Wow. Living the dream!

I have no idea how I lived for 40 years without a salad spinner. The day after I got mine, my mother got an heartbroken, accusatory email from me for never having used one when I grew up. I thought she loved me.

Does that constitute a valid argument? It's more of a rant.

There's a lot going on in this story. Rape culture. Male entitlement. The horrifying fact that people are carrying guns around for no damn reason.

So you're saying that women murder men at the same rate that men murder women? Cause that's not true. Men commit 90% of the murders in the US. This means that men are killing men, and they are also killing women.

Sure, he's probably mentally ill. But I still come back to all the fucking whining "Nice Guys" who are so sure women should be thrilled when they approach us, and who get angry when we try to explain that we have no way of knowing whether or not they're this guy. Do they get it yet, or will this fly over their flat…

I have had 2 men yank the book I was reading out my hands and write their number in it. They tell me I'm supposed to be flattered but it scares the hell out of me. RIP Mary.

But even if it's mental issues, there's still the underlying patriarchal reasons. That's why you don't see mentally ill women going around shooting men if they reject her at the same frequency.

I'm gonna go ahead and be That Person and point out that this is exactly the reason why we need serious gun laws that revoke a person's right to a deadly weapon if they are not deemed mentally sound. And I'm saying that as someone who has dealt with mental illness. I would not want a gun in a million years but I doubt…

"Why can't you just be nice to us?" they said.

#yesallwomen

It's the super-shitty end-game of that kind of logic. The "she just needs to be convinced and if it doesn't work I'm entitled to her anyway" BS. Those poor kids.

Sometimes, you cannot tell if someone is mentally ill. A man offered me his phone number, I said "no thank you". and he proceeded to spit on me and tell me he was going to rape me. RIP Mary.

But wait, I thought men said that if we would just be nicer we wouldn't have to deal with verbal abuse from men on the street?

Of course, misogyny and guns have nothing to do with this.

Im confused. I thought we already had a foolproof solution to this problem.

This woman has the patience of a saint. He better be amazing in bed.

I can't believe this guy HAS a girlfriend. God bless her.

"even on holiday. EVEN on holiday."

Hey, my wife! When did she become a dude?