But you have so many burners! Doesn't it get tiring? I get paid to be here, but you're doing this all for free! Read more
Haha, I totally pointed that out already and am totally cool with that! So haha, in YOUR face! Read more
I am not the best person to answer the question about pride parades due to the fact that I have a lot of internalized homophobia from my upbringing. The pride parade was considered to be the pinnacle of debauchery in my household and I still struggle to support it. On one hand, I want to say "stop it! What good is… Read more
Agree. I am hella boring. Read more
Would you like to choose which writers will do the stoning? I'm available on weekends and so is Rebecca. It's extra if we have to bring our own stones. Read more
I don't know. You can identify how you like. I donate money to save Pandas sometimes. It doesn't make me a member of the panda community. It makes me a panda supporter. Read more
I don't know, but I've been lying awake at night wondering the same thing. Read more
Yeah, and that's probably what I would do! I don't mean I sat the student down and said "I know for the rest of the class the lecture is over, but for you it is just beginning!" I just pointed out that I appreciated his sentiment but was confused to what he was actually referring. Read more
Sure! I agree it's different when individuals who identify as gay use it (although it can still be problematic). I'm speaking to the same thing you are, when someone is all "I love the gaaaaays!" as their basic way of connecting with you. Read more
I completely agree that it's an attempt to make a bridge and I pointed out that most of the time it's meant to be positive. I don't think seeing microaggressions (I don't look for them and am rarely outraged) is inherently antagonistic. I think that you can see it as bridge-building and also point out why that bridge… Read more
Oh well. Comes with the territory! Read more
I think there's something to be said about an oppressed group taking some of a word's or term's power back or utilizing it in a different way. I agree that creating a curated list can become problematic, however. Read more
This isn't a freedom of speech issue. No one is legally denying you the right to say it or threatening to throw you in jail. Legally, you can say whatever you want. It doesn't mean that other people can't be unhappy with it or can't criticize you for it. Read more
It's funny now! It sucked then. Read more
You don't already? Read more
Sure, if you're gay you can say it all you want! That's your right, if you want it, because you're a member of the group being discussed here. If not, maybe check first. Read more
I hadn't because I am off on Fridays. I believe an update was cross-posted from Gawker, though. Read more
I only drink Bud Light anyway. Read more
All of these points are valid, including the fact that I believe in microaggressions and won't just let them be seen as nonsense. Read more
Sure, from what I've read! Read more