I agree, I have known people like that too. I’ve also known women who are needy in this way because they too objectify/ value superficiality over valuing other aspects of people beyond sex. I know a woman who is constantly chasing after “hot” men to have melodramatic sexual trysts. But in the end she ends up alone and…

“not all yeast”

As a graduate student I studied experimental feminist film (I know). Several years ago, I went to a screening of films by a local filmmaker who was (is?) a well-respected professor at one of the local art schools. I was super psyched for an evening theoretical avant-garde ART. I think there were like 5 people in the…

Why is it that girls who are definitely good looking need constant affirmation? Sad.

No! What happened!?

“Instagram Artist”

yup

I have no idea why, but I just can’t help but imagine that Tom Brady is kind of dumb. Maybe a nice guy, but dumb. I’m sure Giselle totally owns that dude.

I don’t know - the phrase “bonus child” sounds not exactly totally loving and accepting to me.

Ahhh, this post strikes a chord. I am in my mid thirties, and have had several long lady friendships end because the very behaviors described in this post. It’s shocking, but these kind of jealous behaviors towards other women can extend pretty far into adulthood.

I guess just try really hard to not let it turn her into a mean girl :( Help cultivate her empathy - help her to see the beauty in others too. Make sure to give praise to other qualities in other little girls outside of appearance - like how good someone is at math, or what a great athlete someone is, so that she…

Why couldn’t there be an effort towards re-fashioning old stock? Like Urban Outfitters (as much as I dislike them) has their line recycled clothes (although the vintage they offer is stupidly marked up). There should be a collection in which designers re-fashion all the stock that didn’t sell from a previous cycle.

Ugh. I despise how this cultural shift has some how made it ok to assume that everyone is okay with open relationships. The way people talk about it makes them seem very superior, but what I hear when someone says this to me is “I will never be anyone you can actually count on, and I may leave you any time for my…

narcissism

Several years ago, a girl from my group of friends in college committed suicide. I was not the closest friend to her among the girls, but obviously it was shocking and horrible because not only did we know her but we knew her family as well.

Ahhhh, sigh. What’s terrible for the grieving person, I think, is maybe a pressure to accommodate the awkwardness of people who don’t know what to say, which is another pressure on top of their own grief. I think it’s best to make people feel like you’re there for them, but there’s no pressure to perform or share more…

Emotional abuse is invisible to people outside of the immediate situation. If you aren’t there to witness the every day instances of control and undermining, people never know how to understand the actual abuse that is happening.

You sound like you might be a bit of an expert...I’m curious - I know there isn’t a whole lot of information about the mother just in this article, but is there a possible psychological diagnosis that you would give to someone behaving as described by the daughter in this article? I’m asking because the behavior she…

I would watch that film

No, I’m sorry, you’re wrong. He is not trying to guilt trip with “sorry this is uninteresting.” This is someone with severe self esteem / self loathing issues. Believe it or not, not everyone in the world believes that their story IS interesting or worth recounting to others. Stop jumping all over this guy.