Honestly, seeing you in them with the tank... now I really want a pair. Maybe you felt silly, but I think you look super cool.

bring back Buffy, kill Twilight

Yeah but I really can't be too mad at them for responding like this either. We're constantly pointing out how it's not just intent that matters when judging something as offensive and being ignorant of context is motivation to learn more, not be defensive. The greater context here is that One Direction does have a…

ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh not the best move. like, i don't expect jessica or any of the staff to realize that one of the members of 1d IS constantly called a terrorist, butttt not the greatest move, considering this is the case.

Colin Farrell makes me weak in the knees. I will be tuning in for sure.

All of the sentences were suspended for three years...

I think the issue is that the discussion itself is very public. Yes, it may help others who have similar feelings, but it does so at the expense of innocent people. That doesn't speak to the writer's bravery, but their cruelty.

This would be one of those mom sacrifices. You don't write and publish essays for the world to read cuz FEELINGS. You go to therapy, find a private group of like minded women, talk to your spouse. You don't get to emotionally fuck up your kids cuz FEELINGS.

That's what I came here to say. My mom was a terrible mother who wanted four children; my dad wanted no children. For the majority of my life, he treated me the same way he treated house cats: taking care of my basic need and occassionally clucking and saying "isn't she adorable?" when I did something cute. I was not…

This is why I don't want children. Well, I've never wanted them, really. But my husband does and he thinks everything will change and it'll be fine and he'll help so, so, so, so much and I'll be a great mother! But I'm worried I'll hate it and resent the children; children aren't stupid and they'd know. They'd know…

Doubling down on one's misery - never a wise idea.

I'd feel sympathy for a woman who was forced into motherhood against her will or by lack of options, but the woman saying she never wanted to be a mother then had a son anyway, had no feelings for him, and then had a daughter? I'm sorry, she's just an asshole.

Either way, I think its important to protect children from those sentiments, because either way, they will eventually feel responsible that their mother hates her life. But yes, a lack of affection is certainly the more troubling of the two.

That's the thing - I think its important to normalize these kinds of feelings to an extent, because shame never helped anyone. But its also important to protect those who did nothing to deserve any of this besides being born.

Agreed. But I think there are two different types described in the article. A mother who loves her baby and simply doesn't like the tasks of being a mom isn't that bad. But a mother who doesn't feel affection is a huge problem. It doesn't matter that she takes care of her baby, if there's no affection the baby doesn't…

I understand why people would feel like they couldn't talk about this. If we're being honest about feelings here, I honestly felt no sympathy for the women above. To be honest, I saved all my sympathy for their children.

I always point to screaming teenage girls (and often their mothers) as counter-point to people who claim that women don't have a sex drive or aren't ruled by like men.

The UK. It's a completely different grading scale that counts from a passing grade up instead of hypothetical ideal as 100% down. 65% is probably a 2:1, or high second class honors, which is "very good". Or, a high B, really. First honors would be 70% up. Depending on where you go, the lecturer, etc. firsts may…

In the UK system, above 80 does not happen in most subjects. The average is usually about a 61. Maybe 15% will get above 70.