You’re talking about the daughters of George W. Bush --the president known as W because his father George Bush was also president—but can’t think of a president who had a child old enough to be a political adviser?

share away. maybe we can chip away at some of the ignorance together.

of course, though I’m sad it’s come to the point where it’s such a common feeling.

The way I felt the moment I woke up this morning --a brief, beautiful fuzziness before horrific realization and overwhelming, body-wracking grief— was exactly how I felt the morning after my little brother died. You are not alone <3

This is what I ended up going with. It’s about as much forgiveness and teachable-momenty as I can muster right now, tbh.

Right? If Señor Overdrive and I had babies they would be nothing but eyelashes and lips so you better believe we buy lipbalm by the 12-pack.

Fair enough (and in nearly 20 years of voting I’ve never had to wait for more than three or four minutes), but it’s probably not the worst idea to remember the US has 319 million people while Australia has 24 million and the UK has just a hair above 64. Which isn’t to say things can’t be better but it does mean…

As an old I can assure you that aging is a good 75% about realizing what an cringe-inducing bag of awfulness you were back then. It never stops. When I was 27 I cringed at 17. At 37 I cringed at 27... there’s no stopping the awfulness, there’s just refining it.

I think it depends on the dynamic of the relationship. There are good relationships where exchanging passwords is a sign of trust and understanding and there are good relationships where staying out of each others’ digital space is a sign of trust and understanding. Mine is one of the latter. He…

I believe it’s pronounced “ver-SAYCE”

Once upon a time I worked with a group of people where disordered eating occurred at much higher frequency than the average population and easily 70-80% of the people who developed disordered eating habits before they were 18 were directly influenced by parents/guardians (usually, but not always female) modeling…

Aw, I’m sorry you’re feeling low. If you sent him a message saying you felt like he wasn’t super interested in you and you wanted to know for sure, his choosing not to respond was his (shitty) way of giving you his answer. Take him at his word (or lack of words), take the time you need to get over the sting and if you…

From one error-prone journo to another; it’s bated breath *not* baited breath.

My grandma, too. Stone cold Scandinavian without a drop of maternal instinct in her frozen veins but the person you wanted in an emergency.

Despite what a shocking majority of Argentinos seem to think.

I grew up in the American South and even that did not prepare me for the level of racism in Spain, particularly Barcelona.

I feel that way about the whole poutrage about Becky being a racist term. Like, I’m glad none of my nice white liberal friends are saying that, but I’m more than a little concerned that none of them seemed to have heard the term in that usage before.