This is awesome! I'm in law school now and have panic attacks weekly. There's such a herd mentality, like there's only one way to be successful in law school/as a lawyer. It gives me so much anxiety because I don't fit that mold like my classmates do.

In the final stages of directing a play and I just want it to be opening night already. I'm thinking all show all the time. The anticipation is killing me. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love directing. Doing a show is kind of like child birth. It's really hard and intense, but afterward you're so proud and happy…

I never suggested that we shouldn't worry about boys' mental health. I was simply saying that it makes sense for girls to have it worse than boys, generally speaking. I disagree in the notion that both "groups" are treated "so off-the-charts bad" seeing as how males are typically considered the default human, and…

There are detrimental standards for boys, yes. But the pressures/standards boys face are not nearly as harmful to their psychological health, self-worth, place in society, etc. as the pressures and standards girls face. Also, boys are not subject to being sexually objectified, harassed, raped, and victims of human/sex…

I was 10 when I started "middle school" (called junior high in my city). My self-esteem was already pretty bad from being bullied all through elementary school. I went from a French school to an English school. I knew only 1 person in the school, and she'd been my biggest tormentor. Mean Girls had recently come out.…

Great post. As a fellow 31-year old male: thank you. :]

Thank you so much for this. It's great advice and I need to hear it from other people. I don't normally doubt my confidence or apologize for my success, and I'm obviously very fortunate to have a great, comfortable life that I can spend doing the things I love. I appreciate all those things and never doubt them. I…

I think you've given the best advice so far. The only issue I have is with your portrayal of the "housewife". Plenty of women manage to fill the role without devolving into the horrid, sickly sweet types you mention. Although, to be fair, I have met a few, and they are exactly as you describe them. They also tend to…

I just want to say I love "procrastitutional"

"If there's a sense that this will make money, it'll get made."

Before I dive into what I am anticipating will be highly entertaining comments, I would just like to say, that's nonsense about Bridesmaids. The script's not very good, and it only got made because of very famous, very well-connected male mentors who championed the women who wrote the script, but who "guyed" it up…

I've seen smear ads already and it disgusts me. However, some "foundations" are the ones paying for the ads not the candidate exactly. I just don't know if the candidate actually endorses those or not.

True. My issue comes more from when I feel someone's actually running too early. I don't mind her setting up the infrastructure now, but if she starts running ads too soon I will be very turned off her message. Anyone running ads, especially smear ads, too soon tells me "I think I cannot win without mudslinging…

I understand your argument here, and you make a lot of relevant points. There's an inherent issue in our society where women are indeed viewed as prizes or motivators. There are men and women alike who perpetuate this idea. While "ownership" of women is a whole different set of issues, I think the main problem with…

Good points. I agree that evidence of conspiracy is more conclusively proven than single instances of sex assault.

I'm not naive, just idealistic. I was raised in a town where success meant praise and opportunity and a chance to get out, not necessary sexual opportunity a la Danny in Grease. Being cool got you laid, being charismatic got you laid, being a druggie got you laid, being successful got you a ticket somewhere else. I…

Egan was actually the victim of sexual trafficking when he was 14/15. Even if he isn't "clean," he was probably really fucked up by some very sick predators. I also think it's weird how much these people are given the benefit of the doubt. If an administrator of a school district went around to all the 18/19 year old…

I'm two years older than you, but I agree that prom culture sort of disturbs me, and always has, even when I was 17 myself.

I went to a public high school in New York City - we didn't even have a prom.