“Or considerably less, if it’s in any shade other than snow white.”

Here’s a thought. I’m a bit older than Jezebel’s target demographic, so I can offer comfort. (Hopefully.)

One of my closest friends is super-into her weight and looks. When her daughter was a toddler she used to admonish her “suck in your belly!!”. It made me very sad.

I frequently respond with the truth regardless. :)

Totally. My sons get asked about their “girlfriends” and told they are “lady’s men” all the time. We’re talking about two people who have barely grasped the concept that mommy doesn’t have a penis. Can’t we just wait a few years before we start forcing some heterosexual courtship nonsense onto their attempts to play…

“He hits you because he likes you” is one of the most insidious cultural norms we have and we need to knock that shit off.

That’s what kills me about those types of arguments. They’re so patronizing and belittling of men—it baffles me that more men aren’t furious about it. But I think it’s like the whole “Men are just too stupid to do housework/take care of their children” bit. Yes, it’s terribly sexist, but it’s also extremely beneficial…

As the mother of 2 boys, I’m becoming very aware of the weird way we teach them things. At my son’s playgroup a dad got super angry at his son when he got into a tussle with a little girl over a toy. He was yelling “you never hit a girl” at his kid. And I was just thinking “Dude, why not teach him not to hit ANYONE.”

When I was 5, I asked for an elephant for Xmas. My dad was all, “You can have one but you have to wait until we get a bigger yard.”

Hahaha!

Your name is a perfect fit. :)

That’s how Mikey died, man.

Definitely go to the fancy derm that the rich women in your city use.

Did it. Continue to do it. I LOVE IT. Cannot say this clearly enough: I LOVE IT. I had very deep troughs and it just made me look tired and wrung out. Now it looks like I’ve gotten a ton of sleep.

At 15, if he was luring underage girls to perform sex acts on himself and adults, he is also a victim of sexual exploitation by those adults. No matter how much he enjoyed himself or how eager he was to take part.

Totally want to know about this too if anyone has done it... Seems terrifying but the results look great.

Bitch I got a $3 big jar candle at Michael’s yesterday - I’m too cheap for clearance Yankee candles.

The U.S. healthcare system

For the uninitiated, the book—which is a relatively short 28 pages

Agreed. An intolerance for people (especially women) who live differently than you is a pretty good indicator of, well, an intolerant person.