Alis Dee

"The procedures already had a heightened humiliation factor for women, which I’ve experienced myself*, but it took making white men feel like women and people of color often do for this to be pushed into the next zone of full blown anger." - Alis Dee

Hahaha. Much better than the original. Maybe it's just me, but I'm a bit over Metzen's gargling-with-rocks SUPER DRAMATIC VOICE-OVERS. - Alis Dee

How not to get bloggers to do your homework for you. - Alis Dee

Ancient, but I do so love a good Bruce Schneier story. - Alis Dee

Catholics screeching on about how "oppressed" they are make my blood boil. - Alis Dee

Marriage: Yet another luxury for the educated middle- and upper-classes? - Alis Dee

Well, strictly-speaking our money is plastic, and IIRC most "paper" money is actually closer to fabric. But whatevs. Science! - Alis Dee

NSFW possibly, but this is medical, not porny. A must-see for all women, I think (and hell, men too). I'm feeling a lot better about my own boobs after looking at this, that's for sure. - Alis Dee

So now you know. Sort of. - Alis Dee

... hrm. - Alis Dee

Finally! - Alis Dee

QFT. - Alis Dee

I had a minor "fat = health" incident the other weekend, where I managed to get my (extremely skinny, vegetarian nutritionist) cousin to admit that dieting is rarely effective and not a magic bullet for health. - Alis Dee

"Who says Congress never gets anything done?" - Alis Dee

The incongruity of time. - Alis Dee

"Her mother reminded her it was a OK to be different, to which Katie, who is adopted and the only one in her class who wears glasses, responded, "But it's not OK to be too different."" - Alis Dee

Original story from the previously posted link. - Alis Dee

"No, we don't respect your desire to needlessly torment animals because some hallucinating desert nomads did it centuries ago. We don't respect it at all. You can cry that we are "persecuting" you if we stop you committing acts of cruelty if you want." - Alis Dee

Awesome. No, wait. That other thing that's like awesome but isn't. - Alis Dee

And this is why they call it "security theatre". Honestly, this shit happens. People are so fucking terrible (or frequently aren't allowed to be good at) at risk assessment. Keeps me employed though, I guess. Also: Comments, AVOID AVOID! - Alis Dee

Standard "TSA horror story" trigger warning, now with added ablism. - Alis Dee

"Because the minute I take someone to task for not using English correctly, I am making a lot of assumptions about the person I am talking to. I am assuming the following." - Alis Dee

... wut? - Alis Dee

Super Mamika for ever! - Alis Dee

YOU'VE SEEN IT! YOU CAN'T UN-SEE IT! - Alis Dee