Many of the most successful, self-possessed, vibrant, independent women in my life struggle mightily with depression and anxiety, and go between wanting to put it all out there — listen, if I can live through this, so can you — and wanting to keep it all hidden, because showing weakness will ruin her capacity to be a…

I just wanted to say that I like you and your comments. Thanks for always giving such nuanced, thoughtful input.

I don’t see any reason why they can’t continue being artists. Now, whether they’re popular artists or not is up to the audience.

Ok Rashida but you have to promise to tell the truth it’s 8 to 5. With an unpaid 1 hr lunchbreak. People be lying about 9.

This is a good comment, but step back because Samoas are #2. (Savannah Smiles are underrated.)

“Loosing” is among my biggest pet peeves in commonly misspelled words, and no, its use is not limited to weight loss forums.

Thank you, I was just getting ready to do this. It was nagging me like a dog chewing my leg to the knee lol.

“indiscretions”

My parents lived near that building 50 years ago and my mom was OBSESSED with trying to spot her. Then one day, my mom was pushing my brother in a baby carriage and Greta Garbo was walking towards them. As she passed my mom, she said, “you’re baby is beautiful”.

That stylist should be fired!

But NOW who will dress in drag next Halloween??

It was good and necessary. I’m black and I’ve been Ladybird. Plus, Laurie Metcalf is a goddamn national treasure. I bawled my eyes out and am going back to see it with my 23 year old so she can feel guilty as fuck and then we can go thrifting. It was good.

Ok, here goes. Writing this out makes me want to barf. 

Around five years ago, I was a TA for an undergraduate literature course that had 300 students; there were two TAs and our job was mostly to do grading (sigh) and hand out exams and set up PowerPoints and stuff of that nature. Basically, assist the professor in all manner of tedium while she lectured. Due to a…

Do you remember the story about how the kid was writing a paper with headphones on and there was writing all over the house that said “LOOK AT ME”? It still haunts me and that was I think like 3 years ago.

YES. THIS IS MY FAVORITE POST OF THE YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got torn to shreds on the original article for mentioning that Mathers single handedly discouraged countless people from going to the gym - because I was supposedly “diminishing” the assault.

Hot Taek: The original Dirty Dancing was garbage too.