I was in Florence on a University trip walking around with some friends at dusk when we walked past this market that looked like it was being torn down for the day. Some African dude was waving me over saying something I didn't understand. I smiled and thought "Oh how friendly!" and began walking toward him. Turns out…

My story probably won't be as insane as some others that will be told, but it was chilling and a big wake up call. I decided to travel to Malaysia as a solo female traveler once. I was worried about what I read and how it could be unsafe for single women travelling alone in certain parts of the country, so I…

My story probably won't be as insane as some others that will be told, but it was chilling and a big wake up call. I decided to travel to Malaysia as a solo female traveler once. I was worried about what I read and how it could be unsafe for single women travelling alone in certain parts of the country, so I…

That sounds great, but I hope you came back to learn about what's going on on our planet. As a citizen of the world, we should all be expected to know what's going on. Taking a break from the news is needed— it's too much to handle sometimes. But anyone making a point to say "I have no idea what's going on in the…

I'm a transplant to Portland but didn't watch Portlandia until my first Christmas here.

As I live in Portland as well, my first thought in reading this headline was "Uh, where will I find a black friend?"

That would induce in me a stalker-ish rage. I'd want to track him down and ruin his entire life. I'm so sorry that happened!

My sex-ed/ health class was so dismal before I started my period at 13, I didn't know this fact. So for the first week I had my period, I would hold my pee because I thought I couldn't go with a tampon in. I had to pee so bad one day that I finally just tried it and MAGIC. Thanks, Midwestern education system.

Were you able to report that incident?

Why aren't police trained to disable and fight instead of trained to kill? To me, that's majorly fucked up.

I'm pretty pissed that the media isn't really covering this and Jezebel hasn't even mentioned it, even with their justified rage over the Michael Brown shooting. I watched the whole 6 minute video in awe that this shit can happen. That cops are trained to kill rather than disable a threat. This guy seems, to me, to…

It astounds me that people can't see through this bullshit. When they released the video of Michael Brown in the convenience store (allegedly) I wanted to scream because it waS CLEARLY a diversion to draw attention away from what actually occurred. And it was infuriating when it achieved its goal and everyone could…

Thanks for the thoughtful post. I understand your points, but I still take major issue with racial-based insults. There's no need. Just because a group has been marginalized doesn't give them free reign to turn the tables and pull the exact same bullshit. I would NEVER call someone a "black asshole"— wouldn't even…

I thought the point of Snapchat was so that your dumb shit doesn't stick around? Am I missing something?

I was privileged, and my parents tried to shield me from their downward spiral, but I got older and smarter and still can't think of my childhood with much nostalgia, now that I see it for what it was.

Back-to-school shopping is nostalgic? For me, it consisted of my mom frantically dragging my sisters and I around town ALL DAY. She also insisted we get new school clothes each year, which took another entire day and a lot of yelling and sweating by all parties. And even though she made us get the cheapest school…

We were not given anything but a couple of cans of Hite to split between our team, and just a small portion of kimbap, so that eating and getting drunk thing you mentioned wasn't a part of our Sports Days. We'd go out after the long day away from the bosses to eat and get drunk, but that of course wasn't paid for.

Don't be condescending. I'm fully aware of the problems of privilege and different sects of the feminist movement. But even if we're all on the same "feminist page," no matter how aware one is of his/ her own privilege, no matter how empathetic to a cause a feminist is, there's a line drawn that says "Do not cross.…

Yes. And these people were educated in the USA, so it's not like I can blame it on cultural differences. And even if it were cultural, it's still crazy to make a human being do that!

I lived and worked in Korea for a couple of years, and this married couple owned the company I worked for and mandated a "Sports Day" in the Spring every year for some wack form of team-building. I had been there for just a couple of weeks when I was forced to participate in this "Sports Day" on a SATURDAY with NO…