Not gonna lie I have already listened to Yellow Flicker Beat about 100,000 times. Not ashamed.

Oh, I don't want to act like there's some super-specific set of rules for who should talk and who shouldn't. I just think in general it's very difficult to understand these issues as they occur in parts of the world that aren't your own, and you're likely to make yourself look like an asshole attempting to project…

As an American who lived most of my life outside the US, I think people from outside the country should just generally refrain from commenting on race issues within. Also, Americans should generally STFU about racial issues that crop up elsewhere in the world. Both situations tend to lead to idiocy

Yeah. And I feel like people who portray themselves as "the no-bullshitter" or whatever are generally people who don't want to examine their own biases. They make excuses for their attitude by saying they are truth-talkers, when really they don't want to accept that they just have a shitty attitude, or try to change…

This, absolutely. I can pretty much count on my mom to be the voice of kindness and reason, but my dad, oh god. I love him and all, but some of the things that come out of his mouth.

I don't want women to feel pressured to be nice all the time, however I have never liked the implication that people who are not nice are somehow inherently more "real" or "truthful" than others. Sometimes the not-nice things someone says aren't truths, they're just opinions, the opinions of someone who has a bleak…

I was a 90s kid surrounded by Environmental Awareness in books and television so I kind of assumed the moral was that we shouldn't take so much from nature or else one day it will have nothing more to give and we'll all be fucked. I guess this is one of those stories that can be interpreted in many ways, which makes…

Old age?

So she did the same thing as all teenagers who have ever grown up sharing a room with a sibling. Would you feel differently if she had done this on a bunk bed above her sister, or if they had twin beds that sat a foot apart?

This, especially considering her sister was apparently asleep at the time. How is this different from kids who live in circumstances where they have to share a bed with their siblings for their entire childhood/ adolescence, or even kids who have to share sleeping space with parents or other older relatives, which is…

I love fashion so much. I haven't cared about "trends" since I was a teenager, I just love dressing in a way that is self-expressive. I can't imagine losing interest in something I love so much, just because of age. Granted I am only in my late 20s, but for me, fashion was never just about being "young and hot", I…

So I got on a plane last weekend. Twice. I haven't been able to do that in over a year due to anxiety/ agoraphobia, so it was a significant step, maybe THE step to make me realize I can have the life I want if I put my mind to it. I should be elated. Instead all I can think about is the uncertainty of the future. I…

This. I know who I am now, and how awesome I am, therefore what others might say doesn't matter as much.

Also 27, can also sew a button. I do fall into the "vaguely creative" category however, so maybe that's a thing?

I just want to say thank you for writing this comment. I am someone who does sometimes get annoyed by articles like the above, because I tend to think claims that we shouldn't romanticize "bad" parts of history are a bit silly since almost every part of history contains something bad or exploitive or some group that…

Seriously. Throwing it away at that point is useless anyway, you've already paid for it, already supported the practices that made it. Throwing it away after the fact would just be wasteful.

If you were thrown into a bootcamp-style training situation with no idea how long it would last, how do you think you would fare?

A lot of those comments scream insecurity to me, like some people who take the corporate office path feel threatened by claims that not everyone is heading down that path, or needs to be trained for it. They want their life choices affirmed as the acceptable norm, the default, the choices we should be grooming kids to…

That's awesome!

Nuh-uhh! She's a normal girl just like you! TOTALLY NORMAL.