I grew up in a very small town. On the edge of town there was a cemetery used mainly by the three or four oldest families in town. When you walk around it most of the gravestones have the same last names for deaths from the 1890s up until the 1990s when I last visited.

I’m not sure how to feel about this ‘winning’ thing. It’s been a loooooong few months, lately. I do want to take a moment to thank everyone here. I don’t comment much, but I lurk. A lot. The commentariat here definitely helps keep things going. My husband and I were very into politics, and so many of you, just…

Correction: the wood chipper scene is ABSOLUTELY based on a real murder in Newtown, CT that happened when I was a very tiny person living there. Mid 1980s.

There was a while when the only way my niece would quiet down would be on a blanket or mat on the floor with one of those musical activity center things over here.  It’s a like a saw horse.  Two legs on either side, joined by a bar across the top.  The bar had flashing piano keys she could press our we could set it to…

Maternity wards should just give out badges to men that they can flash people to show they’re legit

I’m so glad he clarified that he was the father of a daughter who was concerned about body image. That changes everything! Plus he’s not the one concerned about body image, guys! It’s his daughter. That’s his inoculation against being called a sexist perv.

My boss teaches our undergrads and interns to never work for free. We’ve have clients that have reached out to them to try to get them to work off the clock before. It’s a big no-no. One of them was like, “But if you have to admit you come to work because they pay you, isn’t that bad?” My response, “Hell no. This…

I flagged a couple of comments as hate speech earlier and can’t see them now. So they could have been deleted, or it could just be a Kinja glitch.

My impossible fantasy is a brick phone that can also run Google Maps

people who have suffered abuse and other trauma are OVERWHELMINGLY over-represented among defendants.

When you woke up this morning, did you think of yourself as someone who would call the teenaged survivor of a mass shooting a liar on the internet, or are you surprised to learn that about yourself?

I can’t even imagine how hard it is to fit into those outfits when you’re always retaining water.

I’m going to go on a rant here...feel free to ignore. Still, this is a really personal thing for me.

Only men have use for toilet seats that can be lifted, so we should probably be paying a hinge surcharge. I mean, acquisition and installation costs and all that.

I bet a woman said that to him after he did something horrible

My friend linked me to that Lindy piece and I literally fist pumped when I read the byline and title.

Stassa always writes so well on gender and language. “Witch Hunt” is going to be a term that we beat into the ground, I think, but I love how whisper networks/gossip keep coming up in these articles. I think an earlier article linked to Anne Helen Peterson’s article on gossip, which is also very good. But gossip…

I’m enjoying watching it all burn down way too much, lol.

When Martin Shkreli isn’t your worst boyfriend.....yikes. Shit’s rough out there, girls.