This girl is a BEAUTIFUL writer and it’s a real fucking shame that this is the way we have to find out about her gift.

She is so courageous it's heartwrenching.

The thing is, they didn’t even HAVE to listen to women. There were two men that saved her, chased him off, and acted as eyewitnesses to his crime, but his welfare is still prioritized before hers. And arguably, before the welfare of his next potential victim.

You can police every aspect of your speech, you can wear the right things, you can get all the degrees and expertise, you can write the most fucking eloquent and heartbreaking courtroom statement and still there are men who will not hear you because they just don’t listen to women.

You should love Andy all the time! He is a hardcore feminist ally who goes on amazing righteous rants. His wife is Sarah Thyre, the abortion rights activist. He is a huge backer of women in comedy, LGBT rights, etc. Mocks — super intelligently — the idiocy of racist and bigoted public policy. Dude’s a gem.

Hi Jez friends! Happy SNS! This is your Brag Thread. Any grand accomplishments, big or small, you want to brag about but haven’t yet found an acceptable outlet in which to do so?

I love Andy Richter. Loved his series, which should have been hits. And he fucking slayed when he was on Celebrity Jeopardy.

Gosh, I’m so sorry that happened to you. I hope you’re both safe now.

Yeah, there’s who I want backing me up as a not drug-and-alcohol addled violent creep: Mickey fucking Rourke!!

He’s saying that Depp is smearing her in the press to get away from abuse allegations. Where are you getting the other side?

At least there is a chance that we’ve seen the end of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise

I love it when guys defend other guys by talking about *their* own friendship as evidence for why the guy must not have beaten his female partner. It’s like white guys saying “my white friend has always been great to me, there’s no way he’s racist!!”

My mom’s incontinence is out of control. She’s wetting herself multiple times a day. I also realized that she’s just not bathing properly anymore. I tried to stand in the bathroom and give her direction but she got mad at me. This is also when I realized she’s incapable of wiping herself after she goes to the…

A good friend’s little sister has some sort of undiagnosed mental illness (they suspected schizophrenia for a bit but have ruled it out) and it makes me sad for the sister and my friend because she has some tough times and they still haven’t figured out how to treat her or how best to prevent these episodes. But the…

Thank you, Snack. I read the quote from the article where she said the former friend would just have been institutionalized or a burden to her family and I wanted to cry. Six months ago, I was recovering from a suicide attempt. Today, I’m setting up for my son’s D&D-themed birthday party and he thanked me for coming…

THIS. After working in therapeutic group homes with kids everyone else has given up on, I just want to scream to the world: PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS STILL HAVE VALUE AND THEIR LIVES DO TOO.

My brother has schizophrenia. His life has value. I could never imagine writing something like that about him. Just FYI people, stop making psycho or schizo into a slur. Stigma is a real problem and contributes to the devaluing of the lives of people who have thought disorders.

*sounds of Bob Belcher GROANING*

about, oh, i guess it would be 18 or so years ago, when TMNT was the hot plastic junk craze at christmas, my boyfriend had spent the entire run-up to the holiday pleading for a donatello figure, but his mother didn’t have the money, so she asked his wealthier uncle. the uncle, who is to this day surly, single, and…