I love this series! I'm a no-makeup type of person, but I'm very skin-conscious. So what I lack in actual cosmetics, I make up for with a 35 minute 6 (maybe 7?) skincare product regime. If I do wear make up during the week, it's generally all skin-related (BB cream, under eye concealer, powder), nothing adventurous…

I have just recently come to this conclusion myself. I'm absolutely really good friends or am on really good terms with some of my past partners. And for real, I totally played it holier-than-thou with my being friends with your exes is simply mature mantra. This latest ex? There is no reality in which we could be…

Thank you for this. I regularly donate to animal charities (and for those who might snark, yes, human charities because philanthropy isn't a zero-sum game). I'm glad to add another one to the list.

Really? Because if not a cause for outrage, it's certainly a cause for some pretty self-righteous mockery from a lot of people who must be making real differences elsewhere.

I absolutely agree that there's a double standard. I'd go ahead and argue that an even bigger one exists for women of color since there are so few rewarding roles out there for them. However, any comparisons between Tom Hanks - who has led some of the largest grossing movies in the US and globally - and Mo'Nique is…

Yeah, it seriously bothers me when Jez (or women who generally consider themselves compassionate progressives) leer about D'Angelo. He had some serious, well-documented issues post-How Does It Feel, including what appears to have been an eating disorder. It's fucked up that people here continue to perpetuate this…

This simply strikes me as gratuitously mean.

God, that was perfect.

Toxically self-infatuated is an amazing phrase and one I will now be using to describe my father, who I've been in intermittent (more off than on) contact with over the past four years. He will wax poetic for hours - for days - about how he was compelled to lie to his family because he was "desperately unhappy" with…

That's super disappointing. Do you have screenshots?

Thank you for sharing your experience. This is incredibly informative and you're so brave to have come out in the face of all these competing pressures. All the best to you and your family on this journey.

I think I'm more surprised than anything. The comments - irrespective of whether family situations make child-rearing difficult - are really defensive. It's interesting that people would get so upset over something that I believe was posted without the intention of getting people riled up. While I'm aware of…

Yeah, man. I'm seeing a lot of White People defensiveness. Blah! He drinks Blah! She's dead! Blah! Are you implying that I'm selfish?!?!

You're getting a ton of flack from weirdly defensive people about this. I don't have the best relationship with my family and I live abroad, so I understand how familial help would be a challenge. However, having lived in China for ages and having been involved with non-American partners who have huge, sprawling…

I really don't understand why several people on these boards are caught up on this. As a responded to CashHolder (who I think might be a troll? I don't know):

Which language in my post is manipulative? There was an attack with several men and a glass bottle. There was a non-response from administrators - which everyone, both on this board and on a national scale, since UVA is one of twelve universities under investigation for its chronic non-responsiveness to assault…

I'm unclear as to how I'm simply venting without point or purpose. Your claim is that the university offered help. My counterclaim is that they did nothing that can be construed as helpful. Sorry you didn't understand.

Would love to hear more of your impressions of the protests, the kind of support this is getting, etc. Please check back in and write about it!

Wait...you say that we all react differently and then you criticize someone for reacting differently? Cognitive dissonance much?

The article very clearly depicted Jackie as lost, traumatized and indecisive about her next steps after being brutally gang raped by men and a glass beer bottle, and then given zero support by the group of social climbers she had fallen in with during her first few weeks of university.