How large are the raccoons where you live? Remind me never to visit there.

I initially thought it was a monkey jumping in the air, but I think it’s actually an animal that they killed and strung up. (Presumably for eating.)

“Hi stranger” is infinetely less creepy than “Hello, friend”.

My husband gets annoyed with my habit of immediately locking the door behind me, as it’s resulted in him being temporarily locked out for a few moments if he lagged behind to check the mail or move the trash can or something. He’s generally an ally, but he doesn’t quite understand that, while it’s a temporary…

And I don’t want to hear a voice that reminds me that the actor thinks my race is inherently violent and criminal.

I would like to remind everyone that this is not censorship and that Playtonic as a private business has the right to express itself as they see fit. If they do not wish to include voice work by a controversial figure in their video game that is well within their right. Jon’s free speech was not violated in any way…

I will take NYC cabbies over Jersey/LI moms any day. Cabbies are predictable in their a-hole-ness so there will be no surprises. Suburban moms are engaged in all sorts of activity besides paying attention to the road.

There is another price of vigilance that I hoped this article was going to be about — the element that I have a hard time describing (I am no writer...) has to do with how all that monitoring warps our experience of existence and it is perfectly fair for other women to want to go through life with as little of that…

My husband was shocked when I told him I couldn’t even count the number of times I had been groped by men at parties, bars, etc. I assured him that if he asked any of my girl friends they would have similar stories. Sure enough, he asked my sister in law and she confirmed that she, too, had been groped a number of…

Holy Granola. There are so many people commenting on this article saying “maybe you just shouldn’t be so hypervigilant”. I guess they did not bother to read to the part where the author says she has PTSD and hypervigilance is a symptom of PTSD.

I’m not sure if the author’s intention was to tell others to be hypervigilant. I think she was lamenting that her experience with sexual assault turned her into such a paranoid person. It didn’t have an instructional tone to it, in my opinion.

“YOU SILLY PERSON!”

Vigilance is not enough.

Thank you for sharing this, especially today. I was raped by my first boyfriend on this date 37 years ago. At one time, I used to pretend it hadn’t really been rape. At one time, I couldn’t read about sexual assaults. At one time, just hearing the word “rape” would tear holes in my soul. Time, therapy and healthy…

Just to me.

We need more vigilance in who we decide to ungrey on this site. There’s no need for fragile man babies to have their voices heard here.

Jesus Fuck. This is your takeaway? You’re going out of your way to be useless?

I had a friend in high school call these “stoptional signs”

Thanks for writing this. I was assaulted by an acquaintance who mistook my basic friendliness as reason enough to break into my bedroom in the middle of the night. For a long time after, I was worried about being the kind of girl who “led boys on.” Everything I tried to be growing up as a shy child - kind, friendly,…

IS EVERY STREET FRESHLY PAVED IN AUSTRALIA? Thats why every one sliding around, they are beautiful.