Here is my question, what is the chance that June herself was molested as a child? She got pregnant at 14/15 which means she was sexually active at a very young age. That is generally an indicator of abuse (because you were groomed at a young age that sex is appropriate, normal etc. Would also explain why she is ok…

Whenever I see articles like this, I roll my eyes. It's not for the reason you might think. It is like you just found out about this. I guess its different when you live some place that this was the norm.

It's easy, on the week of Halloween, to forget that witches (and warlocks) were not always seen as fun characters to dress up as or the villains in scary stories. Historically, they were men and women who were discriminated against, persecuted and often killed with nothing more than hearsay as evidence.

Yes, as rigid and sexist as it was, it was also open about death. Today we see death so much as lurid violence, mostly for entertainment, and so rarely as something truly solemn that needed to be addressed.

OH MY GOD I NEEDED GOOD NEWS TODAY

This is why I maintain that the Kardashians are the most honest reality tv family. They're pretty up front with their fame whoring, not saying "oh, we value modesty more than anything" and then turning around and plastering themselves on magazines or saying "my kids are so important, I'm being so careful with their…

The frequency with which women throw out their principles and those that love them over a man that they find attractive is immensely depressing.

I feel for you.
Kinda unrelated: when I was in my late teens I had a shitty toxic friend that would act like my BFF... until something with a penis walked by, and then I was The Ugly Fat Friend and her entire attitude toward me would change. Not the same, but your story reminded me of it.
People are so fucking selfish…

i made the mistake of going on an okcupid date without updating my pictures. figured a 15-lb weight differential wouldn't be DEAL-BREAKING.

SO MANY QUESTIONS I COULD ASK. And then no way to cite my research. :( But at least I would know, I guess!

Man, as an historian, I would love to have a dream about the past! Maybe a little further back though... make me a fly on the wall in a tavern during the American Revolution and I'd be happy!

Aw! I think this is great! Your husband's grandmother is around to say hello to the baby.

With Aretha being in the news lately, I decided to check out some of her old vids on YouTube, and I came across this medley from a Duke Ellington tribute special. Singing with Peggy Lee, Roberta Flack, & the amazing, sassy Sarah Vaughan. Terrific!

I love this

Premonitions are a really weird one. I've never had any as terrifying as yours, but every so often, in the middle of dreams which I otherwise never remember after I wake up, I get sudden totally out-of-context snatches of a scene which I remember very vividly after I wake up. These only last maybe a second at the…

I had to explain to my mother a few days ago what a "mens right's activist" was. Let us keep in mind that my mother does not swear.

As MawTrashy would say, if you have to brag to others about how good your sex life is, it's probably non-existent.

I used to trick-or-treat with a friend who lived in a neighborhood like the one the Active Bitchface letter-writer describes. We'd start in her neighborhood, but almost always make our way over to the poor neighborhood before long, because they, invariably, gave better candy. Once I was a bit older, I felt SUPER…

Because the whole point is that the women are supposed to STAY HOME!! Duh! Really makes perfect sense when you think about it