http://www.polimicks.com/?p=658

"So, on Ellen, he (Liam Neeson) strips down to a hot pink Speedo, and sits in a glass booth while Ellen and an audience member throw balls at a target to drench him with water. All good. But I encourage you to watch that clip, see how the audience ( Read more... )

http://www.polimicks.com/?p=642

"Ok, so I admit when this movie came out I made the “Oh sweet zombie Jesus! No!” face a lot. Then people I trusted started seeing it and coming back with some interesting comments about how it depicted male and female sexuality. So when the Best ( Read more... )

Sorry, it's been a while, guys. But here's the new one. http://www.polimicks.com/?p=637

"Thin people do not realize how fucking fraught going to the doctor can be, when you know you’re going to have to fight with them to seriously look at your concerns. It’s tiring. You don’t want ( Read more... )

http://www.polimicks.com/?p=626

"Sarah Robles is on the US Olympic weightlifting team. She’s currently the highest ranked weightlifter in the US. And because at 275 lbs and 5’10″, she isn’t exactly bathing suit model material as far as our very limited definition of socially ( Read more... )

http://www.polimicks.com/?p=624

"Would I prefer fully “socialized” medicine, like nearly every other rational, industrialized nation in the world has? Yes. But am I happy with the babystep that people cannot be refused insurance for pre-existing conditions? YES! I’m fucking ( Read more... )

http://www.polimicks.com/?p=618

"This is the thing, you can want to have sex with someone, but not RIGHT NOW, or THIS WAY, or any of it. You can intend to have sex with someone, and then realize something is off, something is wrong, they aren’t listening to you when you tell them not ( Read more... )

http://www.polimicks.com/?p=615

"...why the hell are we expected to keep quiet about the bad behavior of others, particularly when it involves ignoring our own boundaries? This goes for asshats clumsily flirting with disinterested girls, as well as rapists. Whenever women talk about ( Read more... )

http://www.polimicks.com/?p=612

"This is why I am so very angry at the way the anti-obesity argument is framed. This is why I’m so angry at concern trolls and fat shamers. This. Because those people did this to me. People just like them told me that everything about my body was ( Read more... )

http://www.polimicks.com/?p=606

"But I’d like to point out something to all the Fat-Shamey McDouchebags out there: If you consistently tell someone that they are worth less as a human being, that they are ugly and unfuckable, and unloveable because of something many of us can’t ( Read more... )

http://www.polimicks.com/?p=603

"OK, I need a break from all the bitching about assholes and stuff. So I’m going to tell you about a book that made me laugh until I cried while I read it. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: A mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson, The Bloggess. Some of ( Read more... )