That’s a good tip to have. Since I host way more than I travel, I’ve never really had to think about it — but I recently looked at all my past visitors and noticed they were almost all men. I have some pretty big travels (alone) coming up, so it made me wonder if there is something to worry about.

As a female Air BnB host, it is VERY interesting that when singles rent the space, it is only men. I will sometimes have couples (so far F/M and M/M) but never single women. I have used the service as a traveler, but always with someone else, like a sig or sister. If I had to travel alone, I wonder if I’d use Air BnB,…

Over my morning coffee I’m now wondering exactly how much wine I had last night, because I remember actually laughing out loud for the first time in ages of watching SNL. I even commented to my flatmate, “Wow, I can’t believe how funny this week’s show is!” And then I cringed at Adele’s first performance because,…

I love the OWL curriculum! I used to teach that, too. If you’re currently educating students, though, please be informed on where they can get access to condoms and birth control in your area — no sense in preaching the gospel of safety if the educator can’t educate on where to access such safety. Thanks for your work…

Agreed. It’s really important for moments like this, when a huge celebrity can be a human being, with all of the complex emotions the rest of us have. She wisely used her platform to share the sentiment with her audience and make some big statements without preaching. This was a good 12 minutes, and I sobbed the whole…

You inferred that in the past women would “lie there and take it.” That is victim blaming language — blaming them for “taking it” instead of reporting it. Regardless of age, you can still admit that your choice of words wasn’t great. And, I’m aware of what victim blaming is, in its many forms, and I don’t appreciate…

My grandpa would do that while sitting in his recliner, when my grandma would start yelling at him from the other room. He’d just smile, wink, and take out his hearing aids.

Be careful. I’m sure you don’t mean it to, but your comment sounds extremely victim blaming. There are mountains of evidence that women tried to come forward and were shamed into silence — that’s not “lying there and taking it.” We “modern” women should not claim our independence by trampling on the backs of our…

You are 100% correct about having access — which millions of people don’t (see also: Texas clinics and Supreme Court issue happening right now). I’m just saying it’s ridiculous for people to criticize these women for having the kids when they would have been just as criticized had they sought terminations.

Which is so confusing, because on the other side, these women could have had abortions and wouldn’t have to spend the time and money raising children to adulthood, but they would have been as equally demonized (more likely even more so).

I recently saw another news report where a guy was hit by a sliding glass door on…

We have this at a place I frequent. The servers now make minimum wage (like $9/hr), plus tips — but they have to split the overall tips between everyone in FOH and BOH, therefore doubling the number of people who get tipped out at each shift.

I got mine over my lunch break at work, went right back to work running around after a bunch of kids (2nd best birth control, haha). The range of how people experience pain is huge — I had some discomfort at insertion, and felt really bloated the rest of the day, but that was it. There is a lot of research about how…

Mirena user here. I feel like a bionic woman — no periods, no cramps, NOTHING! Like, what does the rest of my gender do with all that time and blood-soaked garbage? The great thing about the Mirena hormones is that they are very light and stay localized in the reproductive organs. I love my Mirena and will be…

Sitting in my office at your alma mater, watching a bunch of shirtless male students run by with umbrellas, yelling. Read your post and realized, ah, Greeks!

Sincerely sorry to hear about your experience with those alum-bros. Despicable.

Exactly. I teach at a large institution, and am in charge of several huge, multi-entrance lecture classes. This year we had to give a schpiel about what to do in the case of an active shooter. I couldn’t get through the 1-paragraph prompt...I started shaking and choking up in front of 400 students. I ended up…

That story make me giggle and tear up! I surprise my nieces all the time, and never thought about what memories they are making from it. That’s good stuff, thanks for sharing.

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That is the scent my man wears, and it is the absolute sexiest best. I’m really sorry if I’m being a creep and your son is a minor... but his classmates are so lucky to be within whiffing distance!

omg, THANK YOU for this. You are my people. Me and the sig are getting stressed even talking about potentially getting engaged because we have a very specific idea about our wedding (small <30 people gathering at a bistro we love, on like, a Tuesday night after we courthouse it). My friends are all wedding-crazy…

I’m a tall lady with a super short haircut. I do the same thing— it’s fun to stand up for servers who have to be nice, and then get to watch people be scared shitless by your presence and your ability to tell them to knock it the fuck off.