I think you should, they're ridiculous. I got "busted" for "violating" the dress code one time when I was in 7th grade (about 15 years ago). I was taking off my windbreaker at my locker and had a spaghetti strap tank top on (this is somewhat besides the point, but, at 11/12 years old I was, like many, completely flat…

I've seen an article where some men said a crossbody purse was "immodest" because the strap "draws attention to the breasts." Female modesty: a constantly moving goalpost that literally anyone else gets to move.

SO true. I definitely had times when I was younger where I let peer pressure lead me away from relationships that probably would've been fulfilling purely because of societal expectations and fears. Of all the mistakes I've made in my life, those are the ones I'm most ashamed of.

Oh come on. It isn't all like that, they aren't all like that, not all dads are like that, not all homeschoolers are like whatever fucked-up stereotype you have in your head either. This is obviously creepy, but I think the issue isn't homeschooling, but rather conservative Christian culture and the "purity" culture…

I showed this and the previous article on Gawker to my dad. He actually turned red in the face and went on a 10 minute rant about rape culture, the inability of men to control themselves, and the injustice of punishing young girls for the behavior of adult men. I feel like I just got served on behalf of the school…

My mom was the youth group coordinator at our church when I was a teenager. Some of the kids in the group sang at the mass and one of them, who had a different sense of style, wore long black gloves. There was a big meeting held with the parish council and my mom and they said that they wanted my mom to do something…

This always happens to "developed" girls. Which is awful, in that the way your body exists is not necessarily within one's control.

I'm | too sexy for the dance | too sexy for the Dads | too sexy for the lads

haha I was gonna say society worships the parenting lifestyle! I am having a blast without kids as well ;) And for some reason everyone seems to think that involves excessive amounts of partying. I just like to sleep and do thins on a whim!

I actually do regret having them and it feels horrible to admit, especially when no one else in my world has ever admitted it to me. I will say this, though: my oldest will be 15 in a couple of weeks and man, he is actually a pleasure to be around. As in, I genuinely enjoy his company and don't in any way feel like…

I had a roommate my senior year in college (someone I'd chosen to live with, no less—I had no idea how crazy she was before moving in with her) whose entire goal in life was to busier and more put upon than anyone else in the world. This was terribly difficult for her living with me, because I was overloading on…

I had a guy tell me he wrote a poem for me. That poem went something like this...

Not a grump. Certainly not a misanthrope. I like humankind for the most part, but I just don't want kids of my own. (At the moment, but I'm currently not in a relationship and I have no desire to do the kid thing on my own.) I have two wonderful nieces that I love more than life itself and am constantly amazed at…

I'm actually getting pretty annoyed with those commenters. Someone said that the person who said they hate their son is an awful person. But we don't know that. We don't know if she feels that way every day, or if in a moment of frustration she vented in an anonymous way to protect him from that feeling. Having a…

This was actually a lie that I told. When I was four, my aunt got a divorce. My family and I visited Minnesota to visit her, and she took us for a ride in her new speed boat. It was the best thing that had ever happened to my landlocked, Iowan self.

Haha! A roommate I had in college and for my first year out of college was a huge pathological liar. It became too much and I had to end the friendship and move out, but here were some of my favorites from her:

Maybe they just couldn't get their kids no sleep until (they called them) Brooklyn.

LW #1- Please, please talk to your Union rep! That is a very messed up situation and you do not need to afraid to see a parent.

Boo uniforms! Rock and roll high school 4 ever!!

Eh...just as someone who lived through high school uniforms for four and a half years I don't know that they really achieve anything.