The fashion industry sucks. Yes, we are getting crumbs of older women, but I think it's important to recognize that this person was bold enough to use older women. Maybe it's for shock value, but the shock for some people should be a primer for understanding how few older women we see in the media. When I see…

So I had a housemate in University who was, as the kids say, a bit of a player(Jack, for the sake of the story). One of the girls(Jill) he had an on-again, off-again thing with was this girl where it seemed like they actively disliked each other. They never dated, exactly, but every now and then she'd be there in the…

ILU MATT MCGORRY XOXO

Thanks for a very informative and thought-provoking read. I think that part about touch and the hunger for human touch is what got to me. I've always felt pretty isolated and rejected in my life, and I was trying to articulate to my girlfriend just last night how much I love just touching her or feeling her touch me,…

This was possibly the greatest moment of my TV-watching life. Top five for sure.

it feels important to post this now

I'd vote for "parasitic sack" but, alas, no one's asked me...

That's awful I'm so sorry that happened to you. x

"Why has the duologue become so one-sided?"

Step One in the abuser's playbook is to isolate the victim. (I almost said "his victim," but it's also VERY possible for a man to be the abused person in a dysfunctional relationship. See, once you've cut off someone, they have no support group. No peers. No one to run to.

For those of you who get the parts of the brain mixed up:

I've often found that when people get obsessed with people who are not available it's really about not being ready to be in a relationship: Having a huge crush on a gay/married/etc. guy meets an emotional need but is safer than risking things with someone who might like you back. (And I speak from experience, although…

he kept going because a) he's a loser b) he knows he's a loser and c) he would very much like to not be a loser, so he is yelling at her because she is the personification of the voice in his head whispering "you're a loooser" and if he can just shout her down, he won't have to cry himself to sleep tonight. In short,…

wait, didn't you guys to the same?

and then a hero comes along

For reasons I still can't explain, my roommate and I both decided that we HAD to have a late-night Sonic cherry limeade. Driving back home, we passed the fire station where my boyfriend of two years worked — and a figure that looked suspiciously like his was talking with a girl in the station parking lot. My friend…