I think this is what happens when Portlanders attempt snark. It comes off as smarmy. Leave snark to the “East Coasters”, Felicia.

“I understand that some girls want to hide skin problems or they use makeup as an accessory, but I usually feel that women should wear less.”

#notallreligions

Like being a Cool Girl, I think being Chill Girl is a phase women try out (guilty on both counts). Then you realize that you’re just wasting time pretending to be so deeply accommodating and detached and without any needs of your own, and, yeah, fuck that shit. And at that point, you’re not willing to be anybody’s…

what stories of sexism do the women at Jezebel have about working at Gawker media? there must be a lot of stories,

I've said it before, but I just can't stay on the Paul Walker Grief Train knowing about his penchant for teenagers. It's still sad that he died, of course, but this huge outpouring is unnerving. Let's just say the sadness is tempered by a full-body skin crawl.

I sometimes eat beereal (Miller High Life on Rice Krispies).

Dear good, decent men,

it's fate for us asians. just happens.

Along the lines of hugs causing issues... I had a very lacy dress and when my new Mother-In-Law swooped in for a big hug immediately after the ceremony her earring got caught on my dress. It was a good two to three minutes of struggling out of that one without tearing the lace. But, I'm one of those who tossed my…

I am totally stealing this for everything.

this is one I actually used. I was five years old, playing with my cousins at my Babcia's house. She was making dinner and was a terrible cook. When she called us in for dinner, I told her I couldn't eat because I was sick. She asked what was wrong, and I told her it was prostate cancer.

A kid who was late to my class once said that he was helping someone out of a burning building. I laughed and told him to take a seat. You have to begrudgingly admire someone with the chutzpah to try to pull off such a dumb and blatantly made up excuse.

When I was in eleventh grade, my depression was getting out of control. I was actually about two months away from a suicide attempt, but obviously didn't know that yet. I was taking chemistry with an evil teacher who clearly hated students and was just waiting for full pension. He was a bully to his students and I…

Taking a child to museums and concerts can be a lovely form of mentoring and spending time with a young person whilst introducing them to the cultural world. Or, it can be grooming, or (I think) 'dating' in the eyes of the predator.

Two weeks ago on Wednesday, I was having a horrrrrible workday. It was a big, boisterous dude and me, working at the bar at night, and although the dude is generally a braying jackass (so loud! So obnoxious! So lazy! So rude!) he was in ESPECIALLY fine form. In addition to spending very little time actually behind the…

During the late 19th & early 20th century, the British colonizers started their "Divide & Rule" campaign as to split the blunt demands of Independence from Indian citizens. This included manipulation of history to pitt Muslims and Hindus against each other. Of course, there had been animosity between both those…

Lots of comments yesterday about how Western countries need to "boycott" and "sanction" India, because the only way savage Indians can be tamed is by the firm hand of the West (much like their history in colonial India, the antebellum South, etc).

Apparently my parents' wedding was kind of a shit show. There was a blizzard that day, and my Oma totally bit it walking into the church. The priest was drunk (my dad said he could smell the wine on his breath for the entire 2 hour ceremony (mom's side is Greek Orthodox)). Aaaaand the best man gave this toast:…

My mother-in-law, when my husband's friends told her that she looked pretty, said, "I think I look pretty good for my age. [they nod in agreement] Then how come none of you wanted to fuck me when you were in high school?"