My husband and I went to a hibachi steakhouse the other night. Two of the other people dining ordered filet. One medium well and the other well-done. We were aghast.

This makes me extraordinarily grateful that only one of my managers at JCP ever gave me a hard time for calling out sick. I frequently took on more hours than I wanted, and I tried to say yes to extra shifts at least 1/3 times they asked. I usually didn't call in sick more than once a month, but I do have Crohn's…

My grandmother and uncle used to split the filet. They would order it butterflied. I was too young to realize how embarrassing this was until well after my grandmother was too infirm to go out to restaurants. I have no idea how my parents refrained from rolling their eyes or commenting on it for about a decade.

Their website features a lot of very feminist stuff too. The super-awesome activists and (lesbian) founders of the popular website Everyone Is Gay write occasionally for Cosmo's website now. They also posted to their blog about why they chose to write for a mainstream publication and explained why their articles are a…

In the short-lived CosmoGirl, which was aimed at teenagers, I finally learned how to orgasm. I had masturbated unsuccessfully several times at that point, because I didn't recognize the feeling of building up an orgasm. I would stop too soon, thinking I had failed. But CosmoGirl explained the basic anatomy of…

SAMES! My husband enjoys 69 I think from the mental aspect of it, but I can either ignore what he's doing down there or give a really lame, half-hearted BJ. I can also only focus on one thing at a time. Well, two things if the other thing is playing with my hair.

As a nanny to a French family in New York/Toronto, I was able to transport a six-year-old from Toronto to New York. I had a letter from the parents, a copy of both of their passports and visas, and a copy of their marriage license. I had the child's passport and my own (American) passport. I think I spent three…

It was totally disrespectful of my husband not to take my last name when we got married. I mean, now our family can't be a real family because he didn't take my name. /sarcasm

I wanted to legally change my last name to my maternal grandmother's maiden name. When I told my mom this, she said not to say that in front of my dad because it would hurt his feelings. I actually don't think he would have cared, but taking my grandmother's name wasn't that big of a deal, more of a whim to preserve…

Did you read the linked articles? Just because you live in an accepting, liberal paradise doesn't mean the rest of us do.

If you're not a woman, you can't speak to our experiences. For many of us, passing down our name DOES have cultural significance.

I wanted my husband to take my last name just so we could sue the state for gender discrimination.

I have a twin brother (and a younger brother). We all share a last name. We went to school with kids for YEARS who never figured out we were related. Names only do so much.

THANK YOU! My last name is the one on my birth certificate, my driver's license, my high school diploma, my passport, my college diploma, and now my marriage certificate. Yeah, I share my last name with my dad, just like I share it with my brothers, my mom, my grandparents, my uncles, and my cousins. It's still MY…

I read her response this morning and loved it. Most of the comments were really supportive, although I massively rolled my eyes at the person who was like "Yeah, some feminists are really crazy when talking about rape culture and patriarchy, but they're the exception, yay feminism." Um, no, we're not crazy, we've just…

My parents had dinner with Larry King and his wife.

I have Crohn's Disease. Problems with milk are literally the least of my body's problems.

Touring a cheese factory sounds totally awesome.

My doctors never figured out why milk, ice cream, and milkshakes make me sick, but I can eat cheese and yogurt just fine. I even did really annoying testing for lactose-intolerance. So drinking real milk, even lactose-free, still makes me sick. Soy milk is a wonderful substitute for boxed mac & cheese and for chai…

The documentary linked above features some older virgins! Including me! It is a very awesome, sex-positive, feminist documentary. When Therese started making it, she had the perspective of analyzing slut-shaming and purity culture, but she discovered the problem of prude-shaming along the way. It's a very nuanced…