I don't have the timings of mall security rounds down pat yet.

Huh...posted this in the wrong place. Whoops.

At my local mall, there is a kiosk that sells a t-shirt that says, "Nice story, babe. Now make me a sandwich."

I think imaginary friend was referencing a Firesign Theatre sketch that references that song. Could be wrong.

I was very Catholic until a year ago (thought the feeling of not fitting in had been creeping in for years, I still tried really hard to fit in), so now I'm extra ragey about all of it and probably come off that way. I honestly thought I could fix the f-ed up parts of my marriage by being more submissive and suffering…

I think perhaps the first step, not just for dudes but for everyone, is confronting casual sexism and misogyny when you see it or hear it. If you see people posting sexist things on FB (I'm reminded of a video that went around of a little baby babbling in baby talk that people were posting with the words, "Women! They…

Oh, they are coming. They are coming with Bible quotes and stuff about complementary roles and the word "helpmeet."

I hope so. Jez could have chosen to be responsible from the get go and post something about, say, how to be helpful and supportive to young women who are feeling suicidal or who have attempted suicide. I can only imagine how embarrassed and, likely, ashamed the kid is feeling right now. Jez doesn't need to add to that.

I hadn't read it before—thanks for pointing it out (link to Welcome to Cancerland).

Yup. Painting it pink does not make cancer any less shitty, painful, scary, or deadly.

So, I had to google what neo-thrash was. This is what I got.

I am not making this up: I met a guy on a train (lives in Portland, obviously) who told me within three sentences that he was "way into Buddhism and going to stay at a monastery" and was "really into artisanal bacon." How do those things go together? Ever? Outside an episode of Portlandia, I mean.

Thank you. Bacon can really go the way of putting mustaches on everything.

Dear God. That is embarrassing.

I work out a lot (4-5x a week, sometimes more depending on how I feel). I wear a lot of different brands, including the best pair of hand-me-down Old Navy Pants in the world. I do have have one bra Lululemon, and yeah, it has lasted pretty well. I do appreciate that offer some of their bras online in bigger sizes and…

Growing up, we were allowed one can of pop a day but we had no restrictions around juice. SInce it was "natural" my siblings and I were allowed to chug as much of that as we wanted. I think it's only this generation of parents that is getting the sugar in juice=actual sugar.

That is bizarre. I mean, if you are making something custom, it should be custom made to fit. I don't know if this is helpful to you, but there is a line of sewing patterns (Simplicity Amazing Fit) that you cut according to bra cup size.

Seriously. I mean, from these comments, you would think that these men actually think that being raped is some kind of compliment on person's attractiveness.

And here she is in a very bad, very surface article, barely a few sentences, summing up her blame-the-mannequins mentality.

From the AP article: City council member Ritu Tawde said she proposed the mannequin ban because such displays degrade women and could provoke men to attack them.