Yeah, the whole reaction to Hugh Hefner made me feel like I’d stepped through the looking glass, and was in this twisted alternate reality. I just couldn’t process all the posts about how great he was for feminism and free speech etc. Like...wot?!

Yes. My BEST FRIEND didn’t support me when I was sexually harassed at work. I’ve never brought it up with her again, and she’s completely ignored my #metoo story and all my posts on the subject, even though she’s usually super active on social media. I have no idea how to handle it, and it breaks my heart. I don’t…

It is good that women (and men) are sharing their stories and hammering home what an incredibly widespread issue this is; it would be better if there were some second step and if those same women and men and their allies could activate this huge group of people toward some end.

Watching from the sidelines (I’m not on social media, but of course #MeToo), this seems like one hour after it launched, it was just a slumber party of where everyone was just sharing “the worst thing that ever happened to ME”. Cathartic, but hollow. Most social media-based movements are hollow. It’s too convenient to…

My fb feed has been full of me toos.

Nothing will come of it. It will change nothing.

If you go plain old-fashioned “Miss Manners” on this one, talking about any subject which is clearly of no interest to any of the conversation participants is tacky at best, rude at worst.

IMO, it would be more helpful to work on empowering victims, via promising that they will be believed and that they will be supported. #IWill doesn’t do anything to make your employee feel more confident that they will not be re-victimized by an HR department, or that people won’t gossip about her and think she is a…

hm, what about caring-for-severely ill/dying-parent tired?

yeah, i loved the time that a parent i know told me that my sleep problems (which i had when i was caregiving for my sick father, because i slept in the next room basically listening for him to get out of bed all night because he was cognitively impaired and would get out of bed and fall, or have to change his…

Ugh. I threw up in my mouth the first time a friend discovered that stupid “I create humans, what’s your superpower” meme. Just...so gross. If a worm can do it, it’s not that special.

I think people without kids but with chronic illnesses would disagree with you about “normal” and not “newborn” tired having an end. Their/our “normal” tired has zero end. And there are a ton of parents who don’t make allowances for that in conversations. It’s super obnoxious.

Stop acting like you’ve just accomplished some amazing feat. You had sex and got knocked up. People do it every day, from the richest royalty to the lowliest scumbags. You’re not special. Like, in any way.

I’m mad that I always have to be the one to call and check in on my friends who are parents. They’re always happy to chat but can’t actually pick up the phone because they’re so tired and busy and you have no idea how much work this is and I know you’re getting your doctorate/taking care of elderly relatives/have a…

The friends I used to travel with, and who made fantastic travelling companions, now have a 2 year-old and another kid on the way. I support them 100%, but can’t help seeing the effective end of our travelling days as a small, first-world tragedy.

Yep, that is exactly my first interpretation before I read the article. Given that most people don’t do their due diligence, it seems like a bad choice of hashtag.

I feel very fortunate that my lovely close friends all have awesome kids, and they don’t pull the “won’t you change your mind?” or “you don’t know about being tired!” bs. But I very much miss being able to hang out with them on a whim and seeing them as much as I used to. It’s reality, I get it (kids have their own…

- I hate when they call me in on their car bluetooth with children screaming in the background. If they’re not behaving, I don’t want to talk to you. Sorry not sorry.

men responding with #IWILL sounds like a threat of sexual harassment.

How activism has “progressed”
Before: People volunteer and fought the injustice in person. Got arrested for it. Fucked up their careers (I know I did)