Yeah I am struggling with much of the same issue right now. I relate to your situation. I went to an Ayurvedic practitioner a few weeks ago who basically said the same thing to me as your yoga teacher did, something that had never occurred to me. Once I was ready to deal with the physical manifestation of emotional…

So much this. You get negative attention — you subconsciously do what you can to become invisible. I wish more people talked about the hidden side of weight gain - and the fear that can come with losing it.

Answer: the next time you are flushed or done with working out, take a look a in the mirror to see how you blush naturally. Is it in the apple of your cheeks or in the hollows of your cheeks? Does it go up to the hairline or no?

yeah I read this article and was like, yeah well, one time a dental assistant found I had five wisdom teeth.

Same, still dealing with the wreckage.

Turned 30 recently and fully ready to embrace the boho-SoCal-MILF look; I’m really trying to change lanes for my personal style. I’ve described my ideal new look it over the last few months as “what Joan from Mad Men would be wearing circa 1976”: kimonos, big patterns, caftans, lots of fabric. Then I read this and my…

I worked at an Indian restaurant one summer in college. I was paid minimum wage, but servers (all of us) NEVER got our tip money. When I finally asked, the owner explained to me that the tip money went back into the business (yeah right, and as if). I have always wondered if that was illegal, since I was paid minimum…

PREACH

Can confirm. Have gotten laid here.

YES

I will also add American Eagle Outfitters has some surprising style/size options. I ordered a bunch of stuff in XL from them recently, thinking there is no way their teeny-bopper XL is going to fit over my chest or hips. Everything I ordered ended up being almost too big on me and I was pleasantly surprised. It’s hard…

I need a graph

hey but the look on their faces when you go from chill to calling them out on their bullshit is priceless.

Can we not conflate 'white people' with 'killer cops' as some kind of unified group? I understand historically this may have been accurate, but if you honestly think all conscientious people aren't completely outraged about this, you're mistaken.

There’s a really pervasive sexism that I think went to take its last, full breaths and die in academia. I have stories for days about how very blatantly sexist my department chairs and profs could be.. beyond anything I have since experienced in the working world. I often think about going back to get my PhD and then…

This. Any guy who wants to get out of a thing so a woman will do it will say, “But you’re so much better at it/I don’t do that ___ as well as you.” I know your trick, fellas, and I can do it too.

Write more, please.

and now I am going to be broke, thanks for the tip. :-)

My entire work life right now.

Women I know who are rapid sports fans > men I know who care at all about sports.