A friend posted a link over on Facebook to the Buzzfeed article Sex is a Funny Word a new book designed to help you talk about sexuality with your kids. The book tries to be inclusive, with different races, body types, and gender expressions (although I’m not sure if the last part might not be slightly confusing for really little kids?).And ( Read more... )

So I'm still worrying/turning over this topic in my brain. Did a lot more reading today. Still don't feel like I've reached a point that I'm comfortable with. Will probably continue to read (and possibly write, if I've got anything useful to say) over the next couple of days. Unless Mea manages to distract me (headed out tomorrow, damnit later ( Read more... )

So I was accused of “tone policing” in a fandom community because I told someone that the topic we were discussed seemed to make them angry, and I didn’t want to upset them further . “Tone Policing” is a code for “I’m pissed off about something, and you can’t tell me to stop cursing.” You hear it a lot when someone on one side of an argument says ( Read more... )