Holy Moley. You have been badly burned and this dude is a prick of the highest order, obvs. Getting taken advantage of sucks big-time - I'm only glad he didn't have the chance to sucker you into a physical relationship (not to minimize the emotional fall-out you're experiencing). I think, though, this was an online…

I went to Dachau in 2003 and there was a NEO-NAZI goose-stepping around the place, all on his sick lonesome. It didn't disturb the sanctity of the site for me, personally - it's an eerie, intense place that demands your sorrow and attention. That loser didn't deserve any thought space, especially in that setting, so…

Splendidly said. This is one of those things I struggle to articulate because I have an instinctive, emotional reaction, and I realize the importance of separating that from a reasoned perspective in argument. After all, many people have an 'emotional' reaction that prejudices them against (e.g) same-sex marriage,…

That sounds about right. Thanks for being honest - you're obviously a thoughtful person. Once the novelty wears off, the base ugliness of that type of environment (for workers and consumers) should be inescapable, or so I would think.

I don't have particular links to hand, which I realize is cause for incredulity. There was a particular academic book I read on women and sex work years ago that started to change my personal stance - Googling is not bringing it up (waaay too generalized search terms), and the book itself is stuck in my storage unit.…

I have a question. What makes you 'okay' with strip clubs? I admit I am biased - I think they're sexist and oppressive and... bleak. I have been to three, owing to having a largely male group of friends in my younger days, and I was open to it. Thankfully, just as my feelings about it changed, so did theirs, so…

Agree, and HATE HATE HATE HATE. I have never seen these people's show, have never heard them speak, and yet I know more about them than my family members - despite actively trying to avoid Kardashian shit.

Love poundage is real, and can affect both sexes. I eat better-balanced but larger meals now on account of cooking for the BF, who eats like a 17-yo-linebacker despite being 34. I have never spent so much money on food. But on account of riding his bike less (because he stays at mine) and missing gym dates (to…

I think arousal is expected. I think jizzing in your pants is a disgusting bridge too far.

I guess he can just strap on his liquid latex lapdance pance and head to the Olive Garden.

I am also bothered, we are ALL BOTHERED.

''Alibi'' is my favorite. :)

Exactly, two things in that statement struck me:

Thank you, much appreciated! I downloaded 'Gonna Get Over You' last night and will go check out 'Uncharted' in particular.

I never heard her before, but I like it. What are her most UPBEAT, poppy songs? Looking for recommendations. I do NOT want sad, and wistful is okay if there's a strong beat and a good hook. Have been browsing on YouTube but thought I should ask an expert!

You know, I went to a naked beach for the first time this summer (liberating!), and while I smeared sunscreen all over my nips and my traditional bits (shoulders, chest, knees, face, etc.), not once did it occur to me that my clit was in danger. From UV rays, anyway.

A constant kegel-cizer, maybe?

It took me the entire article to understand that this is a shave shield, apparently? Does it have... other uses? Not being cute, I am genuinely coated with confusion.

This is a really difficult area. My mother is a psychiatrist and was recently called as a witness in an extremely messy custody battle by one of her patients, who is delusional and while not a physical danger to her children, certainly unwell. This children wanted to go to their father. Trying to navigate her…