anyone that calls themselves a runner should be hitting that thing, not the gym. Stop playing Tee Ball and step up to the plate.

Or maybe you could just let people work out how they want to.

Or we could just let people chose the right exercise for them and not shame them for it? Treadmills are so much better for me because:
- I live in a dangerous area with a high crime rate, especially stabbing.
- it is cold and icy *a lot* so difficult to run in. Also half of the year it gets dark very early.
- I sweat a…

As a former single mom and creative, I appreciate this piece. I feel like there are not a lot of representations of us in the media even though there are so many of us out there! I sometimes wonder if there are so few portrayals of single moms/works by actual single moms because...we’re all just so dang tired. 

I mean, I got rid of a bunch of stuff because of the show and so did several people I know...I haven’t done a study or anything but I wouldn’t be surprised if me and people I know are not the only ones.

Great questions. In our attempt to not ‘kink-shame,’ do we unwittingly condone violence against women? Also, can something be considered a ‘kink’ when it is actually so widespread and mirrors normative disenfranchisement? Is an onscreen degradation of another human being always to be considered innocuous? Or do these…

The reports also say this family turned themselves in willingly. Because hey, nothing says “trying to sneak in” like traveling with 160 or so people and immediately asking for help!

If they presented themselves to Boarder Patrol it seems likely that this was an attempt at asylum versus “an illegal crossing” especially as Border Patrol has shut down or denied people at official entry points.

I can say from experience.... It does 

Yah I agree. I don't care how someone gets there as long as they do get there. It's human nature that until someone you love intensely is impacted by something you just aren't as aware as you should be. 

I think this sums it up nicely. I’m not unaware of racism, but I can’t pretend I don’t know how much I don’t know. Would having a biracial child affect me in this way? Probably.

Thank you, my gateway was definitely my wife and daughters along with the Jezebel community. It’s not that I didn’t care about women before that, I just didn’t know how much I didn’t know.

I’ve never been a fan of his, in part because he reminds me of a big warm glass of intensely self-congratulatory milk, and I’d love to be salty about the hoary “until daughters” wokeness, but...good on him for getting there, eventually.

I wish everyone supported women because its the right thing to do, but the truth is that most of them just don’t. They need a personal tie to know its important. But if that changes their perspective about supporting ALL women?I’ll take it. Better late than never- your daughters can be the gateway to feminism and I…

glory be to riri on high forever and ever amen

I once laughed through a guy slamming my head into the wall with his penis. Everyone who saw it knew I still wasn’t okay with it. The sheer absurdity and inappropriateness of the action/request matters. 

I’m so glad you spoke to this. When I was young, this kind of “gray” behavior was so damaging. One boyfriend never listened to me, I would push his hand away and he would just put it back like my clear non-verbal cues were some kind of accident, and wouldn’t let me sleep until I had sex with him. I wasn’t afraid and I …

Fuck off with that bullshit.

I thought I knew. I’ve been calling myself a feminist since I first heard the word. My friends would call me strong, tough, and on occasion intimidating. I’ve been there for my friends over the years through their bad relationships. I’ve seen my friends through addiction, detox, alcoholism, depression, and even abuse.…

You sound like good people. Keep it up.