yeah, and i think thats what people just do not get. i just feel like a lot of times people in the comments section live in this philosophical world where things don't ever get dicey ever and can get up on a soapbox without ever being in that said situation, and one can never know how they really will react when…

The penis on the bookbag pretty much gave it away that Something was WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY wrong.

One person is speaking out from a horrible, abusive childhood memory, one in which she ended up triumphing over the abusive tyrant in her life. How bout taking away a little horror that adults are so desensitized to their actions around kids? Or realizing that adults usually recreate scenarios they grew up with -…

Beautiful. And thank you for reminding me (as I slog through 8th grade essays) that some of my students depend on school as a safe space. Even when they make me crazy, I just gotta throw love at their sometimes-strange, always-changing, middle school brains. This essay really shows the line that adolescents walk…

Thanks! For a all those asking, this was just a scene from my life. Life is complicated, and for a 12 year old and her 10 year old brother trapped with your mom's abusive boyfriend, you fight back how you can. I'm not going to rewrite what happened so that I made all the right decisions and tell my friend to not take…

Wow. I got an entirely different impression — thought it was sad, a story of abuse and resilience, not a joke, and I was so glad for the author that she was able to realize at 12 that what was going on was not okay.

I don't understand all the questions about how to take this... it's her life. It's OK for it to be morally ambiguous. I interpret it as a child taking an empowering action against an abusive and inappropriate adult but you, reader, can interpret it however you like.

this was hard for me to read, and i'm really glad she had Darnesha with her.

I would guess she's reflecting on being 12 and having to handle a situation that no 12 year old needs to be handling. And as for the "violence," considering a naked man has just invaded her childhood and given her no choice but to handle finding naked man on top of her personal belongings (way to go for respect of…

I agree. It was so incredibly random and unnecessary to mention Jews in this particular situation. He's talking about racism while channeling a stereotype that's thousands of years old.

Fuck the POlice. You go, ladies.

I think you should demand that they submit to a piss test before they get their free turkey dinner.

Tomorrow I spend the holiday with my entire extended family, all of whom recently shared this on facebook:

I'll never forget the expressions on the faces of those doves.

Next time I fly to Hawaii, I'm only buying a one way ticket. Then when I'm ready to go home I'll tell them I'm homeless but would love to go back to my family in Europe (which I don't have) to finally get around to having a European vacation.

The "Pita" bit had me start guffawing. I love puns and plays-on-words, so this is just what I needed for today.

Can we get Stodden to write an angry-essay about Franzen? Or someone? He's such a fart in a windstorm. Also, where is Dourtney? An anxious world wants to know.

I would LOVE a pedicure pow wow. I am not a big fan of working over lunch. I like to enjoy my sit down and eat time. If I could get a pedicure and take care of business it would be one less thing for me to worry with during the week.

...sorry, I was just trying to help!