I wish I could say "kids today" but one aspect of studying history is knowing that weird baby names are, to some extent, just part of human nature. I study the Renaissance—you want to talk about some huge variation in names? People spelled their own names different ways all the time and gave their kids unusual names…

I'd hang out with someone like that any time, not just at The End. He sounds sweet.

Did Jezebel initially say that? If so, then no, that wasn't cool. But did Jezebel figure that out and put this piece out to correct the earlier mistake? Seems very likely. Seems like a bar the MRAs would do well to reach, I'd say. I'm baffled about why you felt the need to write something like you did, or why you…

I've been a Kronk fangirl ever since I saw that movie. <3 <3 <3 <3 KRONK! He's not really a villain, nor is he inept or just a henchman; he's a superb cook and mixologist, is great with animals and kids, is superbly athletic but engages in a variety of different types of athletics from ballet to gymnastics, and has…

We need to bookmark this page for when all the MRAs claim that feminists don't care about male sexual assault survivors.

Thank you. A lot of mental illness is a continuum of behaviors more than a binary yes/no. The behaviors I've described and which Andrew has displayed are, indeed, symptoms of various personality disorders, but a lot of people are predatory and creepy without having a formal disorder of any kind. Do we know if Andrew…

1. I agree.

Yep. If untreated, personality disorders certainly can lead to abusive and predatory behavior toward others.

She did the best she could with what she knew at the time. That's about all any of us can do. All the study is saying is that it doesn't seem to help a whole lot, not that it hurts her future chances of staying in remission, which is the goal anyway, right? (And please accept my heartfelt hopes that she does stay in…

I'd want to know too. Best wishes, good luck, and may the results put your mind at ease.

That seems pretty clear from his behavior. Suicide threats, predatory behavior, extreme self-obsession, then acting like absolutely nothing happened when he decided to return? If that ain't a personality disorder speaking right there, then I'll lick my cell phone's liquid-damage indicator.

When I was a fundamentalist, we were big into the Endtimes too. It was an emergency to me, and I was deeply concerned that my family and friends were all going to die horribly if I didn't personally save them from themselves. This was when that "88 Reasons" thing was going around back in 1987-88. I was a frantic mess…

Exactly, thefemulon.

Brilliant. Present yourself as some kind of authority on theology, then proceed to insult people using gendered slurs and demand they kill themselves, because THAT'S WHAT JESUS WOULD HAVE DONE AMIRITE? I guess all that shit he supposedly said about turning the other cheek and forgiving 70 times 7 and loving those who…

If you can't wait, then it's not a bad thing. I think of sex like driving a car. Some people don't learn how to drive for a long time; others are champing at the bit to GOGOGOGOGOGO the minute they can legally get a learner's permit. Whatever you do, do it because you want to do it, and if people don't like that, to…

Always appropriate.

We already let people of all ages decide what intimate violations they will or won't endure. A teenager has the right to say no to a penile violation or a physical assault. A pregnancy isn't any different from any other intimate violation—it is the hijacking of this person's body for nine months against her consent…

Seconding asking neighbors if the kitties belong to them. Back in my apartment days, I once "rescued" a stray who sounded a lot like what you describe. No collar, no tags, no nothing, and the cat acted like she was starving to death (her fur was soft and oh so LOVERLY, but that's not always a giveaway). She put up…

No worries.

That's what I meant, yes. It's fine as an adjective, and fine for talking about livestock. But not so fine when it's used as a noun to replace that oh-so-scary word "woman." It makes a person sound like a Ferengi or something. (I've run across a number of misogynists who use it that way, as well as quite a few gamers.)