I grew up with that too (I’m part Pennsylvania Dutch), but if I attempted to do that the plate would just sit on my sideboard for months, possibly years, while I procrastinated about what to put in it and when I would have time and OMG what if it didn’t turn out right. So now I handwash it while the giver is still…

Woman inherits the earth.

Woman inherits the earth.

I don’t (have to get dressed up), because I work remotely (I’m a technical editor, and a lot of my customers are overseas and all my work contact is through email and over the phone). But I still get up every morning, shower, put on work clothes down to shoes and tights, put my hair up, and apply makeup because if I…

I’m so shellshocked by all of this that my first reaction was, “At least he didn’t masturbate into a plant in front of her.”

4-6 MONTHS? Please tell me you meant to say 4-6 weeks. Even just a month with family would drive me absolutely nuts.

I feel her.

Me eating alone: lunch with a good novel at a trendy small-plate restaurant of vegetables cooked in interesting ways, mixed greens with vinaigrette, and small portions of cheese, smoked meats, and/or cured fish

Another famous misogynist. Wouldn’t be surprised if *he* were a creeper too.

So you can feel all superior about having an overpriced cutting board? I’ve gone a decade without one, and my knives are perfectly fine.

So you can feel all superior about having an overpriced cutting board? I’ve gone a decade without one, and my knives…

Headed for The Worst Things For Sale in 3...2...1...

Headed for The Worst Things For Sale in 3...2...1...

Do they not have Zweites Früstück in Nuremberg?

I was raised in a German Reformed tradition that observed that practice, and then I became an Episcopalian. In the Anglican Communion, Advent is a season of reflection and penance, and we don’t sing Christmas carols until the 24th. The season of Christmas doesn’t properly start until after the Christmas Eve mass. I…

God, I grew up in a pretty sexist, conservative Christian community, and I can’t even imagine what it would be like to be female in an Orthodox Jewish community and have to accommodate those kinds of infuriating, imaginary needs. So these guys didn’t have to cultivate any kind of scholarly discipline of the sort that…

Taipei!

I am banking on this. Great Lakes FTW.

Read this to Professor Swan, who stopped me about halfway through to say, “FUCK THAT HIPSTER SHIT, THEY CAN KISS MY FUCKING ASS!”

Or it could be shark week.

And the thing is...most of our husbands are assholes, too!! Most of our husbands have sexually harassed or made racist jokes.

And where are the Godzilla movies, for crying out loud? Godzilla is much more of a force of nature than any stupid alien invasion. Godzilla is the Earth’s vengeance for nuclear war and political hubris. Godzilla is awesome, and I want him to show up and knock over Cheetolini’s tacky buildings like they were made out…

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