Jenny Trout is amazing!! Glad to see a fellow fangirl, I also found her through her 50 Shades reviews... and even though I know it makes her soul shrivel, I admit I desperately wish she was recapping this piece of bullshirt book as well.

Could we get a quick ELI5 on this user and this story?...

I’m writing a fanfic that combines this and “The Wolf of Wall Street.” I’m actually kind of proud of it. Can the next big author be me?

I dunno, the idea just gets under my skin that we’ve somehow found a way to blame women when we don’t even know how much they were aware. It’s like we’re holding them to a higher standard than even the male abuser; that women are somehow to blame for not “getting the word out” or shrugging off rumors. It just seems to…

But again, that’s presuming a lot about what people know, and what the rumor mill in that profession is like. There’s a thread on Twitter from someone who works in the industry who had actually never heard the allegations against her colleague, even though it was apparently “well known.” Rumors are also the normal in…

But I thought both parties are the same? I mean, really, there’s no point to all these outrage, because everybody is too pure in motive to vote (particularly not for Obama and the Democrats, those neoliberals, *whose legacy this is destroying*) and everybody is corrupt and nothing changes and who really cares.

I dunno, I think it’s more complicated than that. If all you know are rumors, it can be really hard to come forward; you might be putting victims in the spotlight when they don’t want to be, or inserting yourself into a situation where you don’t “belong” (and thus changing the narrative from “this guy is a pig” to…

Maybe don’t be so sure that Meryl was aware. Part of a predatory’s MO is to target vulnerable people, and turn on the charm for everyone else. I completely believe that some men knew he was a skeeze because male predators are more willing to show their true colors around other men (knowing they risk nothing and won’t…

This is the question I’ve desperately wanted answered whenever someone says “The Democratic party shouldn’t take corporate money!” Why is THIS the talking point, instead of “get corporate money out of politics PERIOD”?

I completely agree, Frank was just too much of a jerk/villain in the books that it made me 1) wonder why an independent (almost aggressively so) woman like Claire married him in the first place 2) why she cared so much about getting back to him (thus the whole freaking drama of book 1) and 3) why she agreed to stay…

It really is. I was trying to explain why “not all white people” is toxic/racist last night, and had a hard time articulating it. This paragraph and the explanation about Tesla is PERFECT, and I am going to use it frequently.  

Has... he ever MET a dog?? If there’s any animal on earth that actually enjoys being “tamed” and living with humans, it’s dogs. Sorry I’m touchy but that is one very bizarre statement.
PS: I use a leash on mine because she’s just dumb enough to run into traffic while trying to say hi to the person across the street…

I threw that book at the wall a lot. I hated that book so much: http://twincitiesgeek.com/2015/02/so-heres-a-book-i-hated-sisterhood-everlasting-by-ann-brashares/

What the hell is AirBNB shoe shopping experiences??

Come to my local con!! It’s decently large (like 7,000 folks last year I think), dedicated to good harassment policies (“Costumes are not consent” posters are everywhere), and is easily made up of 40+% ladies! It’s also a mixture of all fandoms, so everybody gets a little bit of something. I’ve still run into some…

Love and agree with this comment so much I starred it twice!

Can we use this thread for romance recommendations? My strategy has been to read what pops up as the popular romances on Goodreads, and it’s been nothing but* trilogy after trilogy of damaged bad boy billionaires and their emotionally abused girlfriends a la 50 Shades. How do you folks find good ones?

*I did just…

Honestly, reading through your response, I’m actually wondering if the specif icy might be the problem. It sounds like you have very, very specific scenarios and behaviors that turn you on.... nothing wrong with that! But having such specific desires could be putting him on edge... his lack of passion and interest in…

“This sucks. But you haven’t really given us enough info to judge. Are your taste different? Is he just not into sex? Is he completely satisfied? I would explore these questions b/c they will help you figure out what to do.”

Agreed, I can’t figure out if it’s the frequency or the type or the communication. How blunt…

It’s a freaking hilarious snark fest. Do you enjoy soap operas about horrible people, but wish the production values were higher? Do you laugh your head off at ridiculous teenage angst? Do you get some joy out of chuckling over how vapid and out of touch rich people are? If yes, WATCH IT NOW. (And read The Vulture…