I’m 100% a skeptic, but my aunt went to see a renowned “psychic” just after my uncle died, and the psychic told her to come back in three months, once my uncle’s spirit had enough time to pass. (And not saying this isn’t part of a long con but she didn’t charge my aunt for the first visit, only the three month one;…

You are a genius. All the stars!!!

I don’t know what to say except my ex lied to DCFS (specific allegations easily disproved in my case - albeit, over months - but still a nightmare because the fact of “an accusation” remains above any attempt at correction) and I’m just so, so, sorry. You are doing so well not to be jumping off the ceiling and…

That’s a very fair point and well made, and I hope we can both agree that Jez needs to get out of the “Louis CK rumors” game right now, and not come back. It does nada for the victims, clearly I hate CK but his name is tarnished enough now (and although it hurts when you know the person is guilty, I still believe no…

Jezebel did NOT start the rumors. By the time of the original Jez blind item, I had heard countless rumors from fellow female comedians (yeah, it was a thing I was trying for a while) along with *two* first-hand “it happened to me” stories, really messed up stories, again years before anything turned up on Jez,…

I know nothing about Aspen, but I know two victims (who personally told me their stories, separately, long before Jez ever published that blind) and they do not want to be publicly named. Jez needs to stop. Nothing good can come of this for the victims. If the argument is “well, now it’s public he’ll get scared and…

It’s making me very very uncomfortable. I know two women who (separately, years apart) told me very similar stories about CK, both long before the original blind appeared. I have written here before that back then (when the blind was published) I was terrified for one woman in particular, because this was such a…

You just made my day. Possibly my life. I’m in love with your brother (as long as he’s not an ass to you!)

Genuine question, I’m curious and you do say you know how the law works (I don’t)... if the ‘technicality’ is that the suit was filed in Indiana which doesn’t have jurisdiction in this case, can she just refile the suit in a state that does? Or in this example does ‘jurisdiction’ not refer to the location of the…

That is amazing. Please tell me your brother had an awesome response. Or even just a very good, vaguely confused “what?” stare.

Australian defamation law is quite different to the US. When I started my career there, it was drilled into all journos that in most states “it’s the truth” was not an adequate defense against a defamation claim. Now we have new uniform Australia-wide laws where truth is almost (but fun! not quite) a defense:

I don’t know Jen Kirkman but when I was younger and trying to make stand-up comedy happen (I know...), two different female comedians (separately... years apart) told me that C.K. had done this to them. He knows exactly what he’s doing, he picks on young women starting out in comedy who won’t feel like they can say…

My ex-husband cheated on me while I was pregnant and secretly stashed all of our money in accounts in his mother’s name so I was left pretty much destitute after our divorce. We still have to be in contact (child, obviously) and he seems to think we’re “friends” and also that my family still adores him and that I…

You + me = twins. I too cannot wait for the day my son turns 18.

This. I am also a naturalized citizen, through marriage. I got that citizenship after more than six years of regularly filing mountains of paperwork, paying thousands in fees, showing up regularly for biometrics, multiple interviews, “the test,” etc. I had the least complicated case in the world (a very real marriage…

But... there are so many times I need someone else to use my phone for me! I’m driving and can’t find a park, we have reservations, hey boyfriend can you call my friend and tell her we’ll be 15 minutes late? I am too old to start memorizing phone numbers now! (I know my own number and my mother’s. That is all.)…

Why am I yet to see a “paternity scandal!” story about the fact that George clearly has brown eyes, while William’s are blue and Kate’s are green? I know this is entirely possible (but still uncommon) due to OCA2 and HERC2 genes having fun, but most people don’t. I would think this was low-hanging fruit for the…

I also had hyperemesis gravidarium with my son. I was sick from 5 weeks until the day after I gave birth (well, five years later I still suffer extreme nausea and other problems related to HG, but I was vomiting 6-10 times a day *while* on huge doses of Zofran all throughout my pregnancy, so I’ll call that when “I was…