Is it possible that “I would feel a lot of relief if you told me there was a way to fix it” was a clumsy way of saying, “Is there any way I can make amends to you?” I mean...he’s kind of used up his “clumsy” card and should choose his words really fucking carefully, but he IS acknowledging that he was a total shit and…

I don’t know. I am so done with men right now in general, but I also know women who have been absolute monsters when in the throes of addiction. Abusive horrible monsters who abused helpless kids. So I don’t run the entire story through the lens of misogyny and institutional sexism. I also see an addict trying to see…

Let’s talk about the Hasidic women in my neighborhood who are forced to cover their hair and wrists and are denied a college education so they can be married off and start making babies. I am a liberal Jew and we could play this game all day.

How do you justify apartheid?

That is not the entire Palestinian argument.

That is not the entire Palestinian argument.

I’m with you. Zionists can’t acknowledge that they are the oppressors because they believe their own oppression inoculates them against culpability. They also conveniently ignore that Jerusalem has long been a mosaic of cultures. Persians, Romans, Babylonians, Turks, and Egyptians have all called it home. In fact, if…

Great that Tony Bourdain has found his feminist side now that he has a hot young feminist girlfriend to impress, but let’s not forget what a dick-swinging macho prick he’s been for years. Calling Rachel Ray a “bobble-head,” making fun of her voice, and said she “can’t cook” because she focuses on easy meals for home…

Witnessing domestic abuse causes long-term developmental injuries, which is why CPS takes it so seriously. This “report” is little more than a couple of “as told to” interviews with a few stats thrown on the top. No deep dive into what research tells us about the injuries these children suffered. No fact-checking the…

You’re right. We need all those things. And we are so far from ever getting those things that the child welfare system is a fucking catastrophe.

From the SPLC’s “Ten Ways to Fight Hate”: Do not attend a hate rally. Find another outlet for anger and frustration and for people’s desire to do something. Hold a unity rally or parade to draw media attention away from hate.

The Southern Poverty Law Center is telling people to stay home and avoid confrontation with neo-Nazis.

If your mom doesn’t instinctively want to empathize with you, see the world through your eyes, and make you feel loved and safe...she’s a shitty mom. Evolution PRIMES us to do all the above for our kids. Psychopathology can interrupt those instincts. So if you are not doing those things, there’s something really wrong…

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This is a fun read, but it annoys me that we’re applauding her for her real talk when women are only allowed to confess to such unhealthy eating habits if they happen to be thin.

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The article is in Yankee Magazine, not New England Living.

Omg, bless you!!!

$1500, $2000?....a lot of money to come up with last-minute