Seriously? Hilary and Thatcher comparisons? Do you know anything except vague anti-capitalist sorta feminist theory? There are a lot of layers to a Kardashian and pop-culture critique on issues of race, gender and class but you’re just throwing out meaningless buzzwords.

I love South Dakota as a road trip vacation destination - I try to talk everyone into it! I just went around starring everyone who mentioned the Corn Palace in a good light and trying not to start arguments with those who didn’t.

Reading these reminded me of the time I worked as a host at a completely insane bar/pub for 2 months (two months too long!) No employees were allowed to come there as customers - EVER - if you tried and the owner saw you he would openly berate you for being "the help". Sitting down was not allowed and all the floors…

Pre-hiring physical! Agggh. I just think my "haven't heard of it" should have included the caveat of *haven't actually asked very many people. That's crazy!

Hah! The communist thing is really funny, school districts are so strange and conservative.

I've always wondered about drug tests for teachers! I've never heard of it happening, I'd imagine unions would be like "NO WAY" but there's such a weird purity culture in teaching/teacher training (elementary ed programs in particular) that I was warned not to even have photos of me near a glass of wine at dinner on…

Totally. My experience in schools/teaching is just that it tends to attract people who are super, super conservative and people who are super, super progressive who got into the same career for vastly different reasons. This leads to a lot of conflict. Sometimes being "well-liked", especially by students, is seen as a…

I completely relate to what you've said, although I'm not from an immigrant family (and I have traveled overseas, but for work, and it was not glamorous) your last paragraph really sums up where I'm at with it right now. I find that I don't really fit in class-wise with my friends from school, either, and have maybe 1…

I read the headline thinking I would discover the secret to enjoying bachelorette parties... and read Tip #1 to discover that no, no I should not have one at all. I swear I like going out! I just really hate public/pubic embarrassment. #teamnodickstraws

I don't feel super strongly one way or the other, but that really isn't the same makeup as the ad and her eyebrows are styled differently too. My highly unofficial guess is they're some test shots done trying out different styling choices, but I think that's why her fans are saying they were "photoshopped to look…

There's a lot of the "miraculous cure though diet!" with my autoimmune condition too, but the diets are all really complex and challenging to follow. My doctor told me on the same appointment I got my diagnosis not to pay any attention to them. I really get frustrated with this kind of stuff because I feel like it's…

She's just so, so stupid. She encourages people to be stupid as well and to be less inquisitive all under the guise of asking more questions (but only from one source: her). It's the same rhetoric as conspiracy theorists, this false idea of "knowing the truth" through an incredibly narrow and self-reinforcing view of…

There is some digestive merit to fermented vs. unfermented soy - but it's definitely not an allergy! Most people's biggest crimes when talking about undiagnosed/non-specific food issues are calling them allergies in restaurants ("so it's taken seriously!") or explaining it as either gluten or dairy "intolerance" when…

Thanks! I think 50 Shades deserves smart criticism, if only to try to drown out all the dumb criticism AND to make sure that women who discovered they enjoy erotica through the series aren't shamed into not finding better/other stuff they like too. I totally agree that women should be allowed to have silly fantasy…

Oh, also! This is my take on the criticism of the criticism that "people just don't like women enjoying erotica!"

I personally do think that it normalizes abuse at worst, and at best it simply feeds into the cultural messages that allow abusers to normalize their behavior themselves. The idea that a woman could "fix" a man, that she should stay in a relationship she's clearly unhappy in or that she should push herself to do…

Delicious. The only thing its weird in is tea!

The going through old, old messages/texts and throwing them at you as "proof" is so horrible. It makes you feel crazy and powerless, as if the only way to have behaved ok would be to have a time machine. I also know the feeling of deleting and throwing out even innocuous things just in case. I'm so glad you got out (I…

Totally. I guess my issue isn't so much that there isn't legit science involved (I used to be REALLY into the IndyCar stuff when I was younger until I realized that got you made fun of outside of Indiana). I think it's more that NASCAR is shorthand for white trash, and that's a whole ball of race/class history in…

What they should really sell is a secretly discounted line of multiple makeup looks, because when you are with someone who controls EVERY part of your life that includes makeup! And on a whim, that means that the fancy MAC eyeshadow you were wearing yesterday is suddenly trashy and looks terrible and you need to go…