You said that so well. Thank you! And then these same parents are like, "She always knew she could come to us! Sob, sob. I don't know why this happened!" when she is discovered throwing her baby down a garbage chute or whatever.

That would put me off my father, actually. He sounds horrible. Sorry you had to go through that.

They did a test on you that you didn't approve? And they charged you for it, too, I'll bet.

She was grounded for 3 months for kissing a guy in the 8th grade? THAT is weird. Neither of my parents minded if I kissed a boy when I was in the 8th grade. She was HUMILIATED for doing something totally normal? Bad parenting move — very bad parenting move. But why is she saying, "My mother was, OF COURSE, livid."…

Why not? That's how the kid got help in the first place. Or at least attention has been brought to the problem. Without this, she could easily wind up like someone I used to know, 5 years old, locked in the apartment with the rotting corpse of his junkie mother for days because he couldn't unlock the door and they…

What do we KNOW. Anyone who has ever been a junkie or had one in the family (or as a boyfriend/girlfriend) will tell you that the woman is on heroin. On public transportation. Where she should be protecting her child. We also now know that she is blaming other people for losing her child instead of looking at her…

As a New Yorker...I can't help but think we all would have been involved, cause that is how we roll. I have seen some videos lately that make me so proud of being a New Yorker, videos that show us getting involved on the subway, protecting people.

No, bitch, you lost your daughter because you are not fit to raise her, because you chose heroin over her. And heroin is the best thing in the world to you — NOT your daughter. I hope to G-D that child gets a wonderful foster care placement. I know how rare that is, but it can happen and I hope it happens for her. …

There's nothing wrong with you telling their stories the way you did — nothing.

No, you are not pretty if your thighs tough. That's the thigh gap. It's been around forever. I thought the Lucy Lawless/J. Lo/Beyonce/Nicky Minaj/Shakira body type offered a great alternative to the thigh-gap worship I grew up with in White Town, Whiteyville, USA. There, thigh gap ruled, but there was no name for…

Actually — I liked his honesty. Because I think anyone in his horrible situation would be thinking that. Having the guts to admit it is — important.

I think that sometimes it would do us and the world A WHOLE LOT OF GOOD if we remembered we ARE animals more often. Our humanity hasn't made us behave particularly well on way too many occasions. And it would hurt no one if we were better to animals and to the environment all animals (including us!) have to live in.

Use "female" if you like. You are on Jezebel for crissakes! Everything will piss off SOMEBODY here. Do what works for you and don't worry about it. There is nothing inherently horrible about "female."

Isn't that FUCKING DISGUSTING — people saying, "Well, that doesn't LOOK like a junkie" as if they all looked alike? Uh — that is a fucking junkie nod and she is a junkie and the idea that no one did anything. I would have.

A heroin high looks just like that.

That looks like heroin to me.

You are adorable and awesome and wonderful. Please let me say it — as a teacher — the ENTHUSIASM you show for that scene...g-d, why can't ALL my students love writing the way you clearly do? I am telling you, you have what it takes to be an English teacher if you ever want to be. I just love your response. I love…

I am not shouting you down. I am glad you wrote this — and so is my sister and her Turkish husband. THANK YOU.

I guess so. There is a nice way you could have said that. The fact that you chose to be rude about it says a lot about you, none of it good.

I do! First of all, how did you find a doctor who gave you one? Please, please help me. Please. I have Crohn's disease and I think it might help — but I can't find an MD that is in NYC! Yeah, I am in New York fucking City and can't find an MD who will do this. PLEASE respond to this! Why did you have it done? …