Oh yeah, "junk food vegans" are totally a thing. My first attempt at veganism consisted mostly of Oriental-flavored Top Ramen, Oreos, spaghetti and other forms of pasta, Spicy Sweet Chili Doritos, Chinese food (especially any form of fried tofu), french fries, vegan ice cream, and Swedish fish. You know, with the…

One other: ASK how much a hotel is holding for incidentals before handing them your credit card. Some hotels will hold the smoking fee (which can be $200). It's refunded but not until your trip is over, and the unexpected loss of $200 can be a huge bummer if you're traveling on a budget. I learned the hard way. Some…

Moving forward, I need to not be stupid.

I work with someone who met James Franco.

That sounds a huge leap in causation and, frankly, idiotic. I'll eat my hat if that's a real, peer-reviewed study rather just just a casual correlation or something your friend completely made up or read on The Onion or something. I'd love to know how scientists are linking sexual abuse to the Ferber method. And what…

Yeah, this is the thing that gets glossed over in any discussion of these "beastly" practices: Does the Ferber method allow mom and dad to get a sufficient amount of sleep, and thus function better as parents and a couple? Because that's important too. There is empirical evidence that suggests sleep deprivation can…

Not exactly an unbiased source, given that she makes her living selling attachment parenting to the masses.

I'm not going to read books about attachment parenting because I don't care enough, I think attachment parenting places undue burden on the mother and is unrealistic for any woman but a stay-at-home mother to practice, and I don't want kids. But, seriously, what are the lasting effects and how do they link directly to…

My mom let me "cry it out." I may have had elevated levels of cortisol in my saliva or whatever the proof is that the Ferber method is "beastly," but you know what? I'm fine. No lasting psychological or physical damage. I had no idea she even used this method until she mentioned it to me as an adult. Is there any…

No, it's not necessarily something you need to do all the time or surrender your beliefs. That is the all-or-nothing, Vegan Membership Card, perfectionist mentality I'm talking about and straight-up calling damaging. And, frankly, it's exclusionary, militantism that mostly newbie vegans subscribe to. Your beliefs…

Morgan Spurlock's vegan-chef ex-wife who designed his "detox" diet after "Supersize Me" created a similar shitstorm when she admitted that she had developed an unhealthy relationship with food and had stopped eating vegan: http://alexandrajamieson.com/im-not-vegan-a…

What is so fiendish and awful and creativity-crushing about someone WHO IS DOING SOMETHING NICE BY POURING YOU A DRINK choosing the color of the cup?! It's a lesson in appreciating your mother for getting something for you by not demanding that she do it over and dirty another glass just to please you.

Reading Emma Jenner's full piece, I don't disagree with much of what she's written, to be honest.

Ugh, I just got out of a 2-yr tenancy with a real clunker of a roommate, who was a friend at one point. He...

Albuquerque, NM.

Adults are trafficked too. Just because someone is an adult does not mean they are not susceptible to human trafficking, abuse from violent pimps, and being sold to other pimps across the country. It's a booming underground industry.

Yeah, it's a problem that the Happy Sex Worker just trying to fund her college education trope has overshadowed the fact that sex trafficking is an actual thing. (I had a few comments I dismissed telling me that sex trafficking is a myth created by angry anti-porn feminists. Wow.)

Lisa Ling's "Our America" was an excellent (and difficult-to-watch) hour of television.

I appreciate Jezebel publishing something related to sex trafficking, especially in light of all the discussion about Belle Knox and sex work. Between all the essays written by privileged women who have chosen to work in the sex trade, there are countless voiceless children, women, and men who are forced into sex…

Belle Knox has actually written/talked about the fact that her first scene went over the line and made her uncomfortable. But that doesn't fit into the narrative of the totally consensual, 100% empowering, awesome porn industry, does it?!