Last night was bad, and today is beyond imagining, so I'm not going make it a discussion ( Read more... )

And surely it is not news to pretty much everyone here. But.

Multiple choice question. If you are in a privilege group, and someone else in your privilege group says something you find reasonable, but people not in that privilege group find it oozing offensive privilege, then, as an ally do you [ETA: ideally ( Read more... )

Two different things have been bothering me a great deal about the SFPA lately. I'd been posting about them under f-lock to give dkolodji time to respond to me in private, but the public discussion/argument has gotten to a point where I don't feel comfortable with the semblance of silence ( Read more... )

I am number 3924 against discrimination by health insurers. Women deserve equal coverage for equal premiums ( Read more... )

For anyone who missed it -- after my previous post, John Ottinger III apologized, both on his blog and in comments here.Where I stand now: I am impressed with the sincerity of his reply, and with the fact that he's not making excuses, and I hope he'll continue to follow these conversations and (hopefully) find new and interesting authors to review ( Read more... )

ETA2: Two important notes:
1. johnottinger has apologized in comments here as well as on his blog. While I agree that one does not always get a cookie, I'd like to point this out as an apology that is clear and sincere in tone, without any of the hedges we've seen too often in this sort of discussion ( Read more... )