Taza was my gateway into this whole mess. (Can we talk about how she and her husband are planning on fitting a third kid into an Upper West Side apartment...?!)

Oooh oooh! I know this one! Because vintage aprons and vintage sweaters match vintage ideas about homosexuality and gender roles.

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If you honestly think the name of the team isn't offensive, why would you feel threatened over defending a non-offensive name?

Well, obvs. Also, the stuff that we loved as children was AMAZING and our parents really and genuinely wanted to watch Care Bears with us because they were just as enthralled by the intelligent story telling as we were.

That's probably ok. My parents weren't ones to shower us with toys on a whim, but my dad was pretty cool with buying me books if I asked.

We've always used the proper terms with our kiddo (I'm a biologist, I'm not going to call it a wee-wee or a hoo-haa or whatever). She was then told by other kids she was saying "bad words." Her teacher started to tell her not to say those and she proudly said "My mommy says those are the right words and not to use…

Yes. I've threatened to start recording conversations with Mr. Nom. At least half are things that HE brings up, so it's not like I'm badgering him with stuff he's not interested in, you know?

THIS.

My husband and I have a saying about this: "You remember it your way and I'll remember it the right way."
Because it's not so much that his memory is fuzzy, it's like sometimes he occupies a parallel reality. He'll remember us saying or doing something that either literally never happened, or happened completely…

I'm really looking forward to this movie. Judging by the trailer, it appears to illustrate that being in an abusive relationship doesn't always constitute physical violence. Oftentimes it can be emotional and financial. It dovetails nicely with Kerry Washington and All State's recent campaign around financial abuse.

I just replied to LadyTheirin with more details about how the site works if you want to read that, but try Project Free TV it's pretty straightforward :) here's a link to their page with all the current Outlander episodes if you want to try it. http://www.free-tv-video-online.me/internet/outla…

Mine is reading about genocides and reigns of terror and the like. I was up to 4:00 in the morning the other night reading about how Lenin set kill quotas for each unit of the Cheka. Then on to the Khmer Rouge, who were even more fascinating in just how total their reign of terror was, and just how little they tried…

I struggle with this - I am PhD student of Dark Heritage in London, and a tour guide. I have written papers about the misogyny inherent in the JTR tours, but, after a guide left our company recently, here I am doing those tours. They are deeply problematic, and I often feel very conflicted about my role in the…

When I was 9 My Granddad bought me a Roald Dahl audiobook, called something like "The Great Switch-a-roo". Unaware of the author's earlier work, he had just assumed it was a Kid's story.

I used to work at Walden Books when I went to school in Mississippi years ago. We couldn't keep those books in stock-they were flying out the door so fast. Some of the most conservative women you would ever meet, and they were secretly reading the books and passing them among their friends. Me, I couldn't get beyond…

My secret is that I also find Daenerys boring as all get out.

I still laugh/cringe when I think of (can't remember which Ramona book) she tells Beezus to 'turn on the dawnzer, because it's a lee light.' And Beezus laughs and makes fun of her, realizing Ramona is thinking of the Star Spangled Banner. Have you read Beverly Cleary's autobiography? It is amazing. Fingers crossed…

I got really excited about the Brangelina wedding. I scared myself.

I remember reading somewhere that we usually judge others by their actions, and ourselves by our intentions. I think it's that disconnect that produces apologies like hers.