The fact that Thomas' experience with racism has led to his strong stance against affirmative action would make an interesting article. It isn't a situation unique to Thomas. Paul Ryan's family was on some of the same government assistance programs his budget would have eliminated. Marsha Blackburn voted against the…

There's a good (but older) Sociology book called Contested Lives that interviews pro- and anti- choice advocates in, I think, Ohio. The amazing thing is that the women on both sides say they are working to help women. And I think they REALLY believe that. It's just that the anti-choice people tended to say that a…

No, you should give the child up to a good Christian couple to raise in a two parent household.

There Is Nothing Wrong With You. It's a book by Cheri Huber that is self-help/Buddhism that was super helpful to me when I was dumped from the only guy who ever dated me. I was hot when we started dating but over the next 9 years I gained weight, got hairy, got bad skin (all resulting from PCOS) and then found out I…

Yes, women suffer from depression and anxiety more than men in the general population. But alcoholics (male and female) suffer from depression and anxiety at much higher rates than the general population.

I suspect that the wedding industrial complex the helped start the idea that gifts should be equal to or greater than the cost of the wedding. "I know that $100 per head sounds like too much money, but you'll make it back in wedding gifts."

The original point of registries was to allow people to pick a certain china pattern or color and have people buy them pieces of the set or to make sure that people don't get duplicate gifts. It isn't a checklist. It's a wishlist. People should always feel free to get something else, especially if it is more…

My Mom has pretty screwed up views about marriage anyway. She was considered to be an old maid at 18 because all the other women in my family married by 16. She was the first woman to graduate High School. You grow up with a lot of stuff about marriage being the only thing that a woman can do with her life and you get…

My Mother, who is an atheist, is very much against gay marriage. Which is so weird because WHY!!!! After one especially long argument/discussion about her reasons (which all center around it "not being normal") she finally said, "It won't be special anymore if everyone can do it."

It's possible that you may have thought that they had the option to terminate their rights because in adoption situations the birthfather can sign away rights before the child is born. Typically birthmothers can't give valid consent until after they give birth (this is by statute, the disparity might simply be based…

The only problem with letting guys opt out of financial responsibility is that is wrongly looks at abortion as being legal because women should be able to choose when to become a mother. That isn't why abortion is legal. It's a good policy argument. But abortion is legal because women have the power to decide how…

The reason they are sad, lonely, and depressed isn't because the are incel but because they believe that sex and/or intimacy will make them happy. It won't. If you are sad, lonely and depressed by yourself you will be that way in a relationship. I know that it SEEMS like someone will solve those problems. It doesn't.…

15 failed dates this year! Congrats. You have a more successful dating life than I do. I haven't had a date in 14 months. I haven't had sex in 5 years. Not even some "simpleton" fuck buddy. (Does fuckbuddy know of your casual contempt for her? If not don't you feel like shit for using her for sex without concern for…