In a contest for ‘1-sentence statements that show fundamentally why men don’t get it’, that one is pretty high up there.

I am sure you are a wonderful teacher who actually does care. Just FYI when I say I tell my kid to ‘shove’, it is not with the intent to hurt - it is to get a bully (usually taller/older) who is being aggressive to them out of their personal space and I believe it is empowering to know he can do that. I would never…

Exactly

I teach mine ‘somebody hit you, you SHOVE’

You have to find ways to shake them out of their bubble, constantly. And make them voracious readers, which Cardi B. apparently is (semi-secretly).

I agree, but as a perpetual worrier that character seems very real to me...especially in the context of her pregnancy heartache and being married to a dishonest childish man. There are two defining moments for the character - 1) As VegasBitchhh points out below, the ‘Aren’t you the cool guy’ line that always sends me,…

I know. It is THE line.

I firmly believe Jen is really her character from “Juno” (especially latter end of the movie), and I fucking love that character (she’s a fierce, kind, shady basic) and want her to be my friend.

I love that you wrote about Romanian Orphanages under Ceaucescu - it was the first goddamn thing that flew into my exhausted mind. Yes. Yes. Exactly.  

Reposting:

Thank you thank you I hope everyone stars this. And I will repost

I am oscillating between total numbness and murderous rage from one second to the next.

Oh my god, you’re right. Do you...do you think it’s because she has too much backbone to need support?

There is so much to love here besides the casual gun on the table. Let’s start with conspicuous cross necklace + same sad gray house “The Babadook” was filmed in

Seriously. I hope every teen girl can be comfortable talking about it to friends. I sure did 10-15 years ago, but we were definitely anomalies.

OMG yes and the girlfriend looks like Selena.

¡Escándalo!

It oddly didn’t sound so trolly to me! I know better now.

I also try to read and understand as much as I can. I think I should have stuck in a massive disclaimer saying ‘I hate the industry in its historical/current form and wish it wouldn’t exist.’ Obviously if somehow I could wave my magic feminist internet commentator wand and have all the porn studios that are rampant…

Every day is more numbing.