AA is anonymous so people can feel safe in going to meetings without suffering social or professional repercussions. It’s not intended to foster shame. I get what you’re saying but there’s a difference between a family hiding someone’s addiction and the program discretion.

Hold on. Venomous crickets are a thing? I’ve always regarded crickets as nature’s free symphony, annoying sometimes when one is chirping in the bathroom but mostly innocuous.

The thoughtfulness of your post shows that he made a wonderful contribution to the world in caring for you. What a great story.

Exactly. And I find that often adults tend to see high school kids as all one group of “kids” where the power imbalance between an underclassmen girl and a popular senior boy is HUGE. At that moment that a senior is pressuring you, you’re well aware that your response and the night’s outcome can determine your…

The tousled hair, the Kurt Cobain sweaters, the goofy smile - yep, Tate had it.

Not sure which “sex positive” people you’ve been talking to, but the general idea is usually along the lines of honoring your partners as people and respecting their choices, not treating sex as a prize. I’d say the whole idea of scoring is more from a paradigm that views men as conquerors and women as things to be…

I was nauseated by the fact that a trans person is depicted as a psycho. Cece is obviously an unreliable narrator - says it was an accident with Alison in the bath, but her father says it wasn’t the first time. Blames Bethany for killing Marion, says she just found her mother dead, that none of her almost-murders…

My older friends who were screwing in the 70’s and early 80’s have stories that dwarf anything I’ve heard elsewhere. That said, I do think there’s an exploration to be had of the effect Tinder, other apps and online porn have had on dating and relationships. Unfortunately these discussions always get cloaked in “I’m…

I’d be remiss if I didn’t take this opportunity to suggest everyone read Angela Carter’s “The Fall River Axe Murders.” Perfect short story on Lizzie. Love it so hard.

Do they do their own makeup and clothes? I always assumed someone on the show at least did the makeup. Most regular people don’t know how to make the jump from real life makeup to TV-ready makeup.

I’ve noticed there are more attractive women than men. Any bar or party I walk into, there are plenty of women who qualify as conventionally attractive and only a few guys who could be called good-looking. Between makeup, hair and clothing, plus the pressure to look pretty, women generally take more care with their…

She reminds me of Jean Harlowe in that pic.

Same thing happened to one of my friends - I was the friend who busted it up. To this day, everyone remembers it differently. People deny they were in the room (though they were) some think it was another party, etc. Some of them might be lying, others may have merged or distorted events over the decades, others might…

I find it a helpful framework for professional situations. I’ve been in so many workplaces run by extroverts who think everyone needs to be outgoing, highly social and constantly interacting, and that anyone who needs more alone time is somehow inferior or not a team player.

Blaze Starr Goes Nudist is one of my favorites of the 60’s nudist colony movies that were in vogue then. They’re so charmingly innocent and hers was really cute.

Yep! As a single woman with no kids, I’ve been told time and again - usually not in official negotiations but in conversations with coworkers and managers - that I don’t “need” more than a modest salary. I once was at a job where someone was given a huge increase when the boss found out she was the breadwinner with a…

Exactly. I’ve slept with a fair number of women and they all liked different things. I’ve also slept with a fair number of men and SO MANY have “their way” of going down and get very offended when I ask to change it up - they usually insist other women have said they’re “the best” and so obviously I’m just weird.…

I bought a t-shirt there (on sale) last winter because it had a cheetah on it. It was so incredibly thin and poor-quality and it immediately became baggy and shapeless. I was stunned. I used to pick up both basic tees and the occasional cute one - I still have a shirt from years ago that’s held up incredibly well. I…

I’ve heard and seen this myself. I think if there was ever some magical study that did the numbers on how much partner sex people had and enjoyed versus jerking to porn, we’d see a huge decrease in one and increase in the other in this century.

Couldn’t agree more. It’s also hard to draw that line between your work self and your sexy private self when your boss will text you late into the night and you’re expected to check your email before you go to bed. You never really feel like you’re off the clock, so it’s harder to slip into sex mode. The dissolution…