How about... If your spouse/boyfriend/whatever neglects to do any of the “emotional work,” and you feel that it’s vital he do, then you ask him to do so? It shouldn’t be all that different than any other compromise in a relationship, such as dividing up housework or childcare duties. And if he doesn’t, well, I’m sure…

As a guy can I say this is nonsense. How about the emotional stain on men who aren’t allowed to show emotion because they have to be masculine and strong? I am not saying better or worse, but the issues of gender expectations go both ways.

My father was a product of public schools in a good school district, one that his family was able to move into after his father got a good job with Roosevelt’s WPA. Dad got his skills from a union apprenticeship and kept his union job for 30 years, allowing my siblings and I to grow up pretty well despite being a…

Sorry, I don’t have any good advice. I just want you to know you aren’t alone. Recently, one of my formerly beloved in-laws has also been stewing in the poisonous right-wing miasma. The first time “Obozo” passed his lips, and I realized he was serious, it felt like my innards froze. I am going to TRY not to abandon…

Ugh...group projects are terrible.

Happy Saturday Jezzies! Sorry this is long. I have been waiting for this for so long; I missed last week and I need to express myself ( I would ask for advice, but I don’t think any really exists). I’m a law student and last week my school had a lockdown because there was a sniper in a building nearby who was shooting…

Hi Jezzies!

It’s interesting that they brought up the possibility of it being a forged Syrian passport. I’ve read interviews with a lot of Syrian refugees, and how people fleeing from other nations are offering big bucks for legit Syrian passports, since that was the crisis du jour. Then in Germany, they busted some packages a…

If you say “false flag,” I’m going to sterilize you with my mind.

I’m sure it’s going to be a central piece of a lot of conspiracy theories that we’re about to start seeing all over our facebook feeds and comment threads. Time to stock up on some ibuprofen...

1) It is messed up. This is victim blaming. 2) The majority of these domestic French terrorists came from the middle class. They weren’t dirt poor, living in the slums. They were bored kids who thought the world owed them something for simply existing. They had a chip on their shoulder and wanted to show Europe who…

I’ve been in tears all day. I lived in Paris in my early 20s (arguably the best year of my life) and it’s a city that stands for so much good in human history. So much progress, joie de vivre, culture, achievements.

Will this never end? This hatred, this violence, this power-grab?

One of my biggest frustrations with the progressive movement is the sometimes-tendency to ignore the fact that there are elements of militant, political Islam that are the antithesis of western values. No, that is certainly not an indictment of all Muslims, 99.9%+ of whom are fantastic, wonderful people.

who the fuck else would it be?

It’s completely consistent. They aren’t going to interfere with her medical treatment, the length of your hair isn’t part of that treatment, sorry. She’s in prison, it’s not supposed to be fun.

That is some grade-A bullshit coming out of Chelsea Manning’s mouth. You can’t really be a woman if you have short hair? Go fuck yourself.

I don’t believe at this time there is an American maximum security women’s military prison. That’s part of the problem.

Are you trying to argue somehow a man committing a rape is worse than when a woman commits a rape? Or do you actually think that whether or not the victim reaches orgasm has any influence on the severity of the rape?

“New York state clinicians believe that D.J. has the mental capacity of a toddler.”