What’s the appeal? Put it back in?

Why do you doubt her? She’s 17, not 7. I was a freshman in college at 17 and wrote very well. Don’t sell her short because she is young and not American.

I’m blown away by this young woman. I really doubt I would have been so eloquent and steadfast in defending my rights (and by extension all womens’ rights) at her age. Thank you, Jane Doe!

What’s that exec meeting like, with the one guy sheepishly raising his hand and asking if they could extend the licensing deal by four days for V for Vendetta and everyone just staring at him like he’s nuts.

Be careful who you do that to though. That can really backfire on you though if they don’t get the sarcasm and actually take you at your word...because then the boss hears that YOU said you were going to handle it, but didn’t.

“Can I check with your supervisor about your availability”

Unfortunately this summer my husband had to take our 12 year old daughter and her friend aside at the beach and talk to them about it after he chased off a creeper older teen. Apparently the girls took it okay ( I wasn’t there-the teen “accidentally” touched one of the girls butt and then was “adjusting” himself) but…

Amen. At 14, I would have actually loved it if an adult took me aside to talk to me about harassment and assault—because it was already happening to me and I had no words for it and no validation for my anger at it. If anything, I’d err on the side of bringing up the topic too early.

I do not like it when people assert that these sorts of chronic illnesses are not real. Or, conflate and confuse different things. You say your bit over and over. I”ll back you up.

• Dancing With the Stars judge Carrie Ann Inaba revealed that chronic fatigue slows her sex drive.

Reverse-counterpoint: I actually buy that she was offended by the fact that Kanye referred to her as “that bitch,” which for some reason was not disclosed during their phone call. She was lacking in self-awareness in her response and came across as overly self-righteous, but I absolutely understand why the…

As opposed to whom? Adele, and her constant sappy stream of “why did you reject me I’m miserable” songs?

Of course they weren’t always red—they were obviously black and white, like everything else at the time. I mean, just look at the old photos.

I agree with this, because the sole purpose behind someone threatening to bring their kids to your wedding (as opposed to just not saying anything and DOING it) is that they want to ruin everything. They want to cause you months of angst and worry, and have you spend your entire night worrying about what’ll happen and…

I had a similar situation at our wedding, and we did have a bouncer: the wedding planner hired a security guard who worse a tux and who was also an ammy MMA fighter.

the only reason she wants to go is for the sweet, sweet asshole cred

Yes yes yes. I live for moments like these when The True Asshole reveals themself so I can have full permission to go scorched earth. A wedding isn’t just some party, it’s a wedding. If this woman is too stupid to understand that or worse, takes joy in doing the one thing she was specifically asked not to do? Goodbye…

This is the part about weddings I really don’t understand: you don’t have to invite anybody. Really. My parents didn’t even invite their own parents to their wedding (the just sent the bill for the booze, which was the only expense since they got married on a merry-go-round in a park in SF). And since my dad is…

I’m not sure if it’s because of my family’s history, but I don’t find the bouncer idea weird at all. There was a family wedding where one family member demanded (it wasn’t a request, it was an order she fully expected to be followed) that the groom should uninvite his own mother because she didn’t like her. That…

I rather like the idea of a bouncer, with strict instructions to keep out that horrible woman and her kids.