My first name is Crystal : ) I’m white... but depending on the spelling, it could be a low-class black or stripper name. When I’ve met black ladies with my name there tends to be spelled Chrystal or Cristal. I don’t think my parents thought too hard about the racial background of most Crystals/Chrystals/Cristals. Do I…

I’ve had that conversation with people... I’m a rape victim and I wish I had a dime for “Why didn’t you go to the cops?” It’s complicated - I didn’t want to discuss it with the whole world, my husband at the time was a cop and I didn’t know how it would be treated, I didn’t think anyone would believe me, it was a…

I don’t think Kenya is *too* weird though... and I’d rather have another Kenya than another weird spelling of a “white” name is Madyson or Melodee or some of the weird, Biblical style names that are fashionable in Utah. At least we know how to say it!

But how is that different than naming your child Paris or Georgia or any other place? Very rarely is little Kenya going to be asked on the playground why her parents chose to name her that. I think we make bigger deals on this stuff than we need to (both my sister and I have stripper names off geological puns, because…

This is so true! Politics are complicated, and it’s hard to be completely one party or another... I’m a Christian woman military vet who doesn’t like abortion due to my religious values but realizes it’s an economic reality to others. Which way do I vote?

That happened to me too! My husband of 6.5 years decided our marriage was over, cheated on me, changed the locks, and now can’t understand why divorce procedings aren’t just hunky-dory... but you know what’s cool? My new boyfriend is ten times better than my husband was, I’m a lot happier, and I’m a lot better at…

Hey... I’m just someone on the internet... but I’ve been there... and this phase won’t last forever. It will seem like it, but someday, maybe even today or tomorrow, you’ll feel a bit better about life. Please hang in there just on that random hope, okay?

I don’t live in Rhonda’s head, and I’d be embarrassed as hell if she read this (Rhonda! Don’t punch me!). I guess I read it as “Whelp, I have nothing better to do with my life, might as well have babies...”

Do you remember the compliments men used towards you changed? I filled out early too and I remember getting compliments about how polite Bill’s daughter and how well I was doing in school to to what a nice looking young lady Bill’s daughter was, and the jokes that Bill was going to need a shotgun to keep the boys…

My boyfriend is an MMA fighter. He hasn’t lost a fight in awhile, but he knows that he can’t be the champion forever. I’m a nationally ranked ultra marathoner (we spend a ton of time running together) and I’ve won or placed highly at all my races. I don’t stress losing a race because I’ve done my best. Fighting has a…

My boyfriend is an MMA fighter, has lost a sister to suicide, and has mental health issues... He hasn’t lost a fight in awhile, but he knows that he can’t be the champion forever. I’m terrified of where his head will go on that day. I can’t ask him not to fight (economically, it’s important to him) but I’m okay if he…

I feel like there’s some mispaced anger... I don’t know who/what Ciara is or does for a living, but I’m going to bet she’s got TONS of money and this baby will be just fine. If Daddy Future stays or goes isn’t the difference in making sure there’s enough to eat. Let’s be angry at women who chose to bring life in the…

WOW! HOW DID YOU DO THAT?

...followed by the squeak of gym shoes on a basketball court and the smell of skunk. Why aren’t we presidents of the CIA, we’d never need waterboarding!

If I were the president, I’d put The Notebook on repeat at GITMO and see how long it takes until everyone spills terrorist information so they don’t have to watch the old people die : /

I LOVE THIS!!!

I’m with you! I think it would be empowering and completely feminist if the women had the 100% choice to do it, and if they had enough, they could quit and go about their lives and it would just be a line on a resume, no different than working an office job somewhere. However, we live in an economics-driven world, and…

Ahhh, I’ve been needing this all week!

Whoa, is that harrassment of a homeless person in the beginning??? Holy smokes, how did I miss that?

Awwww.... I wish I could give you a hug. What a perfect timing of horrible events! I wish you nothing but the best snow to make snowmen with and that it hangs like cake frosting.