I don't even know how to tell people I don't Facebook, never have, without it sounding smug. Usually it is somehow taking it as some sort of judgement, and met with defense. So I just don't say anything usually. I just don't Facebook.

I did listen to it for the first time in the 70s, on an 8 track, in a Gremlin. So pretty much the same level of glamour.

If I lived by this rule, I'd be only eating ex-boyfriends.

Yes! Me too. WIC, food stamps, and assistance for child care while I got my Masters. I have no complaints paying my fair share of taxes for these programs now, because these programs WERE my bootstraps.

she's not new. I am a huge fan of her music, and you can't be more old, white and out of touch than me.

Wow, that's a rough 44.

I got one of these calls a full 20 years later! He had somehow made me "the one who got away". I couldn't even remember his last name.

thank you for writing this, it brought me to tears. My (trans)daughter is the strongest, bravest girl I know. I raised her alone too, and have done m best to be her strongest advocate. I couldn't be more proud of her. My urge to protect her for all the potential dangers, bigotry and abuse is overwhelming. Because I…