Teenagers are super, super annoying, so don't feel bad if you, well, get annoyed. It's even more distressing when you see someone you care about being a little shit for all the world to see. Just take comfort knowing she will probably come out of this as well-adjusted as anybody does, and she'll have you around to…

Generally, no good comes of trying to interfere with another person's parenting. There's a very high chance that this girl is going to go out into the world and realize that no one actually gives a crap, and it's going to hit her hard. If she has had a basic moral foundation installed when she was younger, she will…

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Honestly, I wouldn't give him the idea by bringing it up. Drop all contact, hope he forgets about you. Trying to prevent having nudes posted online is not worth letting him get leverage and if he is going to, you won't be able to stop him. And don't beat yourself up; just be proud you got yourself away from him. :)

Congrats! I have two papers, one portfolio, and two exams due Monday. Then one last exam on Friday, because, hey, balance is important. Good luck everyone!

I have two papers, a portfolio, and two exams due Monday. Hnnnnng. Right now I'm knocking out a five-pager on Larkin's "Aubade" and also eating sausages and peppers (mostly eating sausages and peppers). My other paper is a bit longer, but it's about an issue of Transmetropolitan, so I can't complain. Yay undergrad…

I thought the same thing, but as long as they aren't endorsing the church or anything I would like to consider them innocent of all ickiness. That way I can continue my soulful howling whenever I'm feeling homesick.

If it makes you feel better, today is my last day in my home state for a few weeks, and I texted this guy I've been mooning over asking if he was free to hang out. He never responded. :( So I am basking in sad teenaged despair as well and totally get you.

Sometimes stupid feelings take over and you have to indulge in an evening of self-pity to work them out. Hopefully things get better for you and you meet someone less than a million miles away/more with the feelings.

Yeah, whenever I get all mopey about HOW NO1 UNDERSTANDS MEEEE ;( I have to remind myself that my main problem is JoshRomneyFace, not deeply ingrained racism. Some of these responses are ridiculously sad.

I just got out of a five-year relationship that sounds a lot like yours. The best advice I can give is to go nowhere near him and throw yourself into things you enjoy. Fill up the time you would normally spend being unhappy with him doing things that make you feel like a better person. The sense of freedom is amazing,…

Hey all you lovely lesbian shitasses. <3 I can't get into free-verse poetry. I try and I try and at best I can appreciate it as pretty prose chopped up pretentiously. Unfortunately, it seems form poetry is for olds and never gets published anymore. Am I the only one left who appreciates a nice rhyme and meter? Do you…

Basic ambition is a huge factor in relationships, and it's one aspect of personality that people rarely change. If you aren't happy with your boyfriend's motivation level, it may be the only sign you need to see that it isn't going to work long term. The question is: Do you respect the way he chooses to live?

I feel like, politics aside, he and I could exchange glances across the room and just get each other.

I have white, blonde, blue-eyed privilege, which comes with its own expectations. I usually fail to live up to them. The two I commonly get are:

Never forget.

That's actually my chair, too. :( I got up to put my plate away and found I had been usurped.

Even my cat pities your meal this day.

If you have a textbook, outline the test contents in detail and then use the outline as notes. You can still scrape through if you are organized. On a related note: It took a very spectacular failure on my part to get me to take school seriously. Try your best to not subject yourself to that, because it really, really…