Of course Austen was rich. If she was poor she would have been too busy working 16 hour days at the factory and bringing up her 8 children to write anything. Not that she’d even know how to write, or read, for that matter...

Jane Austen’s nuclear family was more than Pride and Prejudice poor. Her brother was adopted into a wealthy family of distant cousins and that’s how he inherited his estates.

I don’t know about this book, but Jez did a series of posts called Ask A Former Drunk: https://jezebel.com/tag/ask-a-former-drunk

Uhm... watching The Haunting of Hill House on Netflix and too intrigued to stop watching but sooo scared....

Much of what you describe sounds like the life of a nurse- dead tired with no time for anything between shifts and vegging out on the days off. I do it, I know lots of us do-but then I’m single and don’t have anyone depending on me. If I had a family it would have to change. You mentioned there was some pre-existing…

Anyone have any experience with This Naked Mind and alcohol control? I’m concerned with the amount of wine I drink (can easily kill a bottle a night) and heard about this book. I downloaded the podcast and have read the first chapter of the book, but looking for real life experiences from other Jezzies. Honestly, just…

I’m feeling a bit down. I’m in a bad place financially and professionally: I was forced to leave my job and despite my best efforts I am haven’t been able to find anything else. I’m staying with extremely generous friends but I am starting to feel bad about taking advantage of their generosity. I spent time with some…

I am beyond frustrated with my husband. Since he started his nursing job(s) he has completely abandoned his responsibilities here at home. The only interacting he is willing to do anymore is play with our 4yr old. He does what he want, when he wants to, and that’s about it. He refuses to acknowledge the routines I…

Think he means die to overdose, but can I really be sure?  He’s perhaps the dumbest human being I’ve ever tried to understand.

I think he’s failing at saying 300 die from overdose per week and 90% of the drugs come from Mexico through the border.

I think he means 300 Americans die because of immigrants. Ugh. I hate him so much.

We lose 300 Americans a week, 90% of which comes through the Southern Border. These numbers will be DRASTICALLY REDUCED if we have a Wall!

Because we won’t be able to escape to Mexico?

Whipping his dick out was bad enough, but he also actively tried to ruin the careers of those women and anyone who tried to report on it as well. People don’t talk about that enough. Like so much fucking hand-wringing over a guy’s “ruined reputation” and literally nothing about the reps of all the women he crushed…

I guess I like pictures more. Or I take longer poops. 

So we like Anne Hathaway now? Good because I always liked her.

Nearing 50 and I wouldn’t be interested him anyway. In fact, after 18 years of marriage, if I were to divorce and be single again I wouldn’t be interested in ANY man. I would be far more interested in doing whatever the hell I wanted to do, answering to no one, and most importantly, only taking care of myself. If I…

But I do know that men like him often seem to think of their worshipful attention on 25-year-olds as a gift, when it is so often experienced as a burden.

I’d like to know what Moix’s body has done for women-kind, lately.

The nice thing about growing older is we’re less likely to have to deal with predatory creeps like this. When I read a guy doesn’t find older women attractive, I figure it’s because he wants someone who’s easier to control. I never did have a cute figure, but I care a bit less now than I used to, and I’m less willing…