I'm guessing she's Canadian (as am I). Ask any Canadian about people who got away with crimes and Homolka's name will be mentioned 95% of the time. It's been close to a decade and her name still gets routinely and angrily mentioned whenever talk about the justice system comes up at my family get togethers. Paul…

I really, really want to believe that society is changing for the better, and that the fact that stories like this are finally making international news is proof that, as a whole, we accept institutionalized misogyny less and less. There has to be a bright side to all of these stories (Rehtaeh Parsons, Steubenville,…

Uh, no. Women aren't always the nicest to each other, but the biggest threat to women across the world is not other women.

Yay! Another movie where the strong, capable, independent female character exists to support the male lead!

lol- Cats being made to do things they don't want to do.

I love my pets. I spoil them like mad, cuddle them as much as they let me, and while I have no problem yanking the covers from my partner in bed, if the cats are on a pile, I just sleep in the cold. However, I have to admit that sometimes I wish cat lives were a *little* shorter, just because it seems unfair that it…

I did, actually. He's not normally a total dirtbag, so I decided to treat this as ignorance and proceeded to give him an education on the realities of life.

Oh yeah. A discussion was had.

Captain Von Trapp is the first man I remember being interested in. I didn't even know why, but he was my favourite part of the movie when I was a kid.

There was a commercial on TV recently that stated that 1 in 3 girls will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime. My husband's friend was over, and expressed disbelief at the statistic. He asked why more women didn't report it if they were completely innocent.

First- There's a Giver movie coming out? As in the Lois Lowry book? YayIhopetheydon'tmessthatup!

My brother-in-law called his one daughter 'the bug' when she was a baby since she had huge, rather bulgy eyes. She grew into them, and the name changed to 'ladybug'.

Are you kidding me? Why on earth did this make the news, even Fox news? Ugly babies exist. People make fun of them behind their parents' backs. People are not 100% nice all the time. This is a normal thing. What's next, a report about how some guy made fun of the way another guy threw a ball?

Her second tattoo gives me goosebumps. I can't think of a better example that shows the rejection of victimization.

The Republican Party isn't doing anything to change this?

To every dickbag who defends these guys:

I never thought about it, but yeah, most words that end in 'ist' have a negative connotation. I'm not sure what a better solution is. Just stick with 'pro-equal-rights'? That's a mouthful, and it doesn't really narrow anything down.

Yeah, I try to get the word out about their horrible-ness.

Last year I went shopping with my then 15-year old niece. I'd promised her a shirt or something from lululemon for her birthday, since she desperately wanted one and her parents couldn't afford it. She's extremely athletic and fit, but not in a stick skinny way. Basically, she's built. She tried on a few…

Numbers can't hurt an all-powerful being, dear.