great answer, esp. the “delete the app” bit. Grieving is hard, but it takes time.

THIS. Hard. those feelings were coming up hard because she wasn’t getting something she needed: emotional intimacy and honesty. We *can* feel when things are off, and LW obviously did. Sounds like ex blamed her for it, which is subtle manipulation and deflection. LW: this isn’t about you needing to overcome your…

The hysteria around Diana rivals the one about Marie Antoinette... for much the same reasons, I think.

I like how Anne Lamott put it: “Maybe we’re not supposed to get over certain people.”

For anyone else reading comments, Lundy Bancroft has really good books (“Why Does He Do That?” and others) that can help recognize when “your” insecurities are actually your body/mind telling you to either seriously rethink the relationship or to get out. Women are traditionally socialized to just smooth things over…

According to Oprah, Dean runs an asphalt-paving company, which she probably doesn’t watch him do either.

I’ve heard a formula/theory that it can take up to half the duration of a significant relationship to “get over” it once it ends and IMHO it kind of makes sense and was about that for mine. Given it’s only been six months I’d say cut yourself some slack. 

This is great information to have. I try to be as supportive as possible to trans rights and really don’t want to offend anyone, but it’s just a very difficult topic to understand when you can’t get into someone’s head. Like, I am supportive to friends and coworkers i know are trans and want to make life as…

Is finding hot people hot gay?

Dude has worked for 256 days straight, and has probably had to do a truckload of interviews like this. I’m going to give him a pass for focusing on the things he can actually control and advice about personal responsibility he can give to patients, current and potential.

Yeah wild reading the director thought it came across that at her core Harper is a good person cause she did make the right choice in the end. Yeah that right choice came after all that emotional torture and pain her partner went through and established in the film that its a pattern since she was young. Getting outed…

I hoped they would breakup at the end. But rom-coms need the happily ever after, and if the Omegaverse lawsuits are any indication, deviating from HEA ending can be used against you in a court of law.

My husband and I watched this last night. I found many aspects of it delightful and refreshing, except for...um...the entire storyline of Harper being a gaslighting abusive asshole. Romcoms have long gripped feverishly onto their “yes this is clearly an abusive relationship, but *squeeeee!*” torch, and this one is no…

Another crucial problem is that they tried to draw inferences about the causal effects of mentorship which were not justified by their data. They even acknowledged the issue, then went ahead and pretended they had identified a causal effect. And the outcome they focused on was not necessarily a good indicator of what…

The sheer laziness of this study is breathtaking. Experienced male authors have higher citations and female researchers that co-author with the experienced males have higher citations. The established predominance of male researchers in STEM fields is just taken as a given, like the sun rising in the east and water is…

I don’t understand the “need” (and I use that term sooooo loosely) to get married this year. If it’s for legal or financial reasons, see the JP and have the party next year. 

Are we really going to believe there were no disabled actors that could have done this justice? Really?

When I worked for a national healthcare organization, I had to sign a document that I would never speak to the media. Any media requests had to be funneled through the proper channels, and if in the rare event they wanted me to speak to the media, I would have a very strict script to stick to. Any violation of those…

You want loan forgiveness? Sue your bank for 10 times what you owe and accuse them of predatory lending. Worked for Trump.

Lol.  They found an enemy they couldn’t simply lie or bluff their way past ... Jewish Moms.