it's "got a long list of ex-lovers, they'll tell you I'm insane."

This came up in discussions on some of the smaller, lady-oriented subs on Reddit. The general consensus was that height of at least 5'8'' and general largeness-of-frame (like broad shoulders) provide a measure of privilege/protection from harassment, possibly because of the greater degree of perceived difficulty to…

I'm a woman who doesn't need feminism, because I'm totally confident that this would never, ever happen again, ever.

It may make you feel better to know that if you carefully refrain from becoming bitter (and it sounds like so far you're doing just fine at this), eventually you can become the Cool Old Guy With The Awesome Music Collection. And people will care what you think about popular music again, especially because you will…

Please do. And post it. Please give special attention to track #13, Clean, because it was co-written with Imogen Heap and I love it very much!

What you are describing is your own experience with confirmation bias. Probably because harassment is a form of a power-struggle, and probably because race and gender politics are heavily intertwined. That interplay makes the *style* of come-on generally different, especially if the target is a white woman vs a woman…

you could not have nailed this more. Well done.

The basting stitches? The white ones on the red? Those aren't permanent. They're just more permanent than pins and possible to run through a machine without breaking anything. They do sew real seams in before the items go down the runway.

Your BF's husband sounds intolerable. If you haven't already figured out a solution for the gift card, you might consider a gift-card swapping site or selling it on ebay (for face value, minus shipping.) I used to do that when a well-meaning relative would give me cards to stores I couldn't or wouldn't use.

I'm going to hazard a guess that she has a tutor. The amazing thing about education is that it doesn't have to happen between 7:15 am and 3:30pm, Monday-Friday, September-May.

It's actually more terrifying than that. The way the legislative branch works in Texas, the Lieutenant Governor is actually the most powerful position in the state, despite technically being an executive-branch position. citation

when pronouncing her name, do we say F-K-A twigs, or fukk-ah (like fucker, but with a british accent?) twigs? I'm almost certain it's the former, but... it seems like the kind of thing I'd assume and get eyerolled for.

Oh, eff; it's not going through; I tried sending you an email, also. Try emailing me at dorianc0c0c0 @ gmail . com (those 0's are zeros) ?

Gotcha - go ahead and edit that one so it's not on there; if I reply to it you won't be able to anymore. (I'm not good with New Kinja, either.) I'd try dismissing it, but I'm worried that will affect the rest of your posts.

I would recommend Pinterest for organizing your own thoughts; I've never really used it to look through things that other people pin, if that makes sense. So I'm not sure what's on there as far as outfits for folks of our shape (you sound like you've got the same outlines I do - I usually wear a 14 in jeans and an…

You might check out Fantastic Fit for Every Body by Gale Hazen. It's a bit dated. It's mostly a sewing and dressmaking book. It's also pretty much exactly what you're looking for. I found it in the bargain bin when I worked at a used book shop.

At the start of this year, I had an epiphany that changed how I approach clothing and made me feel so much HAPPIER about dressing myself. (I should say it made me feel happy about dressing myself for the first time in my adult life; previously I always felt despondent over how theoretically adorable clothes seemed to…

EX- girlfriend. She was not his girlfriend at the time.

UUuuggghhh, that's at once awful and kind of stupendous. You absolutely deserve a drink! Who installs a boiler directly above a surge protector!?!?

topical: I make a killer mojito, because I fucking googled it (and then combined a few recipes.)