I saw two very, very stupid tweets criticizing Bernie’s outfit/nonchalance in the name of feminism. Those two tweets were then screenshot and circulated endlessly. I apologize if there were more but I’ve been pretty On Twitter lately (a pathetic boast) and haven’t witnessed a true phenomenon of feminists criticizing…

Annie was a self-centered trainwreck of a person in the first movie. That critique would continue. Also, a person doesn’t “have it all” just because they have a good relationship. Yikes.

“There is no sequel,” said Wendi McLendon-Covey when asked about a possible second Bridesmaids movie.

I think about this a lot. 

Private, religious school that was already getting bad press, so they did their best to make the problem go away. And it did.

I got rid of my Facebook just before the Cambridge Analytica thing, mostly because I was disgusted by Trump’s manipulation of the platform and the amount of misinformation that I continued to see circulating on the site. I did not count on the amount of relief that I feel not being plugged into that platform and…

I would tell the friend about AllyGuy. I would want to know about any friend or acquaintance who behaved in this abusive way toward their partners. I tend to believe these kinds of stories about abuse, but, whether this is accurate info or not, I’d personally want to know that these allegations against them existed…

I think about this a lot. We tried so hard to buy a less expensive place in case one of us lost our jobs in the pandemic but there was limited inventory in that price range, bidding wars on every property, and we were beat out twice by developers with cash offers. My partner’s field is very much tied to cities so,…

When my husband told his brother that he was scared of having a kid because of how much work it is on top of how much work he already had, his brother (father of 2) assured him that, “You’d be fine! Not much changes.” Luckily, my husband is not a fucking idiot.

I feel like this is one of the most read articles because it was linked under every story I read no matter what the topic for a months-long stretch. 

You’re right—though unattractive in a romantic partner, there is something hilarious about these people. He was absolutely addicted to “right then” and “onward,” delivered in an accent, and whenever those phrases come up on British programming (often) I have war flashbacks.

The problem isn’t believing the oral history of your heritage—it’s not being skeptical about claims that you have native heritage, which is a common fiction that someone who works with and advocates for First Nations would know about. I’m coming at this from a US perspective, but this is a problem in Canada, too. There…

This seems true in my limited experience. I know many people from the Bay Area (including my husband) and exactly one person who is truly from San Francisco. The Bay Area folks would be the first to admit that they’re not from San Francisco. Mr. Hamerican was incredulous when we went to meet the San Franciscan while…

No, his name wasn’t Bob and he had no piercings, fake or otherwise. He did take to wearing these hats:

Yeah, you’re really at the mercy of random moms. We had two troop leaders—one was into the crafts/indoors things, and one was experienced in camping, orienteering, and wilderness survival. A good balance, but just luck. The programming itself from the GS was pretty positive and forward-thinking, though, it just…

Combining Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts is not at all an obvious move. They are two separate organizations with different governing ethos. The Boy Scouts are much more conservative and only recently lifted their ban on gay members. It was a mistake for the Girl Scouts to mimic the Boy Scouts’ name in that first place,…

Apropos of Hilaria Baldwin, I dated someone who seemed okay at first but would increasingly talk in accents not his own/use phrases that were from the UK (though mostly Scotland). Unbelievably big turn off. He thought that being a cultural/accent “sponge” was charming. To be clear, he visited Scotland a couple of…

We made a ham soup with onions, peas, carrots, potatoes, and a parsnip. Wonderful.

In total fairness, owning a castle does not mean great wealth anymore. They tried to sell the thing but there were no takers. Unclear if there was any family wealth left--obviously, though, they’re a very privileged family. They’ve all gone to good schools and gotten great jobs as a result of their connections. 

I’m a little surprised she didn’t do her own genealogical research?