I have mentioned this before in a thread on pet names, but it bears repeating that my parents had a friend with a giant grumpy-faced grey persian named YASSER ARACAT.

Cats don't disappear, they leave.

One time my cat ran away. Turned out she was just in the wall right next to my apartment. Wish I'd known that before spending every single waking moment of the 5 days she was "gone" running around in -20°F weather, leaving cat food next sources of heat, tracking every set of paw prints I could find, putting up posters…

Poor little Cotton. I just want you to know that we, your brothers and sisters, are all praying for your safe return.

Jeffrey and Shoshanna sound insufferable. Cotton found a way out, hoping for the life of a coddled only cat, rather than being one of 31. Be free, Cotton.

To me, Nicki Minaj is to black feminists what Lena Dunham is to white feminists. Both women pride themselves on female empowerment but they're problematic as fuck and you can make an argument that neither of them are role models that feminists should look up to. Nicki has a history of being an awful, offensive person…

I giggled. Hard.

My sister and I made my parents watch this segment when I was visiting home and we were almost orphaned by exasperation. Now my Dad sometimes says "Don't be like the girl who thought the Underground Railroad was a train" (aka think about your choices, idiot).

In the past, I lacked self-confidence, but now I also lack money.

As girls we're not as strong as boys, but we're able to kick, and I think that's what her boots represent.