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Commented on Photo gallery of female body builders
It will be a good day when this kind of thread doesn't contain transphobic statements like wratofthekitty's....
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Can't help but note that the vocals on "Teardrop" are by Elizabeth Fraser, late of Cocteau Twins, my favorite group of all time....
Commented on High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman
So is the joke that he's gay, or that he's in denial? Either way, seems homophobic to me....
Commented on Indonesian /C/h/i/n/e/s/e/ schoolgirl flips off old begging woman
Wynnstate, just in case you want to copy this to use it later: 肏。 On the subject of people flipping the bird in photos, I see it so often in photos of Americans these days that it seems to...
Commented on Today on TokyoMango, and I'm out!
Lisa, can you post to BB again when your site no longer crashes Firefox? I'd really like to check it out. Thanks....
Commented on Report: Massive, warrantless raids on peace protesters in Minneapolis, ahead of RNC.
Another good source of news about this is the Minnesota Independent, aka MnIndy. Lots of informative stories there. Also, just to reinforce what Styrofoam said: this is not just about Minneapolis, and it's not just about the Minneapolis Police Department....
Commented on Sleazy <em>proposed</em> new Dungeons and Dragons license seeks to poison open gaming systems
There already is an attempt to make an open-source D&D-derived game: OSRIC. It's apparently based on 1st edition D&D (which, in this case, actually means 1st edition AD&D, not the little white or brown books)....

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Modusoperandi commented on Photo gallery of female body builders
Sister Y "I'm a 30-year-old female." Are you single? If not, do you have a sister? "Evolutionary biology is way more depressing for me than for most people." Nothing cures depression like strawberries & cream, and a box of wine (/me puts Bolero on the hifi). Why don't you make yourself more comfortable......
Antinous / Moderator commented on Photo gallery of female body builders
Evolutionary biology is way more depressing for me than for most people. I feel that way about Virginia Woolf. "The middle age of buggers is not be contemplated without horror."...
a_user commented on Photo gallery of female body builders
on the subject of highheels "Yet, there are those who find my choice of footwear a dereliction of feminist duty. " an article by a declared feminist about why she wears high heels despite knowing they are bad for her health http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/oct/28/fashion...
deden commented on Indonesian /C/h/i/n/e/s/e/ schoolgirl flips off old begging woman
Absolutely not a girl from chinese. The photographer ordered her to do it. Case close....
zuzu commented on Photo gallery of female body builders
I really wanted to comment here when this story was fresh. But by now, I'll just say this: I love the phenomena of body modification / morphological freedom, and that so many comments here were negative / snide (often rooted in normative judgements or the naturalistic fallacy) made me sad. I'm glad these women exist, to push the limits of what's possible in human expression. (In the same vein, I very much appreciated Yamara's comment.)...

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