If thou gazest long into the Pit, the Pit will also gaze into thee

One of the tenets of feminism is "I should be able to do everything, and if I can't it's not me, it's Patriarchy" As a guy: I don't expect to be able to walk down dark alleys safely, but feminists do. I don't expect to be able to juggle career and home without it having an effect on either career o...

I like the new, slimmed-down thread (oops, was that sizeist?) On another board I frequent, which is usually pretty sensible and low on baboonity, I stumbled upon an argument wherein a poster was asked why they had posted a certain link (I didn't click it as it was apparently NSFW, and involved cats)...

Evening all. Today while perusing one of my regular online haunts, I came across an interesting little snippet of a discussion about "rape culture". A regular forumite was posting for advice/support because her teenage daughter had been raped by a classmate. One of the replies said something like (a...

Thanks for the welcome! And Za-zen, I apologize for brazenly entering your safe space (hurr) and will remember to check my privilege in future... Somebody recently mentioned a thread on "Atheism+ proudest achievements" or something like that, and the only way I could fit the idea of them actually be...

So, now seems as good a time as any to take the plunge and say hi, Slymepitters! Despite being in possession of a vagina I became disenchanted with PZ and his merry band of sycophants shortly after the Elevatorgate affair, and have been lurking at the 'pit (blog and forum) since then. You all should...