Thank you for doing that. Years and years and years ago when I was a young woman, some guy started creeping on me on the bus and another guy got up, moved to the seat across from him, and started haranguing the creep until he got up and moved. Now that I'm the older person, I will do the same thing myself.

Heh, I'm both extremely extroverted and extremely outgoing and I love, love, love people, but I've always felt that big groups were fine for very short doses only. Like, I'll go to a show with 10 people but the biggest travel group I can handle is maybe 4. The level of engagement with the whole group it takes to plan…

Obviously not a direct answer to your question, but have you seen "Murder on a Sunday Morning"? I'm including the link to the IMDB page. It's an extremely well made documentary about a 15 year old boy wrongly accused of murder because he's black.

Before you go to your meeting, write down everything you want to say. Practice saying it out loud.

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Laverne Cox seems like a really cool lady, but nothing will make me watch this.

I have watched this video at least one hundred million times now and I'm not even the least bit tired of it.

Hank Williams is one of my most beloved musical idols and Tom Hiddleston is, like, my imaginary BFF for life (I like Elizabeth Olsen a lot, too) so it’s pretty much a given I’m going to go see this movie regardless, but I’m deliberately keeping my expectations low. As has been mentioned elsewhere in the comments,…

To be fair, I would watch a movie in which Hank Williams was a transplant from Mars 100 times in a row, regardless of its actual quality. Because that sounds AWESOME.

I always try to be friendly and polite to retail and service workers because...well, why wouldn’t I be? But knowing how many people are jerks to people who are just trying to help them, I really enjoy giving compliments for exceptional service. People are quick to complain (sometimes when it's not even warranted) so I…

I had to stop in to the grocery store this evening. I expected it to be crowded and it was. I expected lines to be long and they were. I expected to have a long wait and was pleasantly surprised by how quickly the cashiers were getting everyone checked out, all while keeping smiles on their faces. As soon as I got…

Lauren, I totally love all these over the top wedding shoots, whether they’re “real” or “inspirational” but, then, I’m not and never will be a bride planning a wedding so I never feel any sense of pressure about them, they’re just pure fun to me. I can relate in a different way, though - I’m on the party planning…

My friend had a very small dog with a very loud bark and she haaaaaaaaaaaaaaated skateboarders and would bark at them any time they passed. One day my friend and I were out walking this dog when we passed a kid skating on his driveway. He politely paused so we could pass by - at which point the tiny little dog ran up…

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Take care of this now, even if it’s a pain. Even if you lose your insurance and have to work around that. I really hope you don’t have skin cancer but just in case you do, early detection will improve your outcome SO much.

Came here to say exactly that

So, like, someone had chlamydia, let's say, found out early, got it treated, and it's gone for good? I don't think that's a necessary disclosure.

I’m a woman who has dated both men and women. I don’t really date much any more but when I did, it was always with the understanding that unless we agreed in advance to cover ourselves, whoever asked pays. I always made sure I could cover my share, anyway, and always offered to do so.

If you are entertaining company, I'm happy to buy you dinner. I'm not really interested in dating in a romantic way or anything, but, you know, if you're down for going out to eat and can converse, then I'm good with paying.

Now I want to hug YOU. As a frumpy middle-aged woman who is perfectly fucking okay with this fact in large part because I don’t feel some sort of need to be beautiful because there is nothing the WRONG with my ugliness, it just IS, I would like the whole damn world to stop trying to tell me I’m “beautiful” in the same…