My parents never helped me with any bullshit projects. However, this meant that some students came in with shit built by their engineer parent that cost hundreds of dollars in material, and I came with with a piece of shit scavenged from household goods. *sad trombone*

I think so too. I had a male teacher in elementary school I remember fondly. He was half Japanese and taught my class all about Japanese culture and Japanese food which has left a lasting impact on me. He was an excellent, nurturing teacher.

Oh my god school projects are such bullshit. Either give them something they can do on their own without a million ingredients or just encourage parents to read to them. No one needs a damned dirt cup oreo thing for a book report. Just read the damn book.

Whenever my husband responds to teachers' notes, he signs his clearly male name at the end, and usually gets a "Thanks for the reply, Mom" back from the teacher. Then he replies again with "I'm actually the dad" and gets a second "Thanks, Mom".

Thank you! Hubs thinks no one will know who Joan Jett is. I think if you don't know who Joan Jett is, then you have no business throwing or being at an 80s party!

Here's why it would be a good one:

This is perfect.

Brooklyn has always had it's pots of gentrification, my reference is to the fact that Brooklyn's revival of late is similar to the "Clinton moved in" Harlem revival which included the same forgetfulness....let's move in around the crime, homeless people and crack addicts without engaging or addressing the problem and…

Jesus god. Let me guess, you're white.

Lol sure, race is totally front and center. Like on Jezebel, where pubes are a biweekly topic of conversation, but immigration as a feminist issue comes around once in a blue moon. Or where the conversation about SAHMs revolves, still, entirely around rich white women and what they would and should chose, not about…

Yes I've had similar experiences. It's worse if I don't try very, very hard to instantly become good friends with my male friends' girlfriends. I studied film at university and was accused by a friend's girlfriend of trying to break them up because I spent a lot of time working on our film assignments with him. It's a…

What? Shoes have age limits? Huh?

Give me whore tops or give me death.

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I object! There are 22-year-old bellies that don't fit inside tube tops, and some 45-year-0ld bellies that should be displayed at every opportunity.

I'd like to add: Realizing Casual Sex Is Totally Cool, Even If You Don't Want To Have It.

Getting my first car was a big milestone for me. I was really poor for most of my adult life, and also a car fan, so when in my final year of grad school I got a car from a friend in good mechanical condition for $700, I was over the moon - I looked at it out the window before going to bed that night, and first thing…

Asking for your first raise.

Um, the "small town" she came from is the Bronx. Which is part of that little backwater known as New York City!

Hot naked men writhing around can never be wrong.