ahhh, interesting! Lol, maybe I do have a little of it myself then. I've been more inclined to see myself as having some social anxiety disorder.

Pardon me, I just realize I misspelled Aspergers. Besides, with our tendency today to perform much of our communication through computers or other digital means, I think even neurotypical people can have a tendency to display Aspie characteristics (misunderstanding someone's meaning in a message, etc.) I'm glad you…

Why does asking someone out via a Facebook message indicate you have Aspbergers? I just did that with a guy I know the other day! (someone I don't see very often in person). I've never been diagnosed with Aspbergers!

I should relate this back to the actual LW - sometimes I think that, despite the fact that we often share our deepest fears and darkest secrets with close friends, they aren't always the best to help when the situation is really bad. That's why it's also good to share those things with other people, such as…

A friend from college committed suicide a couple of years ago. During her memorial, a group of us gathered (some of whom had been far closer to her than I was), and basically everyone spent most of the time consoling each other about how there was nothing that could have been done, and no one was to blame for it. …

inappropriate response to an inappropriate statement

Since it seems widely agreed in the comments that dogs are infinitely more interesting than Ms. Dunham's show, perhaps she should take that as a cue for some story lines in the 3rd season - more dogs, fewer girls!

I think what this article is saying is that the problem with a lot of creative class industries, outside of internet access stuff, is that they don't produce products that people outside of the creative class actually need or use that they can't get from somewhere else cheaper. If the phrase "creative class" included…

To writer #2: I think the girl turned and ran because she's a chicken, and can't handle people being honest with her and standing up for themselves. I had the same thing happen to me with a guy who asked me out who I didn't want to go out with when I was honest with him. We had been loose acquaintances on facebook…

omg, Michelle Obama should sue the fuck out of that guy DeSando for using her photo on his "It Girls" website.

When I hear conversations like this, where the readership of these discussions is likely privileged, educated, elite women of mainstream society, yes, sometimes the strict tenets of feminism sometimes seem a bit unnecessary. The women who are deeply involved with a conversation about feminism at Yahoo or Google have…

I'm super disappointed that Marina Abramovic is wasting her time on this project. This doesn't make me think much of her as an artist. Of all the things that you could work on, James Franco is not that interesting. Seems like a pretty fame driven move for her, to get more press for her work - thumbs down.

I also wonder if situations like this are a result of the sort of modern dating phenomenon of relationships developing out of group hangouts. I always read these articles about how dating on an individual basis doesn't happen that much anymore - that singles are more comfortable going out as a big group of people,…

RE: the first letter -

she doesn't show her tits as much?

Totally agree with your assessment - that's the one thing I've had an issue with, is the actual kind of weakness of most of the female characters' positions in the show. I watched the whole series, and Claire is powerful, and the only one who struck back in a real way at being used by her husband. But I was still…

I think what Lady Godiva is saying is that someone can think they're beautiful and the shit, but not have the personality to actually back it up / be an actual nice person - which is what a lot of people seem to be saying about the Hanna character. Yes she is very confident, and there's nothing wrong with that, but…

This is kind of an awful observation, I realize, but for a girl who was so ashamed of coming from New Jersey, I wonder how she would feel about all these articles about her death referring to her as a "NJ Fashionista." Some deep insecurities in that one...

What a fucking coward. So sorry for your pain :(

Ok, I have an opposite situation. I always feel like the cashier who works at the convenience store near my apartment is being overly friendly - smiling, and saying "hi" very gently and flirtily when I come in, trying to make small talk, etc. I feel myself avoiding eye contact with him so that he'll shut up and…