Well said. I’m a redhead and I can’t begin to tell you how many people assume that I’m temperamental, fiery, passionate, freaky, etc. just because of my hair color. It’s tiring. I spend most of my Friday nights in PJs watching Netflix, but because I have a curvy booty and a head full of red hair, I must be a wild…

That sounds truly awful. What a horrid little shit. I would have reacted exactly the same way. (I also have thick lips, so I’ve always avoided lipstick because it just intensifies their presence on my face. So I feel you on that one too.)

My god. I’m SO glad her mom took the threat seriously and kept him away from you. That story gave me chills.

I completely understand why you started that story with, “I’ve never really dealt with all my feelings on this and it still gets to me sometimes.” That would have fucking traumatized me, worst because it came from someone you thought was your friend. How totally and utterly fucked up. :(

That sounds completely 100% awful, scary, frustrating...did I say awful? The internal logic there is so fucking twisted, like, “I can’t directly ask her out because she might REJECT me and that would feel AWFUL, so instead I’m going to follow her around day and night, convince the rest of the student body to follow…

My response to this story was, “Fuck that fucking motherfucker,” except with a lot more fucks thrown in.

This guy’s attitude is pretty great, and more importantly the fact that he expressed it aloud so his daughter knows she can confide in him. As others have said, being there for her is the #1 thing you can do.

A-fucking-men. 1,000+ bills proposed over abortion to “protect women’s health” by forcing regulations on doctors and clinics, but a simple investigation into women’s hygiene products can’t get a pass after 9 attempts?

True, but there are pictures of her dead and clothed. EMT 100% did not cut her top off in this case; even if they had, I'd wonder why they needed to strip her out of her jeans to get at her heart.

Last year some cops mistook a banana for a gun:

Who what when where why and how?

Replying to boost. It’s very definitely India’s Daughter, as can be seen in both of the links posted by the author.

You only get one chance to deliver a sweet burn in life, but if you do it right, once is enough.

I’m so sorry that happened to you, but glad you’re making progress through therapy now - even if it’s the stage where you feel inexplicably worse because you can name/quantify some of the damage. You have every right to be angry.

Good friends of mine met in high school but were long-distance all the way through college. They made sure to see each other 1x month, splitting the costs of airfare totally evenly no matter which one was flying out, and they talked on the phone every night before bed even if it was just, “Had a long day, really miss…

It’s very, very strange that she’s asked you (multiple times!) to move closer and that she wants to test you out as a roommate (with a winky face!). Does she know that you’re married? If so, her behavior is really outlandish. It’s pretty clear that she’s flirting with you, but it would be an honest mistake if she at…

I second what sweetemotion said: high thee to the Internet! You can stay in your underwear, keep eating onion rings, and knock out a profile that will snag you a man. Pro tip: Be hilariously up front about the fact that you sometimes spend Saturday nights eating onion rings in your underwear while watching L&O, but…

Thank you for bringing this into my life.

For the record, and IMO, you’ve been handling this thread with a lot of dignity. The way people are laying into you and putting words in your mouth is just bemusing. Kudos to you for handling it as well as you have been.

Wow, interesting. I guess my perspective is that representation of WOC is a step in the march towards equality, rather than a celebration of equality achieved. Lupita Nyong’o has talked more than once about the impact that seeing dark-skinned black women in the public spotlight had on her own self-confidence, and the…