I mean, that’s true but it’s still the name I had from birth, and in my very specific case I lost my dad to cancer 6 years ago and like the fact that we still share a last name. I kept my name and my son has my last name as well. My husband didn’t care at all. In fact, I’m pretty sure he didn’t think about it past the…

I wonder if it’s a language thing? I mean, I don’t know, but I think the reason a lot of Eastern European people come to the UK instead of going to say, Germany or Holland or wherever, is because most people speak English as a second language. So, if you have English as your second language, you could presumably get a…

Speaking (facetiously) as a British person, the desire to get out France as fast as possible (with or without a surreptitious brie under one’s arm) is just inherent to all right-thinking people...

Good on you for booting his ass.

If she keeps going at this pace, she’s going to make herself go blind.

I generally agree, but do you mean David Cameron’s rhetoric? Because while he may be Prime Minister, and his calling the Calais migrants a “swarm” is indeed disgusting, he isn’t “England.” There are many different points of view here.

Setting aside for just a second how insensitive and un-American his comments are, can someone ask him about his thoughts on England’s recent rhetoric on their refugee “problem.” England, like the U.S., doesn’t have a wall between it and it’s neighbors. It does however have an ocean on all sides. Nothing will keep…

You should ckeckout Wimbledon. Everyone plays on Grass

Fuck this guy for thinking that a child would feel guilty later in life for ending an unwanted pregnancy created through rape by a family member. This is not protection for her in any way. This the opposite of that.

Absolutely the opposite of that. A 10 year old’s body is not sufficiently developed to safely nurture and birth a child; the 10 year old is still a child herself. And to think she would feel guilt after moving away from a horribly traumatic situation, to NOT have to continue to be traumatized with birth and motherhood…

I’ve already started and deleted three different posts in regards to your brother. I wanted to say *something* though because just giving you a star seems wholly inadequate. He really sounds like one of the good ones. :)

It appears that through our combined efforts, hate speech against assault victims has been wiped from this thread. This is a wonderful victory. We should collectively thank the mods out there and also each person who voiced his or her concern that such comments were here where a potential victim could read them. Thank…

Amen honey!

This reminds me of a good friend of mine who is the friend of a friend of the man who tried to rape me. He told me it was a very good thing I hadn’t said anything to the authorities. Because I’d screamed loud enough to be heard by neighbors, had visible bruises and broken skin from fighting him off, and had reported…

My grandfather was a decent man but a blackout drunk. He never hurt anyone or said cruel things, he would just disappear for days/weeks and comeback shaking and with screaming night terrors from WWII. He was a professional boxer and remained huge and muscular even into his 70’s but was still a very gentle man. I think…

I make this plea a lot, but please, Jezzies, leave the assholes and trolls in the grays. You’re not going to be able to reason with the idiot suggesting sexual molestation in America is a silly non-issue because of ISIS. You’re not going to successfully school the charming gentlemen who doesn’t believe victim blaming…

I applaud you, Amy Jo Burns, for having the courage to talk about it. I don’t mean that lightly. Thank you for sharing your story with us. It was only recently, on an article here on Jezebel some months ago, that I managed to finally talk about my own experience. I still have trouble with coming to grips with it, and…

This was the Connecticut Supreme Court ruling based on a Connecticut state constitutional provision. The SCOTUS has no jurisdiction to overturn.