openly squeamish about lady bit (sheesh, he's a gay man, of course he doesn't love vaginas! Why would anyone expect him to??)

I'm not getting why male homosexual = vagina squeamish, but more important to me is the "openly" bit, for a guy who positions himself as a voice of reason about sex and sexuality, I'm not sure why +50% of the population would go to him for any, if he's going to be publicly negative about their sex organs.

The googling I've done since I asked the question has turned up a lot of complaints about how he treats trans* people as well. So far I'm not getting a majority positive vibe, and it's not conservatives or homophobes who are the ones criticising him either.

I turned on the TV to a radically saccharine Selena Gomez rom com, and this is the first I've seen her in anything (or watched Leighton Meester for more than 5 minutes, I think), and she's a gaping void of charisma. That Disney machine sure is something.

It's a rich/poor fairy tale type story, and one of the things that a character considers for rich people only are dimmer switches. Have I been living a life of unexamined luxury and privilege this whole time, not having noticed the dearth of progressive lighting among the poor? It ends up being a symbol of luxury that one of the characters achieved, and I really think she should have said a nice car instead of a $10 item from Lowe's. You've gotta dream bigger, girl.

Unfortunatly, the 90's were full of floral dresses and rompers for me. (I dressed like Sharon in My So Called Life) But man I wish I could still wear broomstick skirts and palazzo pants. Those were the bomb.

Also, I have this tendency to read "hipster" as a really uncool fun outcast person, because they sort of dress like actual uncool fun outcast people did when I was young. But they are actually mainstream and boring sometimes.

Did you make out with him/her?

I did not. I'm willing to bet it was directed at someone in particular.

But man I wish I could still wear broomstick skirts

I have a couple of long hippie skirts that are broomstick-y (when I wash them, I hang them to dry after twisting them and tying them in a knot, and it puts broomstick-y pleats in them), and I've bought them in the last 5 years. They can be found, but they're not abundant.

I also just realized I now wear cargo pants, band t-shirts and hoodies. So. And still Doc Martens.

I am not a paragon of fashion, is what I'm saying.

Also, someone just posted our ministry video, and my main takeaway was, damn, where did I put that tshirt?

) But man I wish I could still wear broomstick skirts and palazzo pants. Those were the bomb.

I've seen broomstick skirts in stores (not a lot, but there) and there are definitely a lot of them for sale on the web. I only have one, but I saw a lovely maxi burgundy one a month or so ago in the nearby mall, but it was definitely overpriced. But you've reminded me I was going to check the web for a similar one.

I'm actually trying to clean up my closet--there are some clothes in there that just look rough. Faded or worn, and I gotta let them go.

My current background TV is Pariah, with a girl trying to be a teenaged butch lesbian, and a mother that's desperate for her to act and dress cute and take interest in things "normal" girls like. It's incredibly depressing. My mother was definitely all about trying to nudge me to be more femme, because I had extensive stretches of neutral clothing--I think my sister was a better outlet for her.

Whereas now she keeps trying to nudge my sister to revel in clothing more, and as long as I don't outright dress masculine at family events she's good the rest of my multiple identity wardrobe.

But, damn, we're over 40! How can this still be a thing for her?

Why is is that I just heard that Cherry Jones and Zachary Quinto are in Glass Menagerie here?? And the cheap tickets are all gone.

I'm not getting why male homosexual = vagina squeamish, but more important to me is the "openly" bit, for a guy who positions himself as a voice of reason about sex and sexuality, I'm not sure why +50% of the population would go to him for any, if he's going to be publicly negative about their sex organs.

Dan Savage is the voice of reason about sex and sexuality for gay men like him. He ranges from mild cluelessness to outright bitchery about anyone else. I appreciate some of the things he's done, but I also have too many friends who've had to put up with him being a bitchy, mean-spirited ass.

(See also: why I will never be comfortable with people holding up Courtney Love as a Feminist Rock Icon.)

Really minor Scandal comment: there is NO WAY the President goes running down a hallway without a secret service person behind him. I realize that's the least of it.

Dan Savage is the voice of reason about sex and sexuality for gay men like him

Skimming seems to indicate that "like him" is also important. But the column I was reading he's being solicited for advice by women too, and I guess I just don't know how he got to the position he's in to be giving advice to women, straight or not, then.

God, this movie is depressing. One of those verite efforts where no one who's nice is happy or vice versa. I am totally in support of teen abstinence, now. Makes perfect sense. Sure, it's impossible, but that doesn't mean it's not a good idea. You should just be handed all the masturbation material you need and then sexually walled off from anyone you're attracted to until hormones are no longer surprising you.