Everyone needs to talk less. At all times.

Srsly, the STOPTALKINGSOMUCH piece of advice is probably the one thing I wish I'd been pulled aside and told when I was just out of college and beginning my career. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/russell-bishop…

I find that it helps to find a way to stay very grounded in the moment. Take a deep breath and release it and notice if that brings any small change. Drink some herbal tea that you like. Listen to soothing music. Notice 3 things about the present moment that you find pleasing—-the way the curtains move in the wind,…

I don't think people like Walt because of his endearing moral fiber or because they want to be his friend. He began the show as a downtrodden, disempowered schlub who finally managed to take control of his own life while ruining many others in the process. He makes the bargain that most of the rest of us are not…

I just saw this piece by Sarah Kendzior on tumblr about how corporations have engineered internships to benefit themselves. I'm not sure about #8-9 on this list, but #1-7 is pretty much how it works out:

Every job gives you experience, not just internships. People who have been working for ten years are still gaining experience when they take a new position. They're also collecting a salary. Thinking that experience and a living wage are mutually exclusive is bizarre. An entire socio-economic group is prevented from…

Unpaid internships are absolutely antithetical to having a meritocratic (I know, ha ha, nothing is meritocratic) labor system and it is no surprise industries that heavily support this labor system are the most lily-white and homogeneous industries out there. The cost of interning for free in a place like NYC is…

I can't believe this article missed one of the most important points of unpaid internships... which is that only people who can afford to be unemployed for however long take unpaid internships, and if unpaid internships are necessary experience in order to land a "good" job then those who can't afford to take unpaid…

The problem with internships today is the same problem with how hiring is entirely fucked up in the first place: companies are cutting human capital costs to a ridiculous extent and the employees often get nothing in the return. Notice how despite companies being cash flush and the economy being relatively…

More apologetics for the intern economy. Of course you receive training you wouldn't get in school. Do people not realize that every time you step into a new job, you are trained? Then there's a period of a few months (about the time of an internship) when you adapt to the responsibilities of a new job.

yeah, it's weird right? I have those feelings too, like man I would be flipping out tremendously a few years ago if I was as chunky as I am now. It's a sad disease. Glad to be "over it".

I think this article provides quite a bit of insight into who the author really is, and it's not pretty. Jezebel's providing a long-form forum for this type of shit is pretty ugly, too.

Not to mention the fact that she says prior to being bullied she *was* a bully... and it sounds like she only wasn't a bully in middle school because the other girl beat her to the punch.

Thank you! I was really disappointed in the smug, condescending tone she took toward this woman. She doesn't have a college degree, and she has a family in the suburbs, therefore she's inferior and her life does not have as much value? I guess now we know how Erin feels about women who choose the same path "Stacey"…

If Ben is going to go into politics, Jennifer Garner needs to start working on her butter sculpting.

Yep. I was bullied, too, and I'm totally with you. I actually also want my bullies to see where I am, but not to make them feel bad. I want them to know that I turned out okay even though they told me that I wouldn't. That's what being honest about needing a little validation looks like, and I'm happy and healthy…

Yes. This. This piece read to me like the author is the one who was the bully most of the time.

Or, she could write an article for an online magazine that is very popular and widely read, recounting the things that Stacey* did to her while giving details that would leave no question as to who "Stacey" actually is. She could write how she thinks Stacey's* "... life reads like slow soul death" and then let…

You wrote a whole article to tell us you were the Homecoming Queen?

But it's SEXXXY! How can you not get turned on when a lady's in an awkward frog position, grunting and mashing you in the dick with her feet?