I was a kid when this movie came out, and for some unknown reason, I really related to it. Little 9 year-old me was like “Man, I also really need to get out of the rat race, fix up an old house in Vermont, and have my own small business.” I was in fourth grade; why did I see myself in Diane Keaton?!

(Also yes she is…

One of my sisters almost died during childbirth. In this century, at one of the leading teaching hospitals in this country (US). I won’t get into the specifics but there was massive blood loss and the baby almost died too. Where anyone got the notion that now that we’re living in the “modern age” (people thought that…

I’m so glad she publicly stated why she was not going on tour. So many celebs make it look like having a baby is nbd. Even with money for support like postpartum doulas, night nurses, nannies and/or having helpful family around, it doesn’t make having a baby magically easier. I mean it does a little, but there are…

The most surprising thing to me about parenthood is that every single thing that anyone ever told me about it was completely true. It is exhausting mentally and emotionally in ways I did not expect. The physical recovery alone took me 6 months.

I’m so sorry you’ve had people close to you go through this. It’s so scary and sad. People on the internet are garbage.

The Maria Sharapova pic makes me feel deeply uncomfortable. Please take it down. 

Um that Maria Sharapova pic seems a little fucked up. I think you should take it down unless she consented to having TMZ publish it. 

I went to law school, and I’ve heard some absolutely absurd arguments in my time, but holy crap on a cracker, this takes the cake.

No, Brock and/or Brock’s Lawyer. It’s been established that digital penetration occurred, and with enough force the victim got penetrative injuries and pine needles and “debris” ended up inside her. That’s rape. I’m sorry (hahaha not really) if you feel that fingering shouldn’t really count as real rape and your…

I’ve been working since I was 12/13. My first job was taking care of my neighbor’s enormous dogs, which included scrapping their shit off the frozen pavement of their outdoor kennels in the dead of winter. I haven’t stopped working since. I worked as a lifeguard through high school, I got into a top tier university, wo…

This actually makes me feel better for her. I feel like having his parents approval (like Ivanka) would mean she’s a garbage person. Perhaps she is marrying the one good Kushner? Going against his parents to marry who he wants means he is at least a little better than Jared, right?

he’s clearly not aligning himself with his family -- he and karlie both regularly speak out against this administration and put their money where their mouth is. yeah his family is horrible but i really admire him and am unsure why we have to shit on his happiness just because of who he’s related to.

He could be economically anxious. Or part of America’s forgotten middle class. Maybe he’s a victim of the opiod crisis. Or involuntarily celibate. But really I’m sure he was polite to his neighbors and a fan of country music.

Maybe because she wished she could make a cake for her best friend and celebrate with her so she did it even if they couldn’t be together? If I was away from my best friend on my birthday and she baked a cake and decorated it in honor of me, I’d be filled with warm and fuzzy feelings because my friend was thinking of…

I also have HS, and it took me about 6 years of shame, random diagnoses (including frequently assuming I had genital warts or herpes or whatever, which was unlikely as the condition kind of... inhibited my confidence at ever actually having sex with anyone) and crippling depression before a dermatologist told me what…

Thank you for sharing your story. The visual aspects of our bodies are such a huge component of sexuality, for ourselves and our partners. Even if a partner is understanding, it can take years or a lifetime to feel sensual and desirable with visible skin conditions (and other ailments not discussed here). I lived with…

If anything, that quote seems to reinforce the impression that he considers the Caucasian characters to be more than their skin color but considers skin color to be the defining characteristic of the non-Caucasian characters.

“It’s a time in our culture where people love to pretend they’re offended.”

Mr Groening, and others of your ilk, I’d like to tell you a story.

“The fact that the Simpsons are yellow and not the color that passes for Caucasian in cartoons, that Mickey Mouse pink, that’s intentional. It’s taking that pink away, and making it yellow. And then taking yellow away from whatever racist connotation that that has had. And that was intentional. As many people…