Look, I Know That Teen Identity Crises Happen And That There's A Cultural Influence Here, And I *know*

Look, I know that teen identity crises happen and that there's a cultural influence here, and I *know* that internalized misogyny is hard to get through, but the sheer audacity of a woman to say "I'm nonbinary because I don't feel like a girl [ie, all the preconceived cultural notions of what a girl is like]" is sending a very clear message that that individual sees herself as fundamentally different from, if not superior to, other women who are just as complex and nonconforming as her.

Sorry, I don't understand how you're defining "asexuality"? 99% of the people identifying with that term now are still romantically attracted to other people. Do you think the people who are feel romantic attraction are not actually asexual?

Asexuality only makes sense as a sexual orientation if it is defined by its lack of attraction (beyond friendship, if that even needs to be said?) to both sexes. Romance and sexual attraction are not split. If the “romantic attraction” lacks the beyond-friendship (otherwise called sexual) element then it’s platonic. That’s not to say you have to *have* sex, it’s that romantic and sexual attraction involve beyond-friendship feelings that define the attraction (or lack of it) we speak of when we discuss sexual orientation. Someone who responds to both sexes with beyond-friendship feelings is bisexual, for example, not asexual?

The website with the open secret of sex trafficking? The sex trafficking website? The site that was indifferent to the presence of very casual sex trafficking? The sex trafficking website, right?

I'm not even kissing Kamala's ass here. Just in awe of the idea that shutting down Backpage was some terrible event.

I never wanted race to define me as a radical feminist. It has never stopped me from supporting all women. But after October last year, I've seen many so-called gender critics and some "radical feminists" reveal their true colours, explicitly and blatantly racist. They pretend to care about Arab women only when Arab men harm us. But when it's white men causing harm, they stay silent. How many Iraqi women and underage girls were raped by white male soldiers in the Iraq invasion? The same happened in Vietnam and is happening to Palestinian women now. These instances are conveniently ignored because it's white men committing the atrocities.

I care about all women. All women. However, when you are being racist, focusing on us in the most discriminatory ways, I won't tolerate it. Arab women deserve respect and humanity too. We've made numerous inventions and contributions throughout history and have always been relevant. We are not just relevant when some of you want to push a certain narrative, mostly stemming from racism. Unfortunately, we face misogyny both at home and in the West. But we will not be silenced or overlooked. Arab women deserve better.

straight transidentifing males who call themselves lesbians are predators, full stop.

people using the I’m just a girl song for their little videos but making them short enough to crop out the part of gwen stephani yelling that’s all you’ll let me be