He also groped my mother on two occasions in the 70's. I don’t think my mom was the only one; I think she was one of a thousand (or more).

I’m 10,000% ready for Malala to become leader of everything.

Thank you. That’s very kind of you. I’m sorry for coming on so strong initially. I really don’t sit around fuming about BSA in my day-to-day life, I swear. I did eventually find Camp Quest, which is a week-long sleep away camp for freethinkers. My second son has gone every summer for the past seven years, and loves…

Thank you for your very nice response. It’s amazing that we’re in a world now where I interpret no racism, misogyny, or toxic conservatism as a hippie utopia, lol.

If I seem angry about BSA (and I do), it’s because I am, apparently more than I realized. I grew up Mormon and my experience with Boy Scouts was that it was…

Dear people in the grays,

All the local BSA troops are affiliated with Christian churches. Southern Christian churches, mind you. I know that, because I ~investigated~. So. Enjoy your hippie scouting. It doesn’t exist here. The national organization still had bigotry as official policy when my boys were young (no gay, trans, or atheist…

I wouldn’t let my sons get involved in Boy Scouts, either. There were uniformed kids peddling popcorn in front of the grocery store last weekend. I wish I could’ve told them what a shit organization they belong to. I can’t imagine why any parent of a girl would want their daughter in that conservative, antiquated,…

That is what I mean! I don’t think Kinja has a DM function? Old skool Gawker did, and I miss it. Anyhoodles, the title of my first novel is Once a Duchess. I have eight out in total. Regency era, sex scenes, feminism. I highly recommend Elizabeth Hoyt’s Maiden Lane series. Erica Monroe’s Rookery Rogues series is…

Oh, he does mention it, but Daddy gets top billing:

“She’s funny, she’s sexy, and as the funny and sexy (at least on the page, and for all I know in real life) Eloisa James, author of WILDE IN LOVE (Avon/HarperCollins, paper, $7.99), puts it, “In the last half decade, he’d seen an enormous white whale, the Great Wall…

What subgenre(s) do you like? If you’re into historicals, a la Courtney Milan, I can keep the recommendations coming all day. Those are my colleagues! There are a great many witty, sexy books with strong heroines and worthy heroes.

Thank you for always championing my industry, Kelly. I love how much you love romance. :)

The Gottlieb piece was so condescending. Even when he complimented one of our living greats, Eloisa James, it comes off backhanded. Of course she’s talented, her father was a poet! It couldn’t be that she’s brilliant (Which she…

Man, I remember being in high school in the mid-90's, and going to my friend’s house, where I’d use her AOL account to Chat Online. AOL used to hook you up with randos to chat with, and the pervs were out in full force. Back then, I thought it was novel and hilarious. How young I was.

We also practiced yoga during my stint in the behavioral health facility. I was in for depression, not the drugs, but a lot of my fellow inmates were in for opiod addiction (so many old people!). This surprise would have made them so happy. It would have made all of us happy, really, if for no other reason than a…

Whenever we “do” splits in yoga class (lol), we come off the mat and use the yoga blanket. It slides over the wooden studio floor, but provides a wee bit of padding for the knees. You can always use additional folded blankets or towels or whatever for additional padding. You do have to keep readjusting your feet on…

He totally knew. The box was pointed to the girl, and as frequently as she went in for more, no way he didn’t see it out of his peripheral vision. In her very first swipe in the video, their hands are in the corn together! He knew, and he let her steal to her wee larcenous heart’s content. Awww.

I’m glad you’re happy with your life! That’s great. :)

I am also happy with my life. I didn’t say I wasn’t. I said I regret what becoming a mother so young *did* to my life. I don’t blame or resent my kid in the least. At 22, you had your degree. At 20, I didn’t. And I still don’t. That’s something I regret, and hope…

I agree with this take. I had my first child at 20, and now look back at myself and say, “Seriously?” Actually, at the time, I knew it really wasn’t great. I had to drop out of college b/c vomiting until I died, my relationship with the father was young and rocky, AND I WAS FREAKING TWENTY. I grew up in a very…

Yes! It was like a 4th grade school project by way of a 19th century gothic novel. An utter delight.

The hellfire diorama? So amazing. A+ troll.

The Freedom from Religion Foundation is the biggest organization I’m aware of that deals specifically in church/state violation litigation. A friend of mine is in touch with a FFRF legal intake person right now about shenanigans at her child’s school.