I was eleven and my mom had taken my sisters and me to get our hair cut. I went to the bathroom, realized what was up, and then proceeded to try to tell my mom using every horrible euphemism I could think of to avoid saying the word "period" in public: the Red Dot, Mr. P, Aunt Flo, the Crimson Wave ("Clueless" had…

AAAAHAHAAA!

Ugh, I know. I've been crying off and on for the last two days, and randomly showing extreme displays of affection to my toddler, which I think is freaking him out.

God, that poor guy. I seriously hope he and his wife get through this.

Same. I remember reading about the dad in that Washington Post article who had suicidal thoughts for something like a year after his kid died in a hot car, and I thought "yup, that sounds about right." Because I just don't know how I'd be able to live with that. God, even reading this story, I just imagined the moment…

Yes and no. Technically, it's preventable, but not in the same way a parent who left a gun out could've simply not had the gun in the house. Parents who forget their kids in the car can't simply prevent it by willing themselves to remember not to leave their kids in the car. It's a matter of brain patterns and habits,…

I can't even begin to wrap my brain around the horror of getting in your car, looking in the rearview mirror, seeing your kid there, and realizing he'd been there all day. That's my absolute biggest fear—bigger than my fear of child predators even—because it really can happen to anyone and it seems to easily…

Holy fucking shit...Thank God someone caught that on camera. But if we learned anything from Rodney King, it's that nope—no such thing as excessive force for black people, LGBTQ people, immigrants, and uppity women.

'I'm putting you under, and when you wake up, you're going to be pregnant.'

Remember, folks: the only thing that stops a bad guy shooting off a stray bullet is a good guy shooting off a stray bullet, so everyone start shooting in random directions NOW!

These stories are so sad. It was my biggest fear when I had my son (when he was rear-facing, I put a mirror in the backseat so I could see his face all the time—it actually was a pretty good reminder because I was constantly checking him to see if the sun was in his face). I read once that the reason there are no…

I'm a business/technology reporter, and you're a fuckwad. I do regularly interview CEOs, and you know what I would think if one started jacking off in front of me? I'd think "holy fuck, somebody call the police and tell my boss I'm not coming in to work tomorrow."

Yeah, I highly doubt the feds are going to demand Kevin Costner or Kelsey Grammar get vasectomies next time one of them gets into a car accident.

They srsly are. If there's anything I can be thankful to her for, it's for giving me sisters that also see what a nutjob she is, so we can call each other up and swap stories once a week.

I no longer trust anyone who has a degree in psychology. Thankfully, my mom is actually really bad at manipulation, so it's easy to spot when she's trying to diagnose you. (She's a narcissist so she never asks you any questions about yourself—until she wants to diagnose you, then all of a sudden she's interested.)…

Very true.

I'll repeat for you: GIRLS ARE NO MORE LIKELY THAN BOYS TO SEXT. According to a Pew study: "There are no statistically significant differences in reports of receipt of these images by gender." In fact, if you go to the Pew study (which is cited in the original study: http://www.pewinternet.org/2009/12/15/tee…) you…

Here ya go, bucko. I'll do the work for you, since you obviously don't have time to undermine your own bullshit: "There are no statistically significant differences in reports of receipt of these images by gender." Courtesy of the Pew Research Center, which is cited in the study: http://www.pewinternet.org/2009/12/15/t…

Please go read the original study. It points out repeatedly that boys are also sending naked pics, but they're not being called slutty or insecure or crazy. THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.

The point: you've missed it. If you go read the original study, it emphasizes repeatedly that girls are NO MORE LIKELY THAN BOYS to send naked pictures of themselves. As in—boys ALSO send naked pictures of themselves. The difference, as the study points out, is that girls are simultaneously shamed for doing so (called…