Why am I not more surprised?

I had a similar conversation with one of my older cousins. He used to have some real caveman views on women (when I first moved to San Diego, I stayed with him, and he tried to slap a curfew on me. I was 25.) At a family dinner, of which I was on day two of a really devastating breakup, he was trying to give me some…

It’s interesting how I hear the marriage isn’t feminist thing and I think “maybe you should understand how things evolve though history and in there are a myriad of social contexts you aren’t considering... also maybe stop telling this to a FUCKING LESBIAN YOU HETERO NORMATIVE PIECE OF SHIT.”

My then 15 year old had his new girlfriend over to the house. I’d only met her a couple of times. I was cooking in the kitchen and they were at the table playing a boardgame. He would things like “want me to make some Crystal Lite?” and she’d be like “whatever you want.” He’d ask what flavour, “whatever you want. I…

Did you miss the fact that the author was a foster kid, not a trust fund baby?

“We’ve been able to date the pants” But the bodices are still sitting home watching Netflix on a Saturday night? (if you were thinking about letting me out of the grey please don’t count this bit of stupidity against me?)

Meanwhile, at foxnews dot com...

Does this motherfucker not understand that this is what WE ARE EXPECTED TO DO BY EVERY CUSTOMER? Every time you complain about us taking away your dirty dishes, we get complained at 500 times more for not removing fucking garbage. You OCD weirdshits.

Oh my god I know. Our best friend is getting married next weekend. They had the bachelor party last weekend. Four days and about $1000. The wedding is in NYC, and we need to be there for about 6 days for all the ~events~ that will happen before and after. Plus tux rental, gifts, dress and shoes. This wedding is so…

At least it wasn’t:

WHAT conservative town? Where did this happen? When did it happen? Yeah, I can read it at the link; however if you’re going to aggregate this story, include the basic journalistic “W’s”

They actually have done this a few times in my hometown as a fundraiser (I think it used to be an annual thing back in the day?), I want to think as late as 2010, but possibly more recently. I grew up in rural Southern Baptist Kentucky, and a lot of men from the church I grew up in and throughout the community…

I love that you wrote this, so much. I struggled with the narrative too, to keep myself important as well as realizing I was just supporting character to someone I love very much. It was not cancer with him, but organ failure. I think no matter the serious life threatening ailment though I would have felt I needed to…

Dear Katy,

Katy,

I actually know something about UK IVF compared to US IVF stuff. (I am replying partly because I will always be in the grays, even though I met Prince Harry and I post pictures of it). Anyway. I know because my husband was a US soldier when he suffered a combat wound that compromised his fertility. Unless the soldier…

It was the summer and we were moving from Phoenix, AZ to Chicago, IL. We drove in a mini-van with a broken radio. I was shoved in the back seat, re-reading the same books, unable to move much because my mother’s gigantic plants in their huge terra cotta pots were stuck back there with me.

Oh good. Europeans are randomly claiming land again. This will turn out well.

It’s really important to note that a lot of trans women, especially those who are poor, end up getting caught up in this sort of thing, either as the victim or the purveyor. The reason for that is: society sucks, and trans folks are disproportionately poor and lacking in access to proper medical care. So, trans women…