SoDak is totally enjoyable to visit. The Badlands are really cool, so are the Black Hills. Rushmore is interesting, although I mostly remember the incredible kitch in the gift store and thinking about that scene in North by Northwest the whole time I was there. Crazy Horse looked like it was going to be cool. I…

YES. Also the Badlands! I always tell foreigners that foreigners go to NYC/Chicago/Miami/LA/etc on vacation, but real Americans go to South Dakota on vacation.

Forget Mount Rushmore, South Dakota is home to both the Corn Palace AND Wall Drug

I love South Dakota, but I’m a plains girl. You either love wide open spaces, or you don’t.

I remember we went to Dinosaur Park, which was pretty cool, and had some ice cream that was really good. And Mt. Rushmore, in the great American tradition of dragging your kids to tourist shit they don’t care about. Call me when I can climb on it like the dinosaurs.

I had to sign a "moral clause agreement" when I accepted my teaching job promising among other things that I was not a communist. It was a long time ago. I did not have to take a drug test. They were only concerned about commies at that time, not druggies.

I'd have bled out years ago.

I definitely relate to this. My mother's side came from a little money but my dad's side was poor and growing up we were poor but we rented a house in a middle class neighborhood and I went to a good elementary school and my friends were all middle class. I act middle class. People assume I am middle class to upper…

I told all my friends that if I saw one novelty penis at my party, I'd defriend them and hate them forever. I might have been a little dramatic but I despise them that.much.

Dude, dick paraphernalia is the fucking worst. Get her a sash that says "Bachelorette" or a tiara or something, or dress up like you're doing Glamour Shots, but for the love of all that's holy, don't get dick paraphernalia. Not only is it uncomfortable for at least half the party (if not more), it's utterly…

My friends took me to a drag show then we did karaoke while they got me unspeakably drunk. We finished an enormous bottle of gin. It was fantastic.

I would just like to share, along these lines, my recent eating experience. My friend told me that he had listened to a program on NPR that basically said the reason they were relaxing the cooking guidelines on pork is because the bacteria in pork that makes people sick is essentially extinct. I went to a Chicago…

especially on a site dedicated to supporting women! I'm not super entertained by them anymore (I used to watch the show) but I actually admire their hustle and it pisses me off that more people don't because it's basically a big family of all women with all these different projects and personalities.

I agree. I have long been a Kardashian defender. I honestly think a lot of it is really sexist. How many men promote themselves and start businesses and cash in on their celebrity? This is America. A lot of people like money. I like money! These women work really hard for their careers. They're not committing crimes…

I gotta tell ya, I think the level of vitriol directed toward the Kardashians says a tremendous amount about our society. I don't particularly care for them, which I've said time and time again. I think they're kinda tacky and boring.

Not really.

One thing that my therapist asked me over and over again was "Where is your anger? You have every right to be angry at him for his betrayal and behavior, and yet you're more focused on shifting the blame onto yourself." It took me a long time to recognize what I was doing, both in my head and in how I framed things…

THIS. Is masturbation material. That up there is not.

I am so happy that you got out of this relationship. Thank you for sharing your story, I wish you nothing but happiness in your future.

I read it in the midst of an abusive marriage and used it to justify the abuse I received. My husband acted like Grey and that was apparently sexy and what women wanted, so I just have it good. That was literally my thought process, so yes, at least in one case, it did influence someone to stay in an abusive…