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Wow, uhm… Long time, no see. I haven't been around here since about 2009, but that's me right there who started the Buddy System. (Is that still a thing?) I'm ...

I'm back~ It's, uhm, been awhile…

As others have said, it depends on what you're using it for. Now, if I cited it in a paper, I'd be dragged out into the street and shot - ...

I'm ba~ack. No, seriously. Now that the Semester From Hell™ is over, I actually have time to, you know, write and critique and do something other than read hundreds of ...

It isn't even about being politically correct for me. It's about not hurting or demeaning people just because you're too insensitive to change your lexicon. Is it that hard? This. ...

Hey, man. As the geekiest girl in my high school, I know it can not be fun to be called a geek. (I've gotten over it, as you see. I've ...

The difference is that "bitch" has been widely reclaimed by women (see: Bitch Magazine, Bitch PhD, and I'm sure there are others). Also, "bitch" is not a synonym for "woman." ...

I think we're all too worried about offending people. In this day and age, people toss around words like "retard" or "fag" or "nigger" when talking amongst their friends, just ...

You know what else is obnoxious? Girls who aren't popular are considered "normal", while guys who aren't popular are considered "geeks". (*looks up from manga *) You say "geek" like ...

These days though... I'm more inclined to say that it's just a word. I use it all the time, same as I say gay sometimes in a kind of ironic ...

The media would like you to think that MySpace is this terrible, terrible thing and everyone who goes on there is either a) a pervert or b) jail bait. Obviously, ...

@#%^&*(! *ahem!* Depression is not "all in your head." It's a complex emotional/biological issue, not some "cheer up emo kid" thing. Also, just because it's "all in your head" doesn't ...

Big cats don't kill people, stupidity kills people. This. ^ The bobcat didn't attack someone out of nowhere. It wasn't like they were walking down the street or in the ...

Things change. I don't think YWS as an institution has changed, just the people in it, and that's how things are. People come and go over time and of course ...

I've had good teachers (and bad) of both sexes, so. I don't care either way. Most male teachers are secondary/postsecondary. My elementary school had only one male teacher (but both ...