So, help me understand her line of thinking here:

She has a point, it is like UVA: a rape probably happened and we probably aren't going to do anything about it.

I'll say this—not that I've been in her situation but it strikes a chord that is very powerful. I don't know what I'm explaining but I think sometimes it can be hard to discuss why denial and silencing can be so powerful.

I want to rage on her for defending him but ultimately I just feel awful for her. I can't imagine what's going on in her head, trying to reconcile all of this - trying to figure out how or whether your entire life was basically one fat lie and wondering if you've wasted most of your life with a serial rapist. And…

"It was an incident that happened, period,"

Is "prostitute" a surname? Because if so, we probably had one.

Whether I spend my discretionary income on myself or my dogs has no effect whatsoever on parents who can't afford daycare.

I laugh at those people. Plymouth wasn't even the earliest European settlement in the Americas, and the Puritans weren't any fun, so who'd WANT to be descended from them?

Wee Jenkins (not on the list!) the Bearded Wonder is also here to assist our group therapy.

My dogs are rescues too. Not a great picture but it's one of the few where they are (1) together and (2) not chewing on each other. They are, from left to right, Peru and India.

this is my miniature black poodle, L.B. I was 5 years old when we got him, and my sister and I named him "Little Brother" because he is our little brother, and we really liked Mulan and her dog was named Little Brother. L.B. is now 15 years young. He enjoys daily walks and runs around the dog park, and inspires…

When I was a stripper, I used my real name, which totally sounds like a stage name. I used to win bar bets with that all the time.

The other thing, besides this, is: why do these horrid people always have to bring God, the Omnipotent Creator and Sustainer of Every Thing in the Universe, into their conversation about their every trivial action? "The other day I used the toilet, and then I began thinking about God and Jesus and immortality and…

Dear Elizabeth Lauten:

Girls, let Jenna Bush show you how to make appropriate faces in public.

Class, according to Elizabeth Lauten: 'The demeanor exhibited by Bush and Kennedy children while their parents' staff are hushing up their drunken escapades and various misbehaviors from the national media."

Last night I wish somebody stabbed me. My mother in law said: "I consider myself a progressive but why can't lesbians dress better? They aren't doing themselves any favors by trying to look like men. They should look more feminine and who knows, maybe they will catch the eye of a man and become straight. Isn't…

Oh, we should do the Star v. Angel debate. That one is always pretty maj in our house.

White Christmas lights are for people afraid to wear white shoes after Labor Day. They are for the Gap shopper whose wedding is the most unmemorable event you attended this summer. They are safe and slightly patrician and all the way boring. Unless you're decking the homestead out for a Better Homes & Gardens shoot,…