I can’t stand stuff like this. I remember I gained a bit of weight once (like I was maybe a size 6 up from 4 )and a guy I knew commented. It was one day when I brought holiday cookies I made to a bar where we were watching a game. He told me Id better not watch how many cookies I made since it looked like I gained. I…

You’re not the only one.

Promise me that one of these days you will ask your father in law how long it’s actually been since his babies were born.

This is an entirely true story.

So one time, my dad was in a dog park in DC, and his dog Pete starts humping another dog. The owner of the other dog came over and kicked Pete to get him off of the other dog. My dad, understandably, was like, “WTF dickhead, don’t kick my dog,” and the owner of the other dog responded…

I think she bears the brunt of it too because she has the TEMERITY to have a weight that fluctuates. The only thing worse than being fat is being fat and then SOMETIMES NOT BEING FAT. <GASP>

In my experience older, overweight men in particular LOVE fat shaming women. My father-in-law, who has a huge beer gut has made a few choice comments on how I haven’t lost my baby weight. The irony of this is totally lost on him. Like Kelly, I smile, ignore and drink my wine.

‘Oh, God!’ And they’ll say, ‘If they think you’re big I must be so fat to them.’

Buschemi is way to energetic. I’d say Alan Rickman. He’s got the low energy IDGAF vibe that would work perfect. Buschimi can get a bit ,manic.

Speaking as someone who ugly cried because of overwhelming emotions at the NYPL when I went into the Winnie the Pooh room and saw Christopher Robin’s actual dolls, this idea can die in a fire. Is nothing sacred? And I imagine instead of a lovely, thoughtful adaptation it will be full of weird already dated pop culture…

I haven’t seen Paddington, but apparently it’s super good? That shit has 98% on rotten tomatoes. If this really is trying to be that crossed with Hook, I'm actually super into it.

I’m happy to say that I haven’t seen much of this at my work, probably largely because I work in a female-dominated field. I’ve heard that male librarians tend to be paid better than female librarians, but not at my particular organization. Our salaries are a matter of public record, and that transparency is a…

If you just state your point with confidence.

I work professionally with dogs. It is a VERY physically demanding job. I am on my feet, literally running around for 8 hours strait. I work with mostly men and hey, I'm not going to lie, most of the men are better than the women at the physical parts of the job. I however, am not one of those women. It's not that I…

I didn’t speak to him for 5 days (difficult, because I was still his assistant during that time). I talked to friends. I talked to colleagues. I talked to my therapist.

Well, I guess if Sherri from accounting ran him over, she wouldn't get charged with murder then? Since she clearly couldn't have been the one driving? ;-)

When the MINI Cooper first came out around 2001, one of my female colleagues was one of the first in line for one. Several male cow-orkers and I were admiring the car one afternoon, when one guy in his early 50’s asked “Whose car is this?”

This happened to me my first week at work, with an older gentleman. I immediately told him to fuck off, I don’t have time for that kind of sexist bullshit. He laughed uproariously, told me I was absolutely correct to call him on it, and from then on we were work-bffs, until he retired last year.

“How are you, Countess v Fingerbang?”
“Man, I got a raging yeast infection and my cat vomited in my mouth last night. How are YOU, random male colleague?”

OMG asking for clarification is the best strategy! I always forget to do that and just start yelling at people.

I work in a largely male industry (although that is changing) and one thing that drives me bonkers is when someone cusses and turns to me, specifically, and apologizes. Not to the group, not to the men, but just to me, the delicate lil lady. I promise, I probably swear more overall that you. I'm not offended.