"Under that logic, every man could say he is risking his life by going out for a jog, at risk of being mugged, beat up, killed, etc..that can happen to anyone. "

Given a few (privilege-heavy, but seemingly good-faith) comments here, I do have a problem with feminists using the term "MRA" as shorthand for the lunatic fringe, when we uphold the right to define our own label, feminism, and especially when we're trying to distance the term from kneejerks and man-haters. It feels like …

I don't believe you have a problem with a woman handing out a card vs using her words - you have a problem with a particular kind of behaviour being institutionalised - behaviour that's designed to regulate the behaviour of another group. How is this not a double standard?

This was at a convention in which the security staff started a game involving convincing women to show their breasts. Given a) men, as a collective, being incited to sexual harassment, and b) add to a: women, as a collective, being given the (symbolic) authority to call out other people's behaviour - which is the…

I've had trouble trying to explain this show to my friends - I've never liked horror either, but after the first two episodes (which I found terrifying, but in a good way..?), once you start working out what's actually going on, it looks more like a relationship drama. I found it very compelling. As for everybody…

Hell yeah... and fast! Three hours! Astounding.

What I find interesting (ie, so interesting I want to smack my head against a blunt object) is that these bots were programmed to presume the mere *existence* of proprietary material on the feed was proof of copyright infringement.

THIS IS WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. Thankyou.

You've raised something that's a major soapbox for me: people's presumptions about how a survivor behaves. Our instincts & defence mechanisms are very different to our rational thought processes - anyone that's ever said "why didn't (s)he..?" is basically making up stories based on - well, not-being-raped privilege.

OH YES. People say how they remember where they were when they first heard about major catastrophic events - well, I remember how I felt the first time I saw that opening scene. I remember everything. (dramatic flourish)