True, but there were certainly boarding and finishing schools for wealthy young women. The Young Ladies Academy opened in Philadelphia in the 1780s and other academies and seminaries followed suit in the following decades.

It’s easy for management to say, “No one ever reported it!” without considering whether they created the kind of environment where victims feel comfortable coming forward, or will take action so that a victim feels like it is worth trying to report it.

I think a few years ago, the Jezebel writers gave titles to all the contest winners.  I kinda like it because it makes it easier for everyone to talk about previous winners, and to go back and find them. 

Yikes! Spooky!!!

As someone who used to love thrifting but could no longer do it so easily after having a baby, I appreciate people like you. Yes, it costs me a little more to buy something on FB Marketplace or ThredUp or Poshmark than it would if I’d bought it in person at the thrift store, but it’s well worth it to me. While I was…

I am wondering what the name of this ethical company is because I’d like to check them out! I buy my dresses from eShakti for $65-90 each. Although they are not a sustainable company as far as I know, they give you the option of buying by standard sizes, or having them make it custom to your measurements for like $12…

It’s pretty difficult for me to find organic clothes because I’m plus size.  So I decided that I would buy used when I can, and just buy natural fabrics when I have to buy new.  Yes, regular cotton is problematic, but at least it will biodegrade someday, unlike all the fossil-fuel based clothing.  So that’s the…

I feel like $20 for a wool coat is still a pretty amazing deal though. I got a long cashmere-blend dress coat a few years ago for $30 at our local thrift store, and I know it would have been at least $200 new, so I was pretty happy about it. 

I grew up in a small Navy town and had lots of friends who joined the military to escape abusive families, or because it was the only chance at avoiding a dead-end minimum-wage life. The recruiter would come to the senior courtyard at lunch and tell me how enlisting would be a great way to pay for college, so that I…

I had one of these sinks in a rental apartment, and I miss it still. The house was built around 1915, and they’d turned the 2nd floor into an apartment when there was a housing shortage in DC during WWII. So it had this sweet 1940s kitchen in what had been a bedroom. I had the sink (on top of a metal cabinet), a…

I am curious and want to go look up some more of these dancing teen videos. I can’t believe this girl is so famous when her dancing is just so meh!

I feel like it’s a garish version of Lily but with some culturally-appropriated prints and shapes... batik was not invented by white people. And the big shoulders reminds me a little of some of the architectural shapes on the pretty outfits my west African neighbors wear on Sundays, which just feels really wrong to…

Ellie Poo paper! You’re right, that stuff is really cute!!  And it helps preserve habitat for wild animals.   I think that was a wonderful gift and your coworker is a dud.

I get a kick out of the idea of a preservationist ghost.  Sigh... if only ghosts had more influence in convincing people not to ruin beautiful old houses.

Well, it’s not about teaching their own kids - they’re doing this because they’re hoping to soften up the other kids so their kid can convert them.

Yes, I love eShakti because I can order to fit my measurements and get fitted things with sleeves. Dresses from other companies rarely fit my ginormous chest without also having sloppy droopy shoulders.

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I work in the building materials reuse industry, for a salvage nonprofit. So I can spot faux-reclaimed wood pretty easily, and am never surprised when a restaurant that uses fake old wood is also vague about where their food is coming from. In contrast, the places I know that have actually sourced their tables and…

Yikes!!! That addition makes it even scarier. Somehow this is more chilling to me than many of the real-person stories, probably because I also had a crazy childhood where the house was not totally safe for the kids in it. I hope you have created a peaceful home for yourself as an adult.

I am currently halfway through my pregnancy, and have been having a series of nightmares all related to being on my back. Falling backward off a cliff and watching the sky above me as I plunge to my death, falling through the ice on a frozen lake and seeing the hole disappear above me, and the really long dream was…