But still, it illustrates the finite nature of Mr. Rogers’s ideals. “I like you just the way you are,” he often said, but in the case of Clemmons there was a caveat: “...I just need you to show less of the way you are.” This information through the lens of contemporary culture, in which an employer legislating what…

I’m really tired of this narrative that we must teach men consent, as if they violate women simply because they do not know better. It’s total and complete bullshit.

while several other individuals were menaced by them.

I can’t put my finger on it, so please don’t take it as harsh criticism... But this whole thing, not just your article, is leaving a really bad taste in my mouth about the equating of mentally ill with “evil”, as if this is even a conversation we should be entertaining outside of philosophical discussion.

Good for her. And the thing is, I can understand why she would have worked with Allen at that point in her career. It was a tremendous opportunity for an up-and-comer. That would be a tough choice to make, and I understand why she made it, and respect that she’s now apologizing for having made it.

Letter #3 - Yeah, NAHH’s paramour is setting off all sorts of red flags, and that’s before we get to the whole work-power-imbalance part.

Oh, and the stuff exposed after Jimmy Saville in the UK got exposed was way weirder and more disturbing than this. Like their former prime ministers were going on boats with children, and then they would return, and there would be no more children on the boats. Like, WTF!!!

And yet Casey Affleck got his Oscar. Good job being angry only at “smaller” people in your industry, Hollywood.

Making the one black character into a junkie? What? Why do they need to make a movie about a psycho demon clown darker?

Hint: thicker = importance.

Unsolicited advice from someone who survived a very necessary estrangement from her own mother: beware of anyone who attempts to convince you that you should be able to look past this. I wish someone had told me 20 years ago that “blood is not thicker than safety.” Thank you and good luck.

I feel like I’ve been seeing a lot of letters to advice columns lately that follow a formula of “*Catastrophically blows up relationship* *Ex says to never contact them again* ... So how do I ignore that and contact them again repeatedly?”

... when a 38 year old man says “leave me alone” should I just shut up and leave him alone?

Heartbroken in Seattle, you are a bitch. There’s no excuses, no mitigating factors, you’re just a bitch. Guy was right to walk.

That’s one of the craziest things to me about the letter. Like, why the fuck would he take it at anything but face value? You have literally no incentive to lie except simply to lie. How the fuck are you blaming him for buying your lie you had no reason to tell?

If someone is lying when there is really no reason for something like this, you know that this is not the first time and probably not even the biggest lie they have told.

And Sam, sweet Sam… He just took it all for face value.

I know who my husband looks at, but he doesn’t rubberneck. This guy sounds like the wolf from Looney Tunes.

I’d be willing to bet a small fortune LL cheated, or tried to. No one in their right mind deletes stuff that would prove innocence. Even if he didn’t want to find out about her, if he’s got “I didn’t do it” proof he wouldn’t delete it.

True story, I dated a guy who lived down the street from the ice cream truck depot in the West Village. Around 5pm, every summer evening, they all roll out as an adorably coordinated sugar-fueled cheer army. The jingles were always delightful because even though they were loud, they just sound like happiness.