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Posted on March 9 at 1:56 p.m.Suggest removal
In response to the commenter who felt moved to explain to all the women who might be inspired by the Ledbetter Act why they will never be paid the wages they deserve: Are you for ****ing real? IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING. Okay, I've had it. I've officially turned into a manhater. I'm starting with you, you awful commenter, and moving onto every man I've ever had a conversation with who tried to shout me down about Lilly Ledbetter not deserving a payback of every penny her work was worth. Then I'm going to move on to all the employers who have ever told me that the raise I was asking for wasn't in the budget for women, because the men in my office had families to support. Then I'm going to all the customers and clients who have ever made a woman's service sector job into sexual harassment hell just because they had the money and she was providing the service. And then I'm going to all the people who have ever covered up for or ignored misogynist abusers in their progressive or artist communities because they were worried that speaking up would somehow shave away at their "men's rights". And then I'm going to take all those men, that I hate, and put them together, and the sheer concentrated force of my hate will make them so uncomfortable that they will spontaneously start apologizing and weeping. And I will still hate them, to the end of eternity, and I will never stop, because I will by then have transformed into a manhating supervillain. You're welcome, world.
Posted on August 24 at 5:36 p.m.Suggest removal
Is no one going to rush to the defense of the Greek system for being anti-lesbian/anti-genderqueer?
Posted on August 23 at 12:17 a.m.Suggest removal
Laney,
I wish I could give you flowers for every troll. Many of the Greek community members are trying to put their hurt feelings foremost (because being called out on discrimination hurts, but it's a necessary hurt) but I want you to know that you've spoken words of healing to every girl who has been denied entrance in a sorority because of her race, her size, her lack of access to pricey fashion requirements, her butchness or gender nonconformity, etc. Those women have been silent about the discriminatory nature of their rejections because speaking up instantly gets them dismissed as as mere wannabes, rejects. But because people are listening to you, who have been there, people will have to start listening to them as well.
Thank you for your bravery. You've truly vindicated the hurt feelings of a lot of people.
And to the Greek community, is it really so hard to swallow that the racist and discriminatory practices of recruitment historically have survived in some form to today? I ask you to search yourself to see if you've been doing everything you can do to counter your groups' histories.
Posted on March 24 at 12:16 p.m.Suggest removal
"I'm Trevor Clark. Hey! I know what I really want to say to the world today. I want to tell those annoying pro-LGBTQ people how annoying they are, and that's how I know I'm right and they're wrong. Because when people from my religion try to tell them what to do and how to act all the time, sometimes they get mad! I wish they could see it from my perspective, where hate and bigotry over matters of sexual identity is something I can comfortably distance myself from, because it is not part of my daily life. They take it so personally when I intrude into their personal lives from time to time and tell them their feelings are wrong and their relationships with their loved ones don't mean as much as my relationships with my loved ones! It sure is great to be white, straight, Christian, and male, because that means I get to tell everyone else how to behave whenever I feel like it. It sure is great to be me, Trevor Clark! Hey. I bet all the gays reading this will, like, suddenly realize how wrong their feelings are, because I, Trevor Clark, told them that it is wrong to be angry about all this homosexuality nonsense. Maybe they will come be Christians with me and help me vote for taking more rights away from minorities! That would be awesome and cool for me, Trevor Clark. It would really make me fulfilled as a person. I'm glad I'm so rational and know all the right answers. I'm glad I have discussions with myself, like this one, featuring me, Trevor Clark."
Posted on March 22 at 12:19 p.m.Suggest removal
As a liberal, queer, female OU student who wasn't at this event but who supports the WGSSA and Sharp, I just want to say here that mustafa terrifies me. And from time to time, I am overcome with the fear that he could be any person I interact with daily on campus, and he really means the things he says about outspoken women like Sharp deserving acts of violence for simple things like being who they are and using campus resources with the assumption they will be safe.
Posted on February 21 at 9:58 a.m.Suggest removal
30 days? That made my stomach drop. And setting a 30-day limit for pressing charges without telling you there was a time limit is even worse.
Posted on October 12 at 2:06 a.m.Suggest removal
Mary didn't say it, but I actually do think you are a low-life, mustafa. Where the hell do you get off, lurking around every possible LGBT-issues article to spew your bigoted crap? I get this feeling of dread every time I read one, now, because when I scroll down, you are inevitably there. You're like the Batman of policing heterocentrism. You don't sleep. You don't eat. You just watch the Daily RSS feed in the night for any signs of Gay. And then you strike.
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Posted on March 26 at 12:13 p.m.Suggest removal
I'm not spiritual either (nor have I ever been Jewish), but I think you should be careful whenever you're writing an article trying to convince a historically-oppressed people to be not offended when other people show them disrespect. Whether or not spiritual actions actually magically change anyone's identity to Mormonism, the fact that people still practice them perpetuates the kind of disrespect found in a culture of anti-Semitism. I think to focus on the actual realities of a spiritual act is missing the point, and to simply categorize Jewish offense alongside Mormon baptism as equally unimportant because both are tied to spiritual people ignores historical prejudice in a way that is irresponsible.
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