You have your parents’ permission to share their abortion story in a public forum, of course?

Yup. It’s trashy. Archibald, while archaic, is a proper and historically resonant name. Archie is silly.

It’s so hipster-American-idiot on the nose, I can’t stand it. I thought they’d either go for an appropriate name, or a full on hippie name. This is just stupid.

If it’s any consolation, huge amounts of ‘classic’ m/f romance basically start with the hero abusing or assaulting the heroine, only for them to end up with Twu Wuv by the end. (Not much consolation, I know. I grew up on my babysitter’s hidden bodice rippers and am, in retrospect, aghast at how many start out with…

Yeah, I wish they’d just come out and say it: we don’t GAF what men do to women, ok?

You don’t know any Korean people, do you?

Ditto. Was almost freaky how rapidly it reduced the emotional charge of some really ugly stuff. It needs to be done with a therapist who knows what they’re doing, but it is one of the best supported-by-the-evidence forms of treatment for trauma, and with none of the side effects of drugs or exposure treatment.

My God, don’t worry about making this story about you, take care of you. I hope you’re safer now, and having help healing. EMDR helped me live around (can’t quite say ‘live with’) my worst trauma. I can’t imagine how awful stories like this are for someone with a similar experience.

In much of the world, being multilingual is the sign of a high school graduate. Most developed countries require fluency - not just menu-level skills - in English in addition to the native language; countries with more than one established language, like Belgium, require those too.

Yup, my immediate reaction was “can’t wait until she’s outed, fired, and shunned by everyone not called Cletus.”

Kate’s an art history major who asked where they make Faberge eggs today. In Camilla’s day, a degree from St. Andrews would have meant something; today it means Mummy and Daddy can pay for it, and that’s about it. She’s as dumb as a bag of hair.

If Trump wins in 2020 (and the GOP does well in 2018) it will be entirely due to the moronic imbecility of today’s Left in that country. American leftists are being tossed a slow softball over the plate (did I do that right?) and yet I think y’all are gonna fuck it up through exactly this sort of behaviour.

They both sound like utter assholes, but the onus is on the person with power not to initiate inappropriate communications and relationships.

I’m part of that world, and you’re absolutely right. One reason why foreign policy and security are so fucked up and run by people who think the Gestapo were #CareerGoals is that any sane and competent NatSec professional either a. wouldn’t work for this administration under any circumstances, or b. if willing to, on…

There’s a lot of speculation that Michael Phelps has Marfan’s Syndrome, a genetic condition (disorder) that makes joints much more flexible, and has a non-trivial impact on performance for the very specific things he does that make him the best swimmer ever. Should he be handicapped somehow, or made ineligible? It’s…

Also, when you’re deep enough, you don’t care. It seems inconceivable that things will get better, so why make the effort to reach out, with all the physical, social, and mental effort that takes compared to inertia?

In Canada, the Metis community insists precisely on this. They share a tremendous amount, politically, with First Nations, but also define themselves as a separate group because they embrace elements of their European heritage (primarily French, as the name suggests, some British Isles) and understand that their…

This is also why I’m wary of people who think children should be raised to respect ‘adults.’ No, children should be raised to respect people - but to be cautious, because not only are adults no more likely to treat them well than other kids, but when they are abusive and malignant, they can often do more damage. I had…

I don’t think there’s a word about Lydia’s backstory in the book (which I’ve read several times but not since seeing Season 1.) That would be just fascinating. She seems to be a true believer, after S1E2, and not just trying to get as much power and privilege for herself as she can.

Any 23 year old enlisted sailor would have had their career ended and gone to military jail for a DUI that resulted in a car crash.