What a horrible thing to go through. :(

Fifteen is PLENTY old to go on a long foreign trip with parental chaperons, even if they ARE doofuses. (And what’s wrong with no itinerary? I’ve never traveled anywhere with one.) Just be straight with her : “look, I think you’re smart and wonderful, but your dad and stepmom are occasionally idiots, so I’m nervous…

I’ve had this happen to me, it was definitely a bummer coz I thought we really hit it off. I choose to believe he was just afraid of how beautiful we could become.

Oh, I’ve also ghosted someone else. I was pretty dissatisfied with our “friendship” (there was also sex sometimes) in the first place, because I felt like…

What a great way of completely missing the point and making this article about a stupid girl and a stupid kid and not shedding any light on the horrific situation in which immigrants from Africa find themselves when trying to cross to Europe. This is a story about a little boy and his father desperately trying to make…

As a one-time linguistics major, grammar peeving seems so silly. So many people seem to immediately react badly to any non-standard or non-literary usage, but I’m like, “What a trivial thing to get upset at.” And why does it impact so badly on so many people when they hear some novel usage — shouldn’t we get excited…

If the vast majority of your intended audience doesn’t “get” it, then it’s not “genius” - it’s a failed attempt at satire. People think satirical writing is easy because they confuse snark and meanness with satire, but it’s actually an extremely difficult style to write. Snark and faux meanness are not and will never…

Jia, you are not good at your job.

This seems to be more about body shaming than maxi dress hating.

What about circumstances for the fetus that are incompatible with life? IIRC, studies have shown that a vast majority of abortions that are considered “late-term” are performed because of severe fetal abnormality or threats to the mother’s health/life. I mean, I understand the idea that at some point, you’ve waited…

Why not just spit out the asinine point you’re trying to make here? Watching you try to be coy is tedious.

The only cat calls I accept.

It’s interesting how that argument is almost never made for men, isn’t it? Women aren’t supposed to have sex unless they’re prepared to gestate, birth, and spend at least 18 years raising a child. Having sex without being willing to take that on makes them dirty, irresponsible sluts. But poor men have no say…

Single parenthood really isn’t stigmatized for men, first of all. We demonize single mothers, but we treat single fathers like heroes.

When you can change how dangerous and uncomfortable pregnancy and childbirth can be, then we can begin to have a conversation about this. Until then, you don’t get to make my medical decisions for me.

Somehow I doubt any woman would shed tears over being cheated out of incubating your spawn, MRA troll.

4 years was totally an appropriate sentence for kidnapping + rape. Absolutely appropriate. Surely any rapist & kidnapper will be magically rehabilitated after such a brief sentence, and it’s a complete reassurance that he will never go do it again after you let him out. No community could possibly be in danger from a…

1. Capitalize all your “I”s and clean up your grammar. The word is “premise”, not “premises” for Gotham. Poor grammar with this type of thing will turn off a lot of women. It looks like you just dashed it off without caring.
   

Not capitalizing your I’s feels like a choice...and I don’t know if it’s the best one? In general, go over it multiple times, and try to chose interesting and varied adjectives, and make sure your spelling/grammar is accurate.

I’ll admit that woman made a pretty stupid statement, and the state of the American educational system is fucked, but goddamn, I’m tickled pink to read a comment from a German who, without a trace of irony or self-awareness, states that he wants someone arrested for saying what she thinks. Great shit, man. Thanks for…

That was an absolutely terrible thing to do.