You, sir, are awesome.

This woman's bravery literally brought me to tears. Thank you, thank you Emily for doing this.

Presumptuous it may be. But I think it is equally presumptuous to assume that the majority of college age boys have a clear understanding of their male privelage in the world, especially in the context of studying feminist literature. Sorry not sorry.

This. This is exactly it.

Exactly. My boobs are very large, and I just don't have that much sensation in them. And frankly, the sensation is do have is, for a lack of a better word, annoying. It feels sort of like semi-tickling. It's an annoying, not a sensual feeling. I am much much more sensitive on my neck and back than I am in my boobs.

My hubby is very sensitive, and I don't want to make him feel bad by telling him I just don't dig the constant boob love. I feel like I'd hurt his feelings or make him feel like he "doing it wrong."

I wish I had some concrete advice, but as a HS teacher this has never been an issue for me. But do your best to help them check their privelage at the door. Whatever it takes. I had a bit of a struggle with this when teaching Kate Chopin's The Awakening with my Junior boys. But you just have to constantly shut down…

I only ever had one OR in college that was also long distance. Our rule was that you could have stringless playmates, but no relationships. Problem was when his playmate became a daily playmate whom he also hung out with and texted all the time (even when I was in town!), while I respectfully stuck to the occasional…

Trying to find a way to approach my husband about the fact that I feel like he pays way too much attention to my boobs. Any time he's trying to be romantic or start something physical, it starts and ends with my boobs. He grabs my boobs more often than he hugs or kisses me. Sometimes I feel like that's all he's…

I love both of them SO HARD! I need to cuddle these animals NOW.

I taught freshies for the first time this year (had taught 10th-12th the previous 3 years) and it's actually been pretty awesome. And having taught the other HS grades helped me see where the weaknesses were, so I got to design my 9th grade curriculum to help fill those gaps in skills/understanding I saw in my 10-12…

9th graders aren't so bad, actually. You get to mold them right at the start. You will have the most influence on how they perform and behave the rest of high school. Not to pressure you or anything. But it can be a very powerful and productive year for both you and your freshies. I'm sure you'll do great.

Way to go. I was in your shoes in 2009. Go knock 'em dead, Teach! =)

Each balloon had a puzzle piece? Ain't nobody got time for that!

I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.

Ugh, as a teacher I haaaaaate promposals. They're super distracting to the student body, and more than once I have had my class interupted by a promposal. Just give the person some flowers and ask them out for godsakes. Why does it need to be a huge song and dance?

I will eat the hell out of this, thankyouverymuch.

It gets clearer as you get older. I know that kind of sucks, but it's true.

My husband feels the same way.

Can we please talk about the fact that Brienne is so totally in love with Jaime? Squee.