You can talk about situations in the hypothetical... the stories in the news for example.

Timesaver on a daily basis, absolutely. I would only need to re-trim it every 2-3 weeks, for a few bucks at my salon (though one could also see if a barber would do it). I wasn’t flat-razoring it bald, I was maintaining it with clippers. I could have also have done it myself, but I don’t have the range of motion to…

I did like it, although I eventually grew it out because I couldn’t be bothered to maintain it. I’d been toying with the idea of a pixie cut for a few months but hadn’t committed to it and being told I wasn’t allowed turned out to be the commitment I needed! 

Agreed! More than ever, we need to stick by each other.

That does suck, but it was nice of you to step up and say something. If you hadn’t, he might have thought she was overreacting.

THIS. Thank you. I feel similarly to the author on many points and I hate to say it but there isn’t a single male I trust 100%. There is always that % of uncertainty BC GOD forbid something happen and I have to defend myself in court. I would have to explain why I trusted that friend in my house or why I dared drink…

girl power

We can be better than this. But so many of us have these stories that it becomes crippling. I don’t know what the solution is. But I suspect it starts with maybe being kinder.

I think that the author might want to remove the word “anymore,” to change the statement to “women realize that men do not protect women.” If she is trying to say that little girls grow up thinking men will protect them, and then they realize that is false, I could understand that. However, I think that men are more…

Bravo girl ! This is so well thought out and it’s one of the best things I’ve read this year. (Times like this I really admire writers. I’ve never been talented in that way and I’m a ravenous reader. I get nervous if I don’t have a book.). Anyway, I don’t even care if my comment is buried. I just want you to know that…

I’m a guy. Not just a guy, but one who spent a number of years in Special Operations units. About as macho as you can get.

That is awesome that you’re with a new guy that you share views with! My bf and I share pretty identical political views AND we’re burned out on it. We’re at the point where we don’t need to talk about it besides the occasional complaint and news share. “Did you see insert-new-Cheetolini-bullshit?” “Yeah, let’s try to…

B. We don’t talk politics in the house.

It was near the end of my first Big Relationship at 18/19 with a guy about 6 years older than me when he choked me. We’d been dating for a year and was the first person I had sex with. As we were parting, he suddenly wrapped his arm around my neck, doubling me over, and squeezed. I thought it was a joke at first but I…

“Men don’t protect women anymore.”

Depends on where you live to a certain extent. I live in Quebec where you can’t even legally take your husband’s name whether you want to or not, things are pretty egalitarian and seem to be moving towards more and more of that. There are a lot less marriages than there used to be and people are more likely to do it…

“Diaper Goblin” is now my new favorite descriptor for the little ones in my circle of life...

I was just talking last night about how when guys hit on me from their cars I plunge my finger up my nose and give them my grossest look. My defense is in grotesquerie.

Madeline: I’m so sorry you’ve had to go through this. Nobody deserves to feel unsafe or humiliated the way Tom did. I’m sorry that Michael, who was supposed to be a friend, let you down and backed Tom, even though you were the one who was wronged.

This is so well written in part because you embrace the complication of being a woman — sometimes loving those people who oppress you without even trying, really — all the while being furious.