I think part of it could be that this guy killed women at least in part because he didn’t believe they deserved to have a voice, so it’s probably not a coincidence that he picked a movie made by a woman who wasn’t afraid to be heard to do this, and his killing these women was, in that sense, an attempt to silence…

Judy Blume: replacing people’s moms since 1970.

My parents didn’t believe in things like “activities” for us. More or less, it boiled down to lazy and cheap, but often justified with things like “God”, “heathens”, and “you’re too stupid for that”. For example, I wasn’t allowed to join the girl scouts with my friends. Years later, I learned that it was because the…

God, I have stories up the wazoo from eight years of working as a camp counselor, but there’s one that really stands out.

My first year working at sleep-away camp, we did this training activity where everyone had to talk about a time that we felt “other” or ostracized. The new Drama Director (18 or 19 years old) told…

I dunno. I only ever get to watch real TV when my roommate is gone or I am home alone because the TV with cable is in his room and I just have a smart TV in mine. SVU is not allowed in this house. We’ve been clean for six months now.

My mom was a nail lady and we are korean. I trust most Korean nail salons because they always staff Koreans. Since nail salons tend to be a tight knit group of women running the show most salons staff themselves with their own culture. I side eye nail salons where the owner is one culture while the staff is mainly…

Yah when I saw "Vikingdom" I was thinking this was a white supremacist thing but Maine is the whitest state in the union. Like, its whiter than Washington. As a state it is whiter than Seattle which is hella concentrated white.

Salyer-isms from my personal knowledge:

I swim 4 or 5 times a week at Aquatic Park in San Francisco Bay, where most of the year, the water is on the chilly side. Aquatic Park happens to be right in the center of a touristy area, so I get a lot of people asking me about my swimming when I’m getting out. I’m stunned how many people tell me they can’t swim.…

That'll come in handy when they're taking daily bc pills.

Thank you for writing this. Thank you for publishing this.

Its called compression oppression

Yup - exactly my daughter’s middle school tales. Any boy who shows up gets a speaking part, and tons of talented girls are in the choir, or left out altogether.

Your neighbor is getting drunk and telling state secrets? That sounds amazingly skeevy. Also, Monica Lewinsky was not raped. She fell in love with her boss, and I totally admire her Ted talk on the subject, but she gets to define her experience, not you.

I read the first couple paragraphs, started blushing intensely, then decided I need to read it in the privacy of my own home. Thank you.

IT’S UP ALREADY???

the number of people who loudly declare, on a daily basis, “WHO CARES ABOUT KIM KARDASHIAN!??!?” make me love her and hope she’s in the news forever