Being raised super evangelical (and being super gay), his book and others like it made my life a living hell. That said, I can’t really muster any anger for him now. I know what that childhood is like, and I can imagine that being home schooled and writing that book at 21 was probably the product of some very…

I don’t know if it is in contrast to the purple wall or just the force of her intelligence and personality coming through in the photo, but I cannot look away from her hair color.

Yeah, it’s a crime the pain he caused, but he was a 21 year old indoctrinated into a belief system, writing about something he probably had almost no experience with.

But I guess it’s easier to have someone else tell you what to do instead, of having faith in yourself to figure it out on your own.

I am fascinated by this. In many ways, his journey kinda resembles mine.  I read his book when I was about his age - and boy did i buy that hook line and sinker.  But I guess it’s easier to have someone else tell you what to do instead, of having faith in yourself to figure it out on your own.  There aren’t many…

This guy’s (an others like him) work is the reason that my parents were complete psychopaths in my teens (and early 20's) in regards to dating.

That sort of behavior is beyond scary and gross. Many women, including myself, would probably have been more than a little freaked out by that sort of thing, so I’m genuinely glad that you weren’t bothered by it.

I mean, if Liv Tyler is the benchmark for looking 42, many of my friends in their early-mid 40s have significantly more signs of aging (a fair number don’t, tho!). Where I see the line breakdown is income/occupation/social life, which tend to go fairly hand-in-hand. My friends who have had harder lives, had to work…

Routine listener of NPR as well, and I was curious how Gross and Mayer would handle the interview. Terry is a bit more forgiving in this interview than I’m used to, and I haven’t finished the full podcast yet—I just finished up to the part where it’s “just Al’s culture” and stopped. That was a dismissive, icky segment…

Where is the sunscreen‼ You UV-ravaged fool!!

I love skincare, but I think it’s time for more of us to admit that most of this shit is a matter of something even more out of our control than finances or diet: genetics. Fucking genetics.

Then why did he resign? I mean, literally the thirty-five Senators said, “Resign now or we’ll have to open an investigation,” because that’s literally the only consequence they could bring to bear on him. He resigned. Now he’s wishing there was an investigation. I get that hindsight is 20/20, but let’s not pretend he…

Y’know, if Franken wanted due process so much, he could have stayed in office and demanded an investigation. It’s almost like he really wanted to duck out of the public eye for a while, then use his media connections to rewrite history to make himself seem more sympathetic!

I’m assuming that because :looks around & gestures to our burning country.: Have you EVER seen any rich guy suffer consequences? A chemical company ruins drinking water for a local town, they declare bankruptcy and walk away scot free. Wall Street crashes the economy, hard working people lose EVERYTHING, and not one…

Anna, first on the topic.

It sucks being a liberal and actually caring to mince the details of what someone did.

Let me preface this with saying, I would have liked to see Frankin go through the ethics process if for no other reason to see if we as a society can come up with gradations of punishment for gradations of transgressions.

Thanks for your reporting. I used to admire Mayer and am mystified as to why she chose to die on this hackish hill.

I keep saying this man will bring down half the political class and a boat load of CEOs. To which I say: good.

I’m sickened that my purchases from VS funded this horror.