Thanks for posting this. That article bummed me out a lot. I thought Hot Girls Wanted was a pretty good documentary. I live in Miami and have encountered men and women in the adult film industry and the documentary lined up with exactly what I’ve heard.

Agreed. This article was a little weird. I just kept thinking of how birth control truly was/is a total breakthrough for women and feminism. Now its comparing it to being a robot. Being able to flip off the switch for pregnancy is empowering, its progress.

Thank you for saying this. I can see this whole thread is veering off into the “anything you say slightly negative about sex is anti-feminist and sex-negative” territory and I thought this site was past that. Sigh.

This is terrorism.

I dealt with this a lot with my ex-boyfriend. It was always weird because we were very close, never fought, and he was genuinely a good guy. I am pretty confident and sure of myself. But every now and then he’d hang out alone with a female friend of his and I’d get SO JEALOUS. And I always asked myself - why are you…

My parents have been sleeping in separate rooms for about 10 years now. They always both had a hard time sleeping for entirely different reasons so eventually my mom set up the guest room specifically for my dad. I never really thought it was weird, it just was so utilitarian and practical for them that it never felt…

My name is Carolyn! Your comment made my evening :-)

I often hate-read Lauren Rodrigue’s ridiculous wedding posts and I’m not surprised to see that she’s rather catty in the comments. I understood what you were saying and didn’t think you came off preachy, for the record.

In the slew of awful police brutality videos that have come out in the past year, this one has upset me the most. Its sickening to see a police officer doing this, especially with the backdrop of a classroom. Seeing the students just sitting there, taking all this in, breaks my heart. I teach high school because I…

Exactly. I teach high school and I am extremely familiar with those kids that you just want to kick out and not have to deal with ever again. But part of teaching is learning to deal with that and managing in a calm, fair, and firm manner. I have had some really awful students, but I have never felt any urge to…

Is it? Do you live there?

Just the other night my roommate brought mooncakes home and “dared” me to try it because according to her they’re the most awful things ever created and everyone knows it.

So happy you brought it up! Jezebel posted this a few days ago and a lot of comments were so offended, but I just don’t think its that bad.

I actually found out recently that a friend of mine pursued and slept with another friend of mine, while he was in a relationship with my very close friend. I lost a lot of respect for both the boyfriend who cheated and my friend who pursued him, but I was surprised at how I equally blamed the friend who pursued him.…

Exactly! I can be quite social and there are definitely Fridays where I get out of work and am like “I need to hang with people and have some fun tonight.” But all my social interactions are exactly what you said - planned out. I budget my socializing time and I make schedules and routines for myself. That is simply…

Yes! This is my second year teaching and while I love it its really crazy because I have a lot of prep work and students and all sorts of stress. One day I came home and a dirty bowl that had been in the sink for 24 hours was still there, and I actually started crying. I’ve created little habits to help myself, I…

Yeah, and I forgot to mention that two of the roommates are in college and one is a babysitter but more “laid-back,” so she works to make enough money for rent and going out. Which is all totally fine, but its so not where I’m at right now. They’re all in a very different place than I am. I could see myself living…

Hi all, I am really needing this Saturday Night Social.

Exactly. I’m surprised at how many comments are along the lines of “yeah thats super uncool to RSVP and not show up” or “they should have at least texted the morning of so they bride can try and get her money back.” In the world I grew up in, there were ALWAYS no shows at any party, event, get-together, gathering, you…

I love you and I love this comment. Wedding culture is sickening these days.