So many of these comments on this are so, so sad. A few are even horrific. But look at this: People keep talking about how their parents or family members have terrible thoughts on abortion and such, come from religious homes, etc., and yet have formed rational, sound opinions for themselves. I have seen first-hand in…

HAHA Yeah I would too. Ugh. And I know; one of my best friends is a yoga teacher! That sounds hilarious to me right now. She's a badass mother and social worker who teaches on her down time. What a cool lady! I wish they could all be like you guys. But I don't think it will ever be for me, sadly.

Ugh, yes; as someone who has avoided said picture so far, THANK YOU.

Thank you, Lindy. This is exactly what I needed to read right now. I'm in the middle of a drawn out breakup after over two years together (we love each other, but it's just not right). I know that what you and Fontanel say here is so 100% correct, and reading it really gives me strength to do what I know I need to do.…

THANK YOU. I was beginning to think that I was the only one enraged by yoga. I could do headstands all day, and love me some warrior or tree or whatevs poses when I'm a little buzzed (my tipsy vrkshasana is surprisingly untipsy), but those classes made me IRATE. If it wasn't a college course, I would have quit so…

While your points are totally valid, I kind of REALLY wish this were a thing. I've only called in sick to work once in the last year and a half, and it was because I was vomiting and kept almost passing out and was in insane pain from PMS. I get it really bad every few months, but many times it's thankfully on a…

What prison is he going to? I want to start an organization that sends cookies, cash, and cigarettes to inmates who rape him in the shower.

I think you did a great job of writing about being a parent while not being a parent; lots of disclaimers and "I know that I don't know!"s. I admire your courage.
Also, I was traumatized by that London story and every dog-death book I read, and still am. I stopped reading one of my favorite series, "The Dark is…

If you want to go the hott young revolutionary route but want to be on the right side of history, you can jump on the Bhagat Singh bandwagon with me. I love that man.

DUDE. I once found an antique set of violet ray cathodes in the basement of the building I lived in. It looked like a more American Horror Story version of the link below. The super creepy (of course) guy that I sold it to was a total dick (of course), blaming me for the fact that he had his paypal address set to the…

MOTHERFUCKIN HAROLD AND HIS MOTHERFUCKING GALLOPING.
In my memory of the story, one of the cowboys woke up in his lower bunk and asked his buddy what they were going to do with Harold. Then Harold's eyeless sack of a head, covered his his friend's bloody skin and with a gaping maw of newly harvested teeth, swings down…

No, it's, "Then I remembered that my cat was already sleeping curled up on my chest." I know this, because it happened to me once. It was one of those times that was so creepy and totally inexplicable that my brain just went NOPENOPENOPE and shut it out; otherwise I would never have slept ever again.

I thought we all knew about that anyways. I know I couldn't stop thinking about it when I went on it for the first (and so far only) time. In a way it was a good thing, because it distracted me from my INTENSE fear of heights. Because JESUS CHRIST that shit is high!!

You had me at "john waters."

Because I am very sleepy, I want to make sure I didn't sound like I was saying that I thought your opinions/feelings about your experiences were wrong; sometimes when people say they "understand your reaction," they're implying, "but you're wrong." I 100% did not mean that.

Honest question: Racist how, exactly? I get the islamophobic part, but do you also mean against black women, etc.? I guess I never really thought of these problems as problems with feminists, but rather problems with people, some of whom happen to be feminists. But I certainly understand your reaction.

I thought it was going to be Pippa playing Eschaton.

I'm intrigued by these girls who feel so strongly about the non-rapeness. Here's my take: They don't want to have to feel scared, or worry when they go out to have fun. Like most young people, they feel invincible. "It could never happen to ME!!" So there has to be something that makes those other girls different.…

Shit, I've been calling it ostro-erotic. Whoops.

Just be careful if you choose to shave your hands; that's how Kevin Kostner died in The Big Chill.