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Punch Buggy or Slug Bug
What piece of art would you steal?: Le Verrou by Fragonard
What's your favorite Charles Mudede post?: The sexist one with the boobs
Frank Gehry or Rem Koolhaas
Elliott Bay or Amazon

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May 16

persimmon commented on Savage Love.

For those who are questioning why women are attacking the DSGs instead of the men who ogle them--we are. I've gotten confrontational with the men who ogle me and my lady friend of choice while we're doing our thing. But this is directed at a DSG, who thinks she's not doing anything wrong. And while I don't think there's anything morally wrong about it, but it's fucking hard to yell at men for assuming that two women making out are doing it for their pleasure when there's some chick running around doing exactly that.

And, again, it's just fucking tacky and cheap. Learn to knot a cherry stem with your tongue. Memorize a bawdy poem. Make yourself fucking interesting.

May 15

persimmon commented on Savage Love.

For DSG: one, don't sell out your sexuality to attract men. If you win a man over by making out with other girls, but you don't actually want to fuck one, how is that going to play out over the course of your relationship? It's false advertising, and it starts out a potential partner with the wrong expectations from you.
Also, as a girl who's gone with girls, it's fucking obnoxious that I can be out with a girl, and suddenly every guy around thinks we're putting on a show for him. Do you know how uncomfortable it is to pull out from a kiss and realize twenty strangers are staring and grinning at you, expecting more? There's nothing wrong with men enjoying lesbians, but we've created a mythos of lesbians-are-for-men's-entertainment through this kind of flirting.
And the third reason why it's lame? It's lame. It's a cheap trick. If sticking your tongue down your drunk straight friend's throat is the only way you can get a guy, I can't imagine you can keep one for very long.

May 2

persimmon commented on Mitt Romney Wants You to Get Married Young (If You're Heterosexual, of Course).

Sweet Jesus, I'm a UVa alum. We've already gotten enough bad press this academic year. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE correct this to say Southern Virginia University.

Apr 30

persimmon commented on Reddit Community Helps Worried Mom Identify "Heavy Metal Pipe" She Found In Her Son's Bedroom.

That seems like a moderately serious investment in a chastity device for a guy who's living at home. He's not just experimenting--he's getting up to some kinky business. Let's hope she's not still doing his laundry.

Apr 27

persimmon commented on SL Letter of the Day: Goodie Bag.

I understand parents snooping--but unless you discover something *serious* and potentially dangerous (heroin, roofies, an AK-47, soda over 16 ounces), there's no need to bring it up.

Apr 10

persimmon commented on The American Movie Theater Business Isn't Looking Good.

Wah wah. Don't like other people in your theater making noise? Go on off times. Don't want to pay too much? Go to a matinee. Sneak in your own food and drink (seriously, people? I mastered that when I was in middle school). Don't like watching 20 minutes of previews and commercials? Arrive fifteen minutes late. None of this is any different than it has been (unless you can remember the days when they still called them "talkies"). Ticket prices have gone up, but the food has always been highway robbery, there have always been obnoxious people and sticky floors and uncomfortable chairs, and there have always been previews. If you don't like the experience then you're not a customer, and there's nothing theaters can do to cater to your incessant demands. The film industry knows what you like--it's called Redbox. Stop lamenting the loss of something that never went away--admit that you just never liked it.

Mar 10

persimmon commented on SL Letter of the Day: Double Bi Standard.

I always thought the whole bisexuals-in-opposite-sex-relationships was more of a probability thing than anything else. There are a lot more heteros than gay people (like, 90% more or something like that?), so odds are much, much more likely that someone equally interested in either would still wind up with a hetero. A bi person would have to weight their preference toward a same-sex partner in order to tip the odds.

Feb 14

persimmon commented on Old Farts For Marriage Equality.

@4: I don't know about your particular situation, but a lot of straight guys do this to me (a lady) until they find out I'm married. It's a good way of finding out how shallow somebody is.