You could be right. The vast majority of trauma victims I’ve known are very uncomfortable initiating physical contact with people they don’t have a very established relationship with. I’m sure a person could slowly walk their way back from that through healing but I doubt it would look this casual when it was…

Harmless his right as a man.

Statistically, past sexual abuse is at best one risk factor for becoming an abuser. A mere one in ten sexually abused boys go on to become predators themselves. Given that victims are predominantly female and perpetrators rarely are, victims overwhelmingly do not go on to victimize others. And the majority of adult…

As someone who, for the past eight years, has worked closely with dozens of young Irish women making their way in the world of International teaching, I can tell you something I believe to be quite accurate: They do not fuck around. They are tough, stubborn, kind hearted, and part of a new generation of Irish, the…

They have it relatively easy—soon we’ll have to climb a wall into México.

I want this whole sexual-harrassment-at-Fox thing to get really ugly.

“I wanted to say goodbye before I left so I walked right into the ladies’ room, opened the stall door, and extended my hand in Christian fellowship.”

The guy is kind of a tool as a politician, but I would be frankly VERY surprised to hear that this was true. He has his own history of abuse, and speaking from an insider perspective, was very supportive of many anti-sexual violence related causes before, during, and after he was in office in Massachusetts. It’s a…

This trope has been done to death.

I did a Ron Swanson giggle reading this comment.

Fishing for lake trout.

I think she uses a lot of great skin products here. If you follow her on Snap she’s always trying new things for night, morning routine - even pillows and pillowcases. Of course with her outreach she probably gets sent so much stuff for free.

No, she did not have friends. She could not leave when she was 18. She was kept form knowing she was 18 for 4 years and her mother literally never let her be alone with others. She lied to make her believe she was 4 years younger than she was. A captor walking through the street with their captive does not mean that…

Come here I love you

I am so excited/scared! (But mostly I just want more excuses to use this gif)

Justified war against Canada.

Absolutely. Coming from someone who gave her daughter Cordelia as a middle name.

My seventh birthday party was an Anne-themed sleepover. My mom served us raspberry cordial and we fell asleep watching the first half of the CBC movie on VHS. I’m 31 years old, but I still want to be Anne when I grow up.

I’m assuming I’ll be dismissed by Anna for my comment directly quoting Jia, but here you go: http://jezebel.com/no-offense-174…

I love this particular criticism more each and every time I see it! It’s very fresh!