So much of the 1700s London prostitution was terrifying. Look up the Mother Clap trials. Like, that shit was batshit. And there was so much...I don't know...saddness? with thirteen year old girls having been "2 years in the trade." Researching that era was tough. I love it, but it was hard.

Also, I can save you some trouble. Santa porn=A thing 🎅

Well done, Internet Age Parent.

This is both adorable and disturbing.

I've had people tell me they've picked up the books specifically for the bibliography. I myself have done that plenty of times. If you're hyper focused on a topic and love reading/learning about it, it's not out of the ordinary to do that. Plenty of folks have come to events and looked at the bibliography first,…

I'm 37 and I just reminded my dad that he and Mom made me wear a snowsuit when I was 12 years old. I reminded him that my teachers had to let me out of class early to put the fucking thing on. I was in middle school. Imagine how my peers made me feel. He was like "but we wanted to keep you warm!" Yeah Dad, was your…

I remember reading my big sisters fashion magazines when I was little (maybe 7-8) and I was just mesmerized by all the glitter and teased crimped hair and off the shoulder tunics etc etc. So my mom thought since I loved "dress up" so much that she would buy me nothing but frilly big poofy dresses one year for school.…

Did you perfectly smush it into his face? Because that would've made it better.

I agree. I've worked in hospitality and I know how it can be. One time I had a douche demand a refund because his ice cream cone wasn't perfect.

Oh god, I've been telling people this exact same idea for MONTHS, including the reference to Israel. Are you me?

My favourite so far has been "madturbate," which has made its way into our usage now. Madturbate: to masturbate when angry to relieve stress.

Drunk, self-important asshole.

I'm getting the popcorn for the next bitchy rich white girl move.

Word. Martha's getting all "Game of Thrones" on her rich white homemaker competition. Can't wait to see what she does to Blake Lively next.

The Fox News crowd, as I refer to them, also loves to say "It's freedom OF religion, not freedom FROM religion." A wonderful phrase taught to me by my father, a conservative-voting Catholic. He truly believes this is what the law implies. And I've already tried the argument of "what if a religion other than…

But learn to love and cherish your alone time too, ok? It's really important.

Oh, on some level it must compute, because otherwise they wouldn't be going into such hilarious contortions to come up with some argument against gay marriage that is something other than "because: Bible." The whole "marriage is for procreation" argument is such obvious horseshit - historically that's never been true…

Ok, I just needed to know that there was some rationale behind putting the scissors in the microwave. Misguided rationale, but still a clear thought process.

But it DOES compute. They just add two words - "other people's" - in front of "church".

It really, really doesn't here in Texas. When I went through orientation for new teachers at a PUBLIC school district here.... The event closed with a Biblical quote. And lots of references to God, as though it is a given that everyone in the room feels this way. I happen to be Christian, but it makes me so incredibly…