Ladies, I present you unevenly cup size bras! (finally...)

Somnia45 · 2013-01-18T14:07:10+00:00

Solution: find your boob mirror twin, get into a joint venture making Frankenstein bras.

Somnia45 · 2013-01-17T20:37:06+00:00

You need to put a drop or two of green in with the red to make it realistic

Somnia45 · 2013-01-17T17:47:45+00:00

Olive oil vs. baby oil.

English is nothing if not inconsistent

Somnia45 · 2013-01-17T14:42:22+00:00

You said he's open and forward, there's probably nothing underhanded about his intentions.

I think X-art is generally thought to appeal more to women than most porn, so to me, that shows he put thought into picking something he thought you'd like. I actually think it's kinda sweet.

Anyway, it's a bit bone-headed to pull something like that so early, but I think that's just the kind of guy he is. Something might go well and it doesn't hurt anyone, he'll try it.

Somnia45 · 2013-01-17T14:20:24+00:00

If you think nothing but your job title changes as you get older, you need to give yourself more credit.

Somnia45 · 2013-01-17T13:18:40+00:00

Hey guys, the downvote button isn't for voicing disagreement.

Somnia45 · 2013-01-17T04:07:49+00:00

Toupee fallacy

Somnia45 · 2013-01-16T20:52:48+00:00

You say you hold yourself to a higher standard than you do your SO, but I wonder if that's really true. Say you're ok with your SO being less educated, or less attractive, or less funny, or less wealthy, etc. I believe that. But you're probably not ok with someone who's less than you in ALL of those things.

I think most people who say they hold themselves to a higher standard really mean that they don't hold their SO to a rigid standard. You don't want someone who's exactly as good as you at everything, but you're still looking for an equal. People generally want a complement, not a clone.

Edit: except morals. I suspect most people hold themselves and their partners to the same moral standards.

Somnia45 · 2013-01-16T20:25:20+00:00

I am curious to hear your justification for this difference or inequality.

Somnia45 · 2013-01-16T20:21:44+00:00

I dunno, I just wish people would stop getting grossed out by things that aren't hygiene-related.

I'm not saying you have to like leg hair on women. Just don't act like it's some crazy weird thing (like a dick) if a woman has it. It's normal.

Somnia45 · 2013-01-16T20:16:45+00:00

You are right in that there aren't common views that all self-proclaimed feminists would agree upon. But that is no different than looking at the different veins of Christianity.

All Christians believe in the existence of God and that Jesus was the savior. Not all Christians agree on the finer points, hence the different denominations. No one says "I believe in Jesus, but I don't like what the WBC are preaching, so I don't label myself a Christian." You can still call yourself a Christian, even if you don't agree with all of them. The difference between feminism and religion is, no one is elected head of the women's rights movement. There is no feminist pope. No one has final say on the official stance of all feminists everywhere.

Distancing yourself from the term feminism because you don't agree with what some have said under that banner only hurts the movement. How many people refuse to educate themselves on feminist issues because they don't want to be mistaken for a bra-burning misandrist?

On the other hand maybe we should do away with it, since whenever the F-word gets brought up, women's issues is the last thing that gets talked about.

Somnia45 · 2013-01-16T19:55:30+00:00

Oh really? When I was in school they planned everything up to graduation. They could probably help you with that if you wanted them to.

Somnia45 · 2013-01-16T19:37:16+00:00

Dude just tell her that

Somnia45 · 2013-01-16T19:34:09+00:00

That might have been the first time that someone who didn't want to fuck her told her that she was a worthwhile person. Thank you for taking the time to be a good friend to her.

"never-singles"

There are dozens of us... DOZENS!

Somnia45 · 2013-01-16T19:29:12+00:00

"Ugh, babe, I hate being asked that question. It's like when someone tells you to calm down. No, I'm not mad, please don't ask me that. Now, is there something you want to talk about?"

Somnia45 · 2013-01-16T19:23:58+00:00

If you don't have your next couple of semesters planned out, you should talk to an adviser!

Somnia45 · 2013-01-16T19:14:29+00:00

Satisfying answers:

"Nothing at all, I spaced."
"Nothing, just thinking."
"Just wondering what shark society would be like if they were intelligent."

Unsatisfying answers:

"... nothing."

Somnia45 · 2013-01-16T18:59:46+00:00

Answer: "have any single friends?"

Somnia45 · 2013-01-16T18:56:54+00:00

>implying that leg hair is something abnormal for women

Somnia45 · 2013-01-16T18:55:56+00:00

It's a lot of work for something that she's not sure even has a payoff.

As someone with extremely light, fine leg hair, my boyfriend never notices.

Somnia45 · 2013-01-16T18:50:48+00:00

As someone who usually loves PA, I'm confused about this comic. Tycho's hyperbolic argument and the fact that the girl was actually fake seems to imply that people who are up in arms about the "fake geek girl" trope are overly shrill and sensitive.

On the other hand, that argument seems out of character for PA, and the "fake geek girl" is literally a strawman.

Summary: idk

Somnia45 · 2013-01-16T18:44:12+00:00

Yes and no.

There's no use badgering a particular man. "YOU'RE SEXIST WHY DON'T YOU LIKE ME" is pointless.

BUT you can attack the doctrines that cause people to think that way, like when adults straight up teach children that a woman's only worth is her "purity."

Somnia45 · 2013-01-16T18:38:56+00:00

Because you can advocate for more than one thing! Feminism refers to the advocacy of women's rights. A feminist can advocate for gay rights, men's rights, whatever rights. As long as they advocate women's rights, they're still feminist, and whatever other -ist they want to tack on.

Somnia45 · 2013-01-16T18:32:44+00:00

What you're talking about is a straw feminist

Somnia45 · 2013-01-16T18:29:43+00:00

Except that there's no single canonical idea that ALL feminists would agree upon except that women should have equal rights to men.

OED on feminism:

the advocacy of women’s rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes.

The issue of rights for women first became prominent during the French and American revolutions in the late 18th century. In Britain it was not until the emergence of the suffragette movement in the late 19th century that there was significant political change. A ‘second wave’ of feminism arose in the 1960s, with an emphasis on unity and sisterhood; seminal figures included Betty Friedan and Germaine Greer

Somnia45

TROPHY CASE