Ugh I’m so sorry that happened to you. I had a really good friend in college who was the only girl in her engineering degree. She actually refused to study with any of the men for their final year because the years previous, they actually claimed that the only reason she was doing so well was because they were…

Feck that short hair nonsense. I looked ok with a pixie cut when I was 19 and 112 lbs with a recent boob reduction, but jirl, that was the 70s. I did finally give up the long straight hippie hair look a few years back and got a salon cut, but its still below my shoulders and there it shall stay. Otherwise this rack…

When you meet people for the first time and they shake everyone in the group’s hand but yours because you are the only woman. Legit they drop the last man’s hand, look at me and then smile and nod. OHHOHOHOHOFUCK THAT I just stick my hand out obnoxiously and wait until they get uncomfortable and have to shake it. And…

Preach, sister friend!

Good on you for refusing to shrink in ANY direction. It’s always been women’s ‘job’ to CONTAIN ourselves— physically, verbally, emotionally, be quiet, be small, be polite and gentle and soft-spoken, smile when you’re angry or upset, don’t clean your plate, refuse dessert, strive for a size 000, don’t speak unless…

It’s true you can’t win. I have been a confident, bold, assertive woman since I was very very young. It always baffled me growing up (and contributed a lot to my depression) that not only children but adults dots like me...when I was 12, a youth pastor told me it was his personal goal to help me “change” my…

Will somebody PLEASE find me a GIF of Roger from Mad Men asking Peggy for coffee during the secret move to their own company, and peggy very casually answering “no”. I believe its Season 3, episode 13.

My 15-year-old niece got a talking-to from her high school guidance counselor for the exact same thing. She’s “too confident in her answers,” and it upsets her male teachers. Because…they’re overly emotional, insecure crybabies, I guess?

“Good for you!” pats you on the head.

I work for a big utility company in a technical position, and I am one of 6 women in a group of over 30 people. The majority of the company’s 23,000 employees are male, and the overwhelming majority of women in the company work in administrative support, clerical, or other non-technical roles. The culture can be…

Ah, yes. When I was hired, the job description said X amount of money. I got less then X, tried to negotiate, and was told in a year I would be bumped up. In a year, I got rave performance reviews and told I was doing everything perfectly. However, all of a sudden, “Nobody gets raises or promotions” before 2 years.…

Kinja would like to accept your edits, but Kinja can’t accept your edits because it is against Kinja’s strongly-held religious beliefs. It can accept other people’s edits, but not yours. Because of the sinning, obvi. Understand, though, that it’s not discrimination. It’s completely out of Kinja’s hands.

I despise the rule that women over "insert age" should not have long hair. Luckily, I'm blessed with thick wavy Italian hair, I have 4 kids, and have always rocked my long hair. I'm 52 and it's at my waist. When said kids were little, braids, ponytails, buns, etc. Same for work. I get the most compliments on my…

Just this one, I think:

Morality would be giving KIDS the best chance to stay happy and healthy.

Yup.

I used to act out the white diamonds commercial for my mom and grandma using bedsheets and my dress up jewelry they loved it.

When I was little I often slept at my grandmother's where we would watch The Golden Girls and read The National Enquirer. The Princess Diana and Liz Taylor stories were by far my favourites. This was during her Larry Fortensky days and apparently I was very concerned that he wasn't good enough for Elizabeth Taylor. …

fierce.