If it’s silly, why not do it? I don’t mean to imply that not wanting to change your name is not ok, but I also think it’s ok to say “I like my name and want to keep it.”

Also, if your mom changed her name when she married your dad, it is her name too! And now it belongs to you.

I would add that you can make unfeminist decisions and still be a feminist. I believe that this decision is not a feminist one, but feminists do make it. By making a decision that unfortunately props up the patriarchy, they don’t suddenly get stripped of their feminist credentials, but the nature of this choice and…

You can totally keep your legal name the same and call yourself your married name socially, which is what working class women used to do in this country even 100 years ago.

Thank you!

Obviously, I have some Feelings on this, and ultimately it is your decision. I will say that my decision to not change my name because honestly I think having to do that in order to get to really be married in the eyes of others is ridiculous (I mean I’m not a femme covert or anything) has not affected my relationship…

I guess the question is whether or not you really consider your current last name to belong to you and be a part of your own identity. I never considered that my last name belonged to my Dad because it’s been my name since I was born.

I think you would honestly be well-served to learn more about the Holocaust. The first steps toward what would eventually lead to the invasion of Poland and the murder of millions of Jews were some laws that restricted the movement and actions of Jews in public and political life. This was in 1933. War broke out in…

100%. Once you make it ok with yourself to consider some people people and others not worthy of humanity, it is really easy to justify hurting, detaining and even killing those people.

Does anyone find it interesting that the most comfortable and relaxed he looks is near that kangaroo? Is Mike Pence half legoman, half marsupial?

I recently learned I am allergic to everything. Inside. Outside. Fall. Spring. Summer. Dust. Pollen. Ragweed. Grass. Trees. Life. Rainbows and happiness. Allergies are the worst.

Yup. And the person who lives near Lake Merritt who says people do this every afternoon.

Ha! I had the exact same reaction.

She had enough spare time to wait for TWO HOURS for the police to show up?

Grad school read! Top of every page, beginning and end of every chapter, skim it, whatever. Enough so that you get the general idea and can move on with your life. Unless you dig slowly savoring it, which is fine. This is what I do when I’m more than halfway through a book and it’s dragging but I want to find out how…

It doesn’t matter what was playing. He verbally abused a young woman who had already fixed the problem he complained about, apologized and offered him a free muffin. Then, this piece of shit who probably makes half a million dollars a year had to demand the jobs of the minimum wage workers unfortunate enough to cross…

I’ve read this twice (once to myself, and once out loud to my husband, who was very amused) and it gets better every time.

Oooh now I want gazpacho.

Oh no! Save the bees!

Ah yes, nothing like the smell of rubbery vomit. They are all over Philly. It’s great.