I drive in a small town, and learned to be so incredibly careful when there are pedestrians or other drivers around. I’ve had way, way more close calls out here than I did in Toronto, even though the population is less than 1000.

The sad (yet unsurprising) truth is that drivers who hit and kill cyclists are rarely punished in any real, tangible way. The charges are often minor and result in suspended licenses or fines of less than $1,000. A driver in Ohio got off scot-free after he struck a group of five cyclists last year, killing two. His…

Yes and no. If you *never* go to their events because there are children there, you risk looking like a petulant man-baby. It’s like you’re saying you don’t care about your friend because they can’t always socialize on your terms. But you don’t have to go to all of them, and when you go, you don’t have to stay for…

It’s ok to grow apart too because you’re not compatible anymore. It’s not always marriage and children, there are other life events, experiences and maturity that bring about changes and contribute to your growing apart. Friendship is like any other relationship in that it requires presence, compromise and mutual…

Honestly, it’s more likely to be you. I don’t have kids, but I can’t expect my friends with kids to have a life that allows them to find a sitter just to casually hang out with me. Sitters can be hard to coordinate and expensive. So, understand that your friends’ parties are going to suck now, so go, be social, then…

Protip: For couples with young children, you may want to suggest doing dinner AFTER the kids’ bedtime, at their place.

Who calls a sitter to watch their sick kid? I mean, I guess if it is a make or break event that you might miss but just a meal with a friend?

I’m sorry you were pressured into drinking. Sounds like you did it to make your friends feel comfortable, and keep up the **party** spirit. It sucks that you caved, knowing your own vulnerability, but you had two people bullying you into drinking. You’re stronger than them, for acknowledging your limits and being…

Focusing everything around booze creates a huge barrier to recovering addicts, religious abstainers, and voluntary non-drinkers.

I needed this article so much right now, thank you so much for putting this viewpoint out there. I have been struggling the last few months with finally cutting alcohol and the demons that follow it down to a minimum in my life. I have absolutely no one to talk to about this so sorry I’m about to spill my guts. I had…

I thought the exact same thing! Marginalized people: women, particularly older women and people of color are being marginalized by mostly white Bernie supporters. Bernie cares about most what white liberals care about, but not so much what people of color prioritize. As a woman of color and an older woman I am tired…

He doesn’t have to point to her gender to be sexist; meaning the sexism isn’t overt. But I don’t believe he would still be running if she were a comparably experienced man; say, if she were Bill or Al Gore. His staying in the race is (partially) an implicit comment on her legitimacy because she is female. He hasn’t…

It’s not sexist for him to stay in.

It IS sexist for him to try to have input in certain decisions, say, her cabinet picks (though to be fair he simply never confirmed or denied that reporter about that issue) or the somewhat unprecedented situation where he chooses DNC convention committee members, normally something…

Sexist? Hardly, except maybe if he were staying in the race while loudly shouting that a woman is unfit to be president.

Holy shit. That’s crazy.

I once made the mistake of referring to my dog as my baby (as in, “here’s an old picture of my baby Ruby when she was just a puppy....”) and people JUMPED ON MY ASS about it. Yes, I know my dog isn’t a literal baby. The razor teeth and roundworms were kind of a giveaway.

Yup! I didn’t even realize what I was doing with my daughter was CIO. I was just trying to survive my postpartum depression. Afterwards she regularly slept 12 hours straight. Now at almost 3 there are nights where she demands we put her to bed.

The shift in women’s identities that went along with joining the workforce brought yet another rich zone of maternal self-doubt, and attachment parenting was right there with some zesty data to make you feel extra shitty about all the time you spent away from your kids.

I really hate sanctimommies that insist sleep training is abuse. Do whatever you are comfortable with but don’t couch it in terms that demean others’ parenting or diminishes real abuse.

Fascinating. All that money and Sanders did that bad means to me his campaign manager isn't getting that same job any time soon.