Italy is where a judge in the 90s overturned the conviction of a 45-year-old driving instructor found guilty of raping an 18-year-old pupil on the grounds that she could not have been raped because she was wearing jeans. He argued that it’s impossible to get tight jeans off a woman without her consent, so the sex must…

I figure that’s at least part of the reason behind this:

Yeah, the only thing good that came out of this episode is that it told me exactly whom to have no respect for, because I was done with anyone who said some nonsense about, “What am I supposed to tell my kids about nipples?” I don’t know, dude, your kids were drinking out of nipples a few short years ago, and they…

Yeah, like 90% of pop music is about romantic relationships. This is not remotely restricted to Taylor Swift.

The unholy alliance of Libertarian-leaning Republicans (“You shouldn’t have a baby unless you are rich. Why should I pay for your decision to not be rich?”) and fundamentalist Christian Republicans (“All women should have babies every time they have sex, and this should always take place in a home with a single male…

Yeah, I work a union job, and my official paid maternity leave* is 6 weeks. And everyone I know with a job knows that is pretty generous here. But most of the women I know with young kids left the workforce when they were born instead, either because they have the means to be a SAHM for a while, or because they were…

No, everything about the advice to LW2 was terrible. “You’ve been together 2 years, you both want marriage and kids, you’re in your 30s, and you may have years of immigration issues to deal with. Definitely put off an important talk about your future for 5 years.”

Can Canadians not bring spouses over to Canada? I don’t get the impression that she wants to move to Canada with him and get pregnant before marriage. She just doesn’t want to get engaged without finding out if he would be open to it.

Okay, the response to the second letter is all wrong. You’ve been together 2 years, you’re in your early 30s, you both want marriage and kids. “Give it 5 years because you’re not engaged yet” is wildly dumb advice. You talk about having kids and where you want to live before you get engaged, not after. And while it is…

How could he not love her? I’ve only just seen her, and I already love her.

I don’t know how to hold a dog either. This may be why I am a cat person. Of course with full grown dogs, I just don’t hold them, I walk them. But with puppies I simply do not have the proper technique. They all seem like they want to fall on their head. Kitten and cat holding I have down, though my favorite is when…

Thanks to your comment, I’ve just realized I have identical nostrils to Melania Trump.

Oh my god. I hadn’t even heard this, but I remember thinking, “Melania looks odd today,” while watching the news this morning. I just assumed it was a change of the cosmetic lip plumping/deflating variety, but conspiracy theories are more fun...

My husband forgets approximately everything he doesn’t want to remember. It mostly consists of appointments and weekend plans, as well as the list of vegetables he actually enjoys eating that I have to convince him to “try” again every time I make them. Sometimes it extends to arguments and resolutions to those…

I definitely deleted 5 friend requests from my middle school bully, before finally being like, “Here is what you did to me, and I do not want to reconnect.” She didn’t remember that, only remembered the people who were bullying her at the time, and I told her I was glad she was doing better now, but I have no interest…

You’ve known for years, apparently. I just heard about this when the NY Times story broke.

True Blood and AHS for the former, Mad Men for the latter. You can’t argue that Don Draper’s rape as a ~13 year old was shown in the absence of him being a fully 3 dimensional character, but the show was notable for having the story line at all.

I starred assuming sarcasm.

That is one ugly fucking purse.

But the power dynamic that allowed that to happen and is systemic is that it is abuse against prisoners and abuse against children. The prevalence of prison rape is due to the lack of power of prisoners, and the societal shame that most people are willing to turn a blind eye to it. I genuinely care about this issue,…