I thought of horses.
But is it true that boys cannot be interested, ever, by a story with a female protagonist? Like, it's biologically impossible? Well, no, obviously it's not. Girls are willing to read stories about boys, and it's not hormonal or chromosomal or because they have a fancy boy-liking organ tucked up in their vaginas. If anything, it's because those are the stories that are out there, and girls haven't been socialized to write off and ignore things that don't have girls in the starring role. And the only way we can change this sad but true situation is by putting more books out there with female characters who are interesting for reasons completely separate from their gender.
I don't understand why they won't play along, at least in lip service... it would be easy enough to put up a meaningless smokescreen that would serve as an answer to complaints. They could have written the policy to read that agencies would be responsible for having their models undergo medical evaluations, then they could hire whatever doctors they pleased to do it. And those doctors could, hypothetically, be the shady kind who would give the girls a pass every time. Done. Unethical and not fixing the problem, but not threatening their precious status quo, either.
It's a pity that Jack Black is so unfunny now, or that dream could have become a gorgeous and clever song.
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So I'm on YouTube, watching "Go Ninja Go!" by Vanilla Ice. Mostly, I can count on the comments on YouTube to be among the worst on the web, but it turns out this song has the best comments, ever ever:
"Where could you get training to be a ninja?"
"I like the part where he says GO NINJA"
"I watch this video so that i may perfect on my ninja pelvis thrust "
"Man 90's were screwy. I miss the shit out of them. . "
This stuff is making my day right now.
"Where could you get training to be a ninja?"
"I like the part where he says GO NINJA"
"I watch this video so that i may perfect on my ninja pelvis thrust "
"Man 90's were screwy. I miss the shit out of them. . "
This stuff is making my day right now.
Oh thank goodness, I'm back. It was especially distressing since that's the only way to know if anyone's responded to a comment right now. Humbug new format. #Groupthink
Yeah, okay, I'm mostly with you, but I don't know anything about the case so I'm coming up with strange hypotheticals... I mean, I assume he's at least known female family members and medical professionals, even if he lives in an exclusively male residence, but would they have talked about the birds and bees with him? About their own bodies? I just don't know. This is a really tricky situation.
Wahhh! I can't reach my profile! I could earlier today, but now I get this message:
You were redirected to our front page because the URL you requested is unavailable. Please try again later. #Groupthink
You were redirected to our front page because the URL you requested is unavailable. Please try again later. #Groupthink
It seems like you have to be able to discern between the two if you are in any way sexual, even if you like both.
I'm not sure I get your meaning here. I mean, maybe he just likes the feelings he gets when his penis is touched. Maybe it doesn't matter a lot who does the touching, I don't know.
I'm not sure I get your meaning here. I mean, maybe he just likes the feelings he gets when his penis is touched. Maybe it doesn't matter a lot who does the touching, I don't know.
I'm all for changing things to keep kids off the sex offenders registry for stupid texts, but I'm not so comfortable with the inclusion of parents in the sentence. Beyond talking to their teens about it, which I have to hope they're mostly doing anyway, and maybe denying internet/cell phone access, I don't know what parents can do.
I can't have been the only teenager who sometimes did things just to upset my parents, can I?
I can't have been the only teenager who sometimes did things just to upset my parents, can I?
I would appreciate the option to collapse a reply thread again once I'm done reading it, if possible. In the meantime, I'll do my best to figure out the new format and I'm sure I'll grow to like it in time. One day. Hopefully soon.
I think the biggest difference between them is the fame, and the fame-seeking, for that matter. They're both famous, clearly. But Charlie started his career before the paparazzi age really took off, and maybe that's why he doesn't frequent the clubs that have cameras hanging outside. He brings drugs, alcohol and prostitutes to a hotel room, where he holes up and does terrible things, yes. But he's not striving for anything more; he probably just wants to keep his steady paycheck and massive wealth. Lindsay actively courts the paps. If she can get a teary interview about her turmoil, she'll do it in a heartbeat. The stories about her lateness can't all be untrue, so we know she's not getting the job done efficiently when she gets hired. And she probably wouldn't accept a job on a sitcom anyway; I expect she would think it was beneath her movie-star status.
@EndangeredRed: Yeah, that's what I think. Really, I've seen it so many times but I'm wordy and I always assume letters will be words, sounds or acronyms before I look for a face in them, you know?
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It's just this minute occurred to me that o.O is an emoticon. I'd always gotten the right meaning, but I was actually reading it as a kind of lilting "oh-oh" sound. Huh. Emoticon-clever I am not.
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@Fridge Hussy: A Hussy Re: Fridges!: I kind of think Ryan and Michelle have just been hinting for the sake of publicity. They are promoting a movie, in Oscar season, in which they play a married couple, and they're riding publicity from the MPAA ratings about how authentic their movie-sex is.
I suddenly feel like I've way overthought this.
I suddenly feel like I've way overthought this.
My brother has shared custody of the dog (D) with his ex (E). In general, we his family feel that he's too kind and D belongs to him, particularly as E has lived overseas for periods of at least a year at a time, during which D lived with my brother full time. When back in Canada, E has lived in a few different cities, so D has travelled a little to be with her for a season or two at a time.
My brother puts it like this: he knows exactly how much he loves the dog. He knows exactly how much it would hurt to lose her forever, and he cannot inflict that on E. I just see my little brother heartbroken when the dog leaves, though, so I'm a little biased.
At this point, I think D has lived longer with the split custody than she did the couple.
My brother puts it like this: he knows exactly how much he loves the dog. He knows exactly how much it would hurt to lose her forever, and he cannot inflict that on E. I just see my little brother heartbroken when the dog leaves, though, so I'm a little biased.
At this point, I think D has lived longer with the split custody than she did the couple.
@musicalshoes: Or I'm the weird one, and you're perfectly normal. I do drink a lot of coffee, so I probably pee a disproportionate amount, actually.
Coming along hours later, as I do, it would appear that 99% of commenters are talking about poo. Do you not pee a gazillion times more in a day than you poo?
I guess that's my line. I'll talk and pee, anytime in person or not. On the phone, it'll probably be because I have phone-anxiety and if we're on together now I'm not hanging up to call you back in 1 minute. That's crazy-making. But if I have to poo? There is no talking and pooing.
I guess that's my line. I'll talk and pee, anytime in person or not. On the phone, it'll probably be because I have phone-anxiety and if we're on together now I'm not hanging up to call you back in 1 minute. That's crazy-making. But if I have to poo? There is no talking and pooing.
