To stop challenging someone from using anti-gay language simply because they persist in using anti-gay language strikes me as a defeatist approach.
Mallory OrtbergIt's OK to tell your partner to objectify you. That's part of the fun of having a partner.
Mallory OrtbergDon't let a friend make you feel publicly uncomfortable indefinitely just because they're probably a lesbian.
Mallory OrtbergYou have a right to be treated professionally at work, and it's your supervisor's job to make sure all their employees can perform their duties comfortably and safely.
Mallory OrtbergI love the art history ones because it's so little work for me. There's so many paintings that when I look at them, the look on the lady's face is like so clear and her body language and her posture or their physical situation is so immediately recognizable. Anyone who's been in a conversation they didn't want to have, or been getting harangued by a little kid they didn't want to pay attention to or been tired and wanted to go to bed is just like, "Yes, of course."
Mallory Ortberg