This is possbily the the stupidest post smirk has ever written. I would nominate this for "Stupid Fucking Credulous Hack of the Day" The very concept of objectivity or relevance is seemingly verboten.

As someone who's done more than their fair share of gender-fuckery, public schools are not the place for this kind of crap. I'm 100% in favor of standarized school uniforms for all students. If a student wants to wear the uniform of a different gender, whatever; let 'em.

Just curious: what part of the body is the "waste"?

@ujfout: In smirk's case, I'd say the 'waste' is just an obvious joke in relation to her intelligence and powers of observation.

Graham: So she's being "stupid" and "credulous" because she draws conclusions that are different than yours?

Of course, I had to skip past your second paragraph there, since expressing an opinion on the matter is apparently neither objective nor relevant.

@atomic: The Mercury and The Stranger seem to constantly run these articles entitled, "Stupid Fucking Credulous Hack of the Day". The ostensible reason for these articles is when a "journalist" writes an article on the Drug War that doesn't include quotes from Drug War reform-advocates. This article reminds me of that. And smirk's desperate attempts at explaining how 'alt' she is because she hates the Style Section and knew a dude who wore a sarong; well... that's just smirk being smirk.

Ok, so what you are talking about is a Dan Savage Brand (tm) Tantrum, which, first of all, is kind of what he does for a living. Second, it was about an exposé (note: exposé) in the news section (note: news section) of the Oregonian (note: you get the idea) that he felt was not written with appropriate diligence.

This is a blog post about an essay which appeared in the style section of another newspaper. An essay about wearing skirts. It is what it is. It may remind you of lots of things, but that's not a reason to turn the dickbag dial up to eleven.

hey teachers leave those kids alone!

Ok. I'm a Guy. 13 yrs old in middle school 8th grade. I go to school almost everyday in a mini skirt. not one person is a jerk or acts stupid. my opinion. they're more comfortable then pants. no random piece of cloth in the middle of your legs and your legs are not snagging on the pants. guys should do what i did. don't be afraid. just wear a skirt(but get advice on what to do first) and go to school. no if your picked on by every one. BAD IDEA. so just come on. DO it guys. they are more comfortable. just go for cammo like skirts or alternating squares of white and dark green.(or something!)