I wouldn't say that holidays are manufactured by corporations, but they're certainly exploited and mined by them.
Dan SavageEvery American may have equal access to ice cream, but there's no guarantee that the outcome of eating ice cream will be equal.
Dan SavageYou know, my problem is I cant say no to people, especially people who want to write me checks to do things.
Dan SavageTake me to the driest county in the most conservative state, and in two hours this determined hedonist will find you all the drugs, whores, and booze you'll need to pass an eventful weekend.
Dan SavageWe've had a culture war roaring away, and the kinds of people who want to abuse and discriminate against gay people who are adults can't really lay their hands on us unless they want to be gay-bashers and go to jail. They abuse us from afar and in the abstract, they abuse us with checkbooks and ballots, but their kids go to school on Monday morning. And there's a gay kid. And they feel they have license to beat that gay kid up in a way that I don't think they did when I was in school. I think it's gotten worse.
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