God, Halal cart food here in NYC is absolutely the best. Also the taco trucks!!! 

Bristol Palin’s child is old enough to be on the talking box? Jesus, I am getting old. Whatever happened to Levi “I won’t show my” Johnston? (Asking for a friend with really poor life decision making skills.)

And of course, teenage girls never try to be “cool” in hopes the popular boys will like them. They never look the other way when they see other girls being victimized because they don’t think it will happen to them. They never think they’re the good girls the boys respect while only the sluts get raped. None of that ev…

If only she smiled....less?  God we just can't win, can we?  Be brave, stand up for what's right, risk your career and life, and still get told you're presenting yourself wrong. 

I have PTSD from delivering my daughter. Like, I have PTSD from something that is necessary for the survival of our species. Something that, from a biological standpoint, I was born to do. I feel like an idiot about it sometimes.

There are very strict labor and education laws for children in the entertainment industry, including mandatory daily hours with on-set tutors and restrictions on how many hours a child can work in a given period of time (not sure if it’s days or weeks).

This is discussed over on the Splinter thread, but just for anyone who didn’t see it:

Everyone PLEASE READ HER STATEMENT IN FULL. All the headlines give the impression that she said something vague in regards to Kavanaugh - that she was raped and Kavanaugh might have been nearby and maybe was grinding on a few girls at a party (which is how the Republicans WANT to categorize it). Read the statement in…

Yeah, I pointed it out over on Splinter after their “Michael Avenatti Isn’t Helping” article the other day — that it certainly seems like he knew what was on the calendar and specifically timed Ms. Swetnick’s sworn statement and coming forward to coincide when the “leak” of the calendar — prominently featuring “Beach…

There’s. NEVER. just. one.

Her statement is hard to read, and, importantly, incredibly specific and damning. She mentions other witnesses willing to speak, she’s worked in the government for years and holds multiple security clearances, and she submitted a sworn affidavit.

How is it legal for children to be actors? Like how is that not child labor? I didn’t know what I was signing up for, I was three.

If the grown-ups can’t take a hint, maybe your best option is to go straight for the Shock and Awe approach. Like, all of a sudden, turn toward the parent and get incredibly serious and say “No, I’m not okay with you saying that, because I don’t ever want [your kids] to feel like they don’t have a choice about…

Made a burner for this because I’m scared to this day of coming out as a CSA survivor.

Yet another facet of how the patriarchy hurts EVERYONE.

Yeah, I run into this a lot with some of my nieces/nephews/cousins. If your kid doesn’t want to hug me, that’s fine! I’m an adult! My feelings are not hurt! But please, for the love of fuck, don’t insist they hug me when they obviously don’t want to. I try to deflect with a high five or something, but yeah, always…

Some. My best friend has two girls who got very shy with hellos and goodbyes. In between there were hugs and kisses galore, but the spotlightlight made them shrink and my friend would always say “oh come on give your auntie a hug!” And I always always said no, it’s ok! Don’t make them!

All signs point to no. 

I think women are taught from an early age that crimes committed against them just aren’t important. And yet: 

Teaching my son about consent has been insanely easy.