I don't understand what "awareness" needs to be built regarding this.

Ach, that IS annoying. Half the pictures on my Facebook wall most definitely involve make-up of SOME kind, concealer at least, but they have all donated so it's merely irritating instead of rage-inducing. (Disclaimer: I didn't actually do the selfie, since I barely ever wear makeup anyway. My post was "Just donated,…

Maybe yours aren't, but all my Facebook friends are posting the selfie and the text confirmation thanking them for their donation at the same time.

One of the best metaphors I ever heard for abusive relationships: if you throw a frog in a pan of boiling water, it will immediately jump out, but if you place a frog in a pan of cold water and slowly turn up the heat, it will be boiled to death.

Cried myself to sleep over this bad boy.

I knit each night when my significant other and I watch tv. It helps my eyes relax from staring at a computer all day, since I can look where ever for the most part and only look down when I know the pattern changes or have to switch hands.

Well obviously, women should arrange every aspect of their lives around the idea that could be raped at any moment. Except by being wary of strange men and rebuffing them if they approach you. That's MISANDRY!

I think it'd be easy to criticize the school but, in fairness, I think we all remember that bit in the bible when Jesus, dying on the cross, says "One last thing before I go, remember to be complete and total dicks to innocent little kids whenever you have the chance. Peace out, losers."

Well she has to first show that she did indeed not ask for it. Then she has to show that she was not wearing anything slutty, explain why she was out alone, why she didn't stay more alert, why she didn't fight harder. And then... be absolutely certain that she did not ask for it. Either way, she still asked for it and…

Didn't you know? Semen and foreign pubic hairs are common complications of MS.

Fun riddle: exactly how raped does a woman have to be before the people who are supposed to be on her side start treating her like a human being?

The NY Times did a piece on the real Special Victims unit, which is almost all male these days. One of these guys said that if a victim asks for a female detective, “Nine times out of ten," it's because she thinks she can fool a female easier than she can a male, ergo....she's lying. I can't imagine why a female…

It's 6:30pm

Working at the zoo-
Lady (aggressively): "Your polar bear is FILTHY, why don't you wash it?!?'
Me: "Um, it's a Syrian Brown Bear. It's meant to be that colour."

Oh boy does this bring back memories...I went to Georgetown, and while I was there we had a series of incidents on campus that were classified as "burglaries" — but were really attempted sexual assaults that the university did not want to cop to — in which a man would break into the residence of a female student and…

1. Why do I have to rent a different car on each of the (hawaiian) islands? Can't I just keep the same car?

The questions I was was asked as a server do not even compare to the nuttiness I was asked as a library paraprofessional. The one the always stuck in my craw (though it isn't really odd) is where are you located. I respond with the address. Always, every damn time they reply, but where is that. Gaaaaahhhhh! I can not…

'How much is a 64-cent stamp?'

When I worked at a coffee shop during college:

This reminds me that to one of my grandmothers spaghetti were a strange, foreign food. The only pasta she would make was fusili (Spiralnudeln) to go with goulash.