When I was 16 I discovered that you don't *need* to lather your legs to shave them. If you run a razor over your dry skin, it will remove all the hair just as effectively as if you covered everything in an inch of shaving cream. This "dry shave" technique seemed like brilliantly efficient to me, so immediately before…

I feel like this is not only a Thing, it's a deeply (though not exclusively) American Thing. Americans are bootstrappers - the idea that you can start from nothing and work yourself into a million dollars is the core of the American dream. In keeping with that, there's a sense that the best self-narrative for an…

I'm going to start ignoring the rape part entirely and focusing on incest, because seriously, why the fuck is incest in the list? I'm ignoring incest with an unwilling partner (like a dad having sex with his daughter without her consent or while she's underage) because that still boils down to rape, and considering…

I can only answer this for myself, and the answer is gonna be gross/TMI. I can generally leave a tampon in for about 4-8 hours depending on flow. Generally speaking, pulling the tampon out in the second half of that time frame, when it's "full", isn't really a problem. It just kind of slides out. However, I hate…

I think it's a mini-bar. Biden's rocking a glass of water (or vodka, who knows), and Boehner looks like he's got some sort of highball-fancy-pants-drunk-tray.

I bow to you.

Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh. I feel the same way about this as I do watching Zac Posen pet and poke every single model during the Project Runway judgings. Yes, you design clothing, you're interested in the construction, blah de blah, but that doesn't mean you get to pluck at it while someone's boobs are in it!

So true, based on at least one sociopath I've met in real life. I'm very wary of people who instantly get that intense gleam in their eyes and start trying to know All The Things about you, with the personal questions and the compliments and the "tell me more about yourself" probing and the confession that they were…

Aah! That's horrible and terrifying. In your shoes I would be equally freaked out and, in all seriousness, contemplating staying with a friend or something for a little while. It's likely that he's harmless and simply doesn't realize/care that he's scaring you, but it's also possible that his boundary issues are of…

I would have just about flipped the table and screamed, "WHEN I AM HAVING EMOTIONS YOU WILL FUCKING KNOW IT."

This really needs to be seen by more people. (Both your comment and your Phyllis-Schlafy-trapped-in-the-unisex-bathroom scene.)

"I fail to find sympathy for a 'party girl' who gets in a bit of heat while flirting with somebody. Especially if that involves sneaking up behind a few frat boys and 'dancing' like somebody strung out on some type of drugs. Even more so in light of recent events. What did she think was gonna happen?"

This was a great question, so kudos to you as well! Nice to get a fun SNS thread instead of the usual sad/real life stuff.

Can you elaborate on why the "buy 'em food approach" is problematic? I've always felt it was a little off but never able to define why.

If you have time, CJA over at io9 wrote an awesome short story about this exact dilemma:

I guess my non-specific answer to your non-specific problem would be along these lines:

That's what irked me (among many other things) about the "I built this!" fiasco during the last election. People who belong to groups that have struggled tend to recognize the collective effort of the struggle; people who belong to groups that sit at the top tend to think that every member of their top-sitting group…

Schools do teach religion and politics. Global history, economics, current events, social studies. No one ever told me what to think, they just gave me a factual understanding of each religion's core beliefs, each party's core platform. Sex Ed is about teaching the facts about sexual health, reproduction, and sexual…

The crazy thing is this might be the best possible time for the report to land, but not for the reason she thinks. If other nations (esp. the ones who loathe us) saw this report while we were at the height of Tea Party/patriotic pride, I would expect more serious backlash. But anyone looking over here now is going to…

"Benghazi! Death panels! Emperor Obama! We have the worst president in history, worse than Hitler!"