paying money to other MEN to take off their clothes (since I am a heterosexual woman and attracted to men).

THANK YOU, Maya, for saying this. It has always upset me when people make the “Think of your daughter/sister/mother!” argument. No! Think about yourself and how you would like to be treated; think about humanity and the dignity and respect that others deserve; think about right and wrong rather than what may or may not [...]

I try to pay my fair share into a relationship – whether it’s dating, more serious, or just friends. I don’t feel right about someone else footing the bill for all of my meals, entertainment, lodging, etc. Lots of guys have a really hard time with this. I try to not make it a big [...]

Thanks for the larger explanation. I do know what the term means and I agree that it’s real, I just feel it is unfairly used sometimes. Kristof clearly means well and does good for these topics. From what I’ve read and seen of him, he does seem to focus on the strategies and ideas presented [...]

I appreciate what Kristof has done for the issues of women’s rights and violence toward women. Feministing’s readers are by and large already feminists. Readers of the New York Times are… everyone. For a mainstream journalist at one of the most prominent and visible publications to make such bold statements about the state of rape [...]

I was interested in this method a couple of years ago and did some online research and met with my doctor about it. I was very scared about the possible side effects and complications I learned about, and I was also told it is recommended that only women who have already had a child should [...]

The basic gist of this author’s piece is that this woman is awful because she is pretty and not #1. If she was ugly and not #1, or pretty and #1, she would be cool. But being pretty and not the best is unacceptable. Although how does one really argue that an athlete is “no [...]

I do see your point, jaciem. I too want to see adequate coverage of the winners of the events, regardless of their nationality. But if I were running a US network, I’d certainly be highlighting our US competitors at a higher rate than other countries’, simply because I think my viewers would be interested in [...]

Completely agree. Thank you for so well articulating this concept.

“Plus, while it’s not totally surprising, NBC way disproportionately covered American athletes.”

Um, it’s a US network. I have no issue with this. It’s weird you mentioned it at all.

Regarding the ZIP codes, I’m shocked 78209 in San Antonio isn’t on the list.

Unfortunately, my mom once made a racist observation to me when I was very young. We saw an interracial couple walking down the street hand-in-hand and my mom turned to me and said, “I don’t approve of that.” I was perplexed. I was confused as to what she didn’t approve of, and why. And I [...]

The piece attacking Tina Fey is irony at its best. Tina isn’t a feminist because she criticizes other women. So what then, does that say about her criticizers?

It is really a shame that hate speech like this is not a crime.

This is terrible. There should be laws against judges granting anyone special treatment. Then we could lock up this judge along with the rest of the criminals.

This is truly infuriating. Infuriating.

Radical conservatism is anti-fact, anti-science and anti-medicine. Remember the warning labels on science books? Any logical, thinking person should be outraged that people like this are even permitted into public office at all, much less that they’re voted in.

The hypocrisy of people who truly think like this is sickening.