Yeah, you don’t have to read history books to learn history. I get that for some people, they really have to be into what they are reading to make it through a book.

When I was separated, I dated older and younger men. I’d go with older men every time. They have experience and know what they are doing. Younger guys not only didn’t know how to have sex, they also expected you to be their sugar mamma and pay for everything. I was supposed to be grateful that some young stud wanted…

I’d have said exactly that to them. I don’t like sugar-coating the truth. If they don’t want to deal with the reality of your grief and how your processing it, they can fuck right off.

Yup, I got pregnant at 16 (lack of sex education - I thought I’d get in trouble if I tried to buy condoms, and my 20 YO boyfriend let me believe that). My Catholic parents wanted to save their own souls at the cost of mine, so (I found out later) they blackmailed my 20 YO boyfriend into marrying me. I was told after…

I’m a domestic violence and sexual assault survivor. I don’t want our storytelling to pretend that these things don’t happen in real life. What I dislike about the majority of the way these stories are displayed is when they show off the body of the female victim in a sexually appealing light. Newsflash - old women,…

The only accusation I read in this article is that he’s a lazy storyteller with regards to women and minorities. I saw nothing about him personally.

*Sigh* Freedom of speech only protects you against government censorship. It doesn’t mean you have a right to an audience, or that you’re free from feeling the consequences of your speech.

LOL, and actually this kind of storytelling shows him to be more amateurish than he’d like to be perceived. Oh, the irony....

They can, but it’s lazy storytelling. Like the male Dungeon Master in D&D who only knows how to deal with strong female characters by making them rape survivors. Women are people, and have a wider range of adversity to overcome besides rape. It comes off as cheap and borderline voyeuristic if this is your chosen…

Hey, you are one tough cookie! Addiction is a huge issue, and it’s a fight that lasts a long time. I’ve lost too many dear people in my life to it. You are awesome to still be here, kicking ass. Keep it up!

Thank you! I’m thinking now of putting together something like this for my 13 YO daughter. She is awesome, but the beast of low self-esteem is starting to rear its ugly head, as it does in the teen years. I want to give her some tools and examples to fight back.

I left at 16, because my neglectful parents married me to my adult boyfriend instead of helping me get an abortion and throwing him in jail. I feel you on this.

I’m struggling with this myself. I’m a bi woman in a relationship with a straight man. I haven’t been in a LTR with a woman because my interests and hobbies align more with what guys like, so that’s who I befriend and date. I haven’t faced any negative repercussions to my bisexuality because my relationships are…

I see what you did there. Take your star, you heathen!

Ok, good. I was afraid that you weren’t connecting with anyone and in danger of losing your personhood to motherhood. I wish I had some advice for you regarding getting into the “know-it-all” clique of school moms, but I don’t. I’m on the outside too, but my kid hates school activities and maintains her own…

Having had 4 kids, I can tell you that you don’t need to be friends with the other moms just so your kids have a social life. Kids, especially with social media, are really good at navigating their own social lives without parental involvement. Just meet their friends parents, get on the same page regarding…

I wanted to say something snappy, but your sentences are too incoherent for me to understand what you are saying.

My boyfriend is amazing, so if I can’t make it work with him then I can’t make it work with any man. If that happens, I will happily join you in your Caribbean paradise. I was actually thinking of buying a beautiful silk kimono robe just so I’d have something beautiful to lounge in....

Moms can be the worst to other moms. I only have one mom friend, because she is my twinsie (before we met, we had similar histories and similar ideas and beliefs), so we are pretty much on the same wavelength. We are also pretty understanding that sometimes one of us will go into hibernation-mode, and not talk or meet…

^This sounds like me. *Thinks to myself, “Did I take Ambien, then create another Jezebel username, then post under said username?”*