Comments on: In Which I Wonder If I’m Crazy for Tryin’

By: Can We Teach Middle-Aged Liberal Dogs New Tricks? - The Pursuit of Harpyness

Can We Teach Middle-Aged Liberal Dogs New Tricks? - The Pursuit of Harpyness — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:31:07 +0000

[...] I like the Daily Show, and watch it religiously too, but it hasn’t escaped my notice that the show can be less than sensitive to the wide world beyond Liberal Dudes and Liberal Dude [...]

By: Lysergic Asset

Lysergic Asset — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:44:25 +0000

To me, the MILF comment is far less egregious than the ‘wolf huntress’ part… considering that she shoots them from a freaking helicopter, so there will be more caribou for her to kill.

As others have already stated, Palin pretty much ran on the MILF platform, so I don’t think it’s offensive so much as self-descriptive in her case.

By: Diziet_Sma

Diziet_Sma — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:27:47 +0000

Meh, nobody’s perfect.

By: DangerMouse

DangerMouse — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:45:33 +0000

There is one guy in the department who I think fears me because I’ve given him the “bish, plz” face so many times for his obnoxious comments about my “sexy” looks or whatever. I refuse to interact with him, and I’m not sure he entirely understands why, but hey, not interacting with him serves my purposes just fine. I’m not particularly educational. Hmm.

I think I scare people, which I agree makes it difficult to date, but at least the ones who are ballsy enough to date me are usually not complete wastes of time.

I’ve also found that non-native speakers of English rarely use terms like MILF. It’s odd because sometimes I think of their native countries as more sexist, but it is vocalized less and behaved upon more. Does that make sense?

By: PhDork

PhDork — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:13:04 +0000

I am the opposite of jock-y. Or rather, I am neither frilly nor jocky, and most of the guys I had/have as friends, and my very own dude, are in-between-y, too. Band geeks and artsy types and the generally nerdly. “Hanging with the boys” meant watching movies and hanging at a diner or at someone’s house talking, not shootin’ hoops or fixing cars or something.

By: jdregent

jdregent — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:57:33 +0000

PhD — actually a lot of the cool, down girls I know had boy friends growing up. Even at all girls school a lot of the girls were like, I’ve never had female friends. I’ve always been pretty embarrassed about how fucking frilly and feminine I am. Wish I was jockier and stuff and could hang with the boys but I can’t.

By: PhDork

PhDork — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:52:08 +0000

Until about 2 years ago, most of my close friends were guys. I always have had friends of both sexes, but when I think back, hanging out with dudes was even more common than having a girl-bestie for a lot of my life. Weird, right?

By: Penny

Penny — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:38:13 +0000

Becky, I am a bit jealous. I am an only child and never grew up around men/boys. I’m not particularly weird about guys, but I would have loved more male influence – aside from my dad, who is my number-one crush Love that guy.

By: sarah.of.a.lesser.god

sarah.of.a.lesser.god — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:04:12 +0000

My male dogs count as male friendships, right? Otherwise I got nothing.

By: BeckySharper

BeckySharper — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:45:58 +0000

I have my gay boyfriend Dave and my gay best friend from childhood, who my family calls my “longtime companion.” Teh gayz make me happy. But I’ve also got a fair number of male buddies both platonic and otherwise. Oh, and my three little brothers, who I am trying to mold into decent feminists. It is an ongoing struggle.