The marital abuse issue is surely a massive deal here? It’s all well and good saying she should have used protection, should have aborted etc. etc. but if she was that scared of the consequences of any of those actions, she may have felt this was her only choice. It’s heartbreaking, really.

Nope. Living in a city does not allow you carte blanche to do whatever you feel like.

Oh, ok thanks for that!

I don’t think they should be harassed and threatened, but misgendering her after her death was not cool.

They made mistakes. Likely they regret them. They were a family mourning the death of their child, and they were harassed and abused.

Not that difficult, because Prince William’s pretty years are loooooong behind him, and he looks like he puts pussy to sleep.

My surname is common as hell, but my wife's name is more or less unique (except for her sister, but she took her husband's name). When we got married, she kept her maiden name and, if we decide to have kids, they'll use hers.

I quit the series after the beating - call it what it was, he used his belt - not because of the beating itself (it's quite correct that women were and still are beaten), but because it was perfectly clear that Gabaldon intended that Claire and Jamie would go right on screwing each other's brains out. And I'm sorry,…

So, as the world was gearing up for Outlanders return, I asked my Facebook feed if it was something I needed to watch. I've never read the books and even though everyone has been raving about the series, I never got into it. But I saw all the positive, feminist-y articles and when my Facebook feed shouted YES at me, I…

THANK YOU. Kate Middleton’s style bores me to tears, always has. I think a lot of the admiration she gets is actually about her being extremely thin, with long flowing locks. Just like a princess!!!!

To me she didn't need to include that bit seeing as she really did not research it to see if it was historically accurate, she said it was historically accurate and yes spousal abuse did happen back then but it was not as common as she said it was and she didn't have to romanticize it. . The author is an awful person…

"cause men in his generation never learned how to talk."

If you're worried about functionality you could just wear pants. I have a hard time believing most women wear mini skirts so its easier to catch the bus.

Justice is so rare, I’d forgotten what it tastes like. The only way this could be better would be if they’d been able to attach some type of sex crime to it. I know the statute likely doesn’t allow for this but let’s be real, these were sexual crimes. He wanted their money, just like any other kind of extortion, but…

What proportion of the models are naturally thinner than 18BMI, and still healthy? If the answer is few, then this measure might prevent a bunch of other models from practicing extreme dieting, and that makes this measure ok in my eyes.

Rita Ora is a cute girl with a decent voice who has been marketed wrong. They tried to make her the British Rihanna and that was a mistake. If she’s willing to go niche, she’ll better realize her potential. It worked for FKA Twigs.

Ironically, Franzen does make an interesting point - though it’s not the one he probably intended. I work in conservation biology and have had a fair bit of contact with people working in the field, and one of the biggest unspoken about problems in the field is the disproportionate effect some parochial interests have…

As always, SHUT THE FUCK UP JONATHAN FRANZEN

I get it. But, these are old nuggets and not very upsetting. Everyone is kind of making fun of you. To be a troll here, you really have to go for it now. The trolling standard here is super high. It seems like maybe spring break isn’t the time to try new things for you.

Like the time Jez partook in the Amanda Bynes spectacle and then turned around with a THIS IS SO SAD, GET BETTER SOON MANDY~*~*~ <3 <3 <3 article when she was hospitalized.