Your mom rocks :)

MRAs do seem to make a sport of pretending to be "feminists" and "SJWs" online. I wouldn't be surprised.

Manageress? I believe she means womanager.

I wonder if it is really the bum smacking manager pretending to be a woman and using words he think a feminist would use.

It's not based on an assumption; it's based on an observation. Certainly, she could be wrong in her interpretation of her observation, but it's not like she just said, "Well, I wouldn't like it if a boss treated me like that, so I'm sure this woman didn't either!" She described the server's behavior, and how that…

I know. I was making fun of both "manegeress" and "feministic".

That's not feminist. It's female as other and diminutive.

Yep. It's all nonsense. Also, what are all these people doing with their lives NOW? If they have time to comment repeatedly on a Jezebel board, they probably aren't saving the world with their genius or anything. (I am including myself here, of course! I'm not saving a damn thing!)

Oh my goodness, I love you. I seriously love you so much for this comment. I felt like I was taking crazy pills. Have you seen the thread where I made a throwaway comment about how, aside from Matilda, no kid teaches themselves how to read, and then EVERYONE IN THE WORLD chimes in to tell me that they totally…

Yes, I was that kid, too. Lots of us were actually that kid. I read all kinds of adult books before I was 10. It really does tend to all balance out later. No one cares, when you are 35, if you read adult-themed books when you were 10. And most likely, at 35, you've already balanced out to a more average form of…

I am so inspired! Thanks Micheal Jordan!

Someone up above said that praising kids for being smart is akin to praising them for tallness or prettiness. I hadn't thought of the situation in those terms before, but the poster is right.

During the late 19th & early 20th century, the British colonizers started their "Divide & Rule" campaign as to split the blunt demands of Independence from Indian citizens. This included manipulation of history to pitt Muslims and Hindus against each other. Of course, there had been animosity between both those…

Your comment is spot on. I now teach writing to freshmen and seniors completing capstone projects at an Ivy League institution. Most of my job consists in giving low or even non-passing grades to students who have been considered gifted since early childhood. This is not because, as an Ivy League institution, we have…

Not gauche. Always statement. Like Natalie here or Cersei or the wee person from Don't Look Now!

I hear being thin and pretty is the next big trend.

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Not gauche.