I hear this multiple times a year from people IRT to fame or extreme wealth. Writers I've mentored, a guy I dated who truly believed he would own his own island by age 40, two friends who are trying (separately) to become "personalities" - one who wants to get a book and TV show for her psychic abilities, one who…

Do you still have him or did you release him into the wild?

Gender identity has always stumped me. I have trans and cis friends who feel they are a specific gender in a way that transcends their physical body and presentation. But for me, I have no idea what "feeling like a woman/man/other" would be. I feel like my essence doesn't have a gender.

Agreed. Especially after the Artist Guy wounded her pride, then Charlie ended, then she had that horrible video everyone, including Ray, is mocking her for. I think when he said that, she went right back to feeling worthless.

Yeah, all of this "we lost a wonderful, sensitive artist to a terrible disease" talk does seem applied unequally. PSH had a positive image before his death, and the loss of him hits us hard; but when an addict just keeps acting out and acting out without dying, people aren't nearly so sympathetic. "They've got money,…

It's killing me. The pouncing. The tiny hisses. The energetic jumping into "the stands." Too much soft, fluffy cuteness.

Do you understand how to use proofreading marks? Put together a small portfolio of work you've proofed/edited - the original unedited piece and then your version - and offer your services to the agencies and publishers in your area.

Ditto! I honestly don't know who I loathe more - the people who think writing clean copy isn't important, or the people who believe themselves to be incredible wordsmiths, and are constantly rewriting my work to be full of grammatical errors and run-on sentences.

I have immense empathy for people, but I'm not especially effusive or demonstrative and I don't cry much at all. I think much of the reaction to Amanda is sexist - men are expected to keep it together and be calm discussing tragedies, but when women are, it violates the expectation that all women sob and say…

Don't forget Season 1, where Constance kept telling her daughter to spit in the cupcake mix. Ryan Murphy must have a thing for spitting.

Agreed. I never thought I would say that; when I was young, I firmly believed that anyone with access to birth control and abortion would have a manageable number of children they could afford. Then I got older and met more than a few people who don't think twice about having child after child without a nickel to…

..."we have also had more situations where, quite frankly, the Raider organization and the Raiderettes narrowly escaped ruined reputations."

Adam's hair is a thing of lush, rumpled beauty.

Yes, please. As in, feature him prominently in the sequel and then give him his own movie. He is riveting.

I'm not sure what comparison is to be made. Jezebel doesn't have a problem with attractive women - they have a problem with the exclusion of women who don't fit a narrow definition of beauty and the photoshopping of women to give them an appearance that just isn't attainable in reality. How is that like my friend…

One of my male friends who is Forever Alone asked why our friend Kevin was so swooned over. I said, "Well, Kevin isn't textbook gorgeous but he knows the kind of clothes and haircut that look good on him, and he's a very thoughtful, considerate person overall. He's also a GREAT listener - he doesn't just talk about…

Yeppers. It's just amazing how often gay men grope me. I've had to warn straight women friends who wanted to go to a gay bar with me that they might get touched. (They almost always do.) There's a prevalent idea that it doesn't "mean anything" coming from a gay man.

As a bisexual femme, I routinely have my body commented on and often groped in gay bars. Are straight men judging my face, body, hair, makeup and clothes? Probably, but they usually keep those thoughts to themselves. Many gay men will tell me how hot I'd be if I worked out more, or say, "I just want to bury my face in…

Straw man argument. Enough boys and men ARE victimizing women that it's a serious problem. Many boys and men do not see violating an unconscious woman as actual rape - they know they shouldn't admit to it, but they do not see it in the same category as stranger rape. Many of them view it as something that drunk sluts…

I'm not sure what your point is. I called for education. Are you saying it's not needed? Or are you saying we should focus our energies on rewarding all of the men who don't rape? To me that's the baseline of decency, and not a special quality that makes someone a "champion."