I'm not a monarchist at all, but I can understand how someone would be. As part of a research project for undergrad I interviewed a historian who has written several books about monarchy. One of the things he told me is that with monarchy you know who your leader is. You've watched him or her grow up, so you know sort…

Sorry, can't help myself.

Over and over again people in developing nations in Africa emphasise their desire for security, and over and over again aid workers, NGOs and governments around the world say "oh cool! Well, here's some food and some white teenagers to help you build a school."

What follows will probably come across as pedantic or insulting, but I really don't mean it to be; I'm only trying to establish a baseline for conversation.

Seriously, though, that's fucked and I'm sorry you went through that. That you were physically holding evidence of a crime and were dismissed like that is ridiculous. Then again, if cops knew and understood the law, they'd be lawyers instead of cops.

That is terrible! I had harassing calls and texts (I'm looking at you. You're going to die, bitch, etc.) from a stranger. I didn't respond or answer the calls; I called the Austin police, was immediately referred to a female detective, and she called the number, spoke harshly to him, and I never had a problem again.…

The cop for my aunt was the same way. She asked him if she was murdered would he tell everyone not to bother because she's a crazy bitch. He took her more seriously but you can tell they think victims are full of it .

I agree that the Queen (and the monarchy in general) are useless relics who serve no purpose, and that the Queen specifically has never done anything notable aside from emerging from a vag of privilege, but I have no problem with those who feel differently being able to enjoy threads like this.

haha! This is basically what happened. The cop actually called my ex who assured him I was a crazy broad, and the cop came back and was like, ma'am can I suggest you stop being crazy and I was like "Yes! Why officer yes! I hadn't considered that! I will just take these letters that say that my ex will do…

Oh why oh why are people reporting this non-story??? I'm so tired of hearing about this bunch of fatuous inbreds.

Mine was arrested, so then he sent me them from jail. Which was a mixture of reassuring and not reassuring that was quite unique.

It certainly fits with ROYGBIV's agenda, but Jalopnik, not so much? Unless you know something you didn't bother to put in your article, the only information linking this to the targeting of LGBT's is that "some people -felt- they were being targeted because they are LGBT. Feeling that and fact may be completely…

That's a lot of Subarus.

I hear what you're saying but she's really not scared at all. She didn't get the "fire and brimstone" version and she was totally unfazed. I was the one freaking out. I was trying to not turn something into a BIG FUCKING deal if it wasn't much of a blip on her radar.

Sue and Giles are amazing.

I agree with this super hard. It is 100% okay to teach your child what you believe. No one suggests to Christians that they need to teach their children about all the world's religions. That is only suggested to agnostics and atheists.

Unfortunately, my best advice overall is: Wait. You're her mom, and she'll come around. She might end up believing in God, but she's going to see your skepticism, and at the very least, she'll be a more thoughtful Christian over the whole thing, and at most, she'll follow your lead. In just 5-10 more years, she'll be…

I'm not plus-sized at all and still have had periods in my life where I went many years without dating or having sex - and the feeling that I was only attracted to people who weren't attracted to me is also a very familiar one. But because I was conventionally goodlooking it was a lot easier for me to recognize that…

Your life sounds awesome, and I bet you that the other people on your facebook feed look at your international jetsetting life and vacations and activism and are jealous of you! Grass is always greener, etc. But seriously, try not to get too hung up on where you thought you'd be. You'll find as you get older that…

I was raised as an evangelical but I'm agnostic now. I've agreed (with no small amount of reservation) to let my 5 year old daughter attend an episcopalian church with her Christian dad. I usually give her the basic Christian answer when she asks about God (God made the wold, loves everyone, we all to to heaven after…