As someone raised Catholic, this saddens me. Nuns always played 2nd-fiddle to priests (or even further down the line of importance depending where your parish was). They were considered a bonus, an afterthought, and an expense. The extreme vows of humility and sometimes silence mean their worries and fears may not be…

I just watched it last week on Netflix, so I took solace in already paying for a Netflix subscription and not paying per-rental.

CONGRATULATIONS on your book, Maria! What a big day and huge accomplishment! Can’t wait to listen to this playlist and then read your book.

We did a similar “staycation” so the kids could swim in a pool and get some goddamn energy out. They swam 6x in the 24 hours we were there (the hotel gave us a gloriously late checkout because we were one of only 3 rooms booked).

In my 20s I went to a new beau’s house to have dinner and watch a movie. He lived in a tiny 1 BR with barely enough room for both of us to be in the living room together. Around 10 p.m. he comes out of the bathroom and says, “I just took LSD.” What? So I got to sit there and watch him go further and further into his…

I work at a University and a colleague is a professor and 27 years old! I guess if you get a PhD done in 5 years after graduating undergrad at 21-22 years old, it lines up. I’ve read about how women, including women of color, are often treated like they “don’t belong” as faculty on campuses and are assumed to be…

Tear gas in an abortifacient. If anything, Trump should be thinking about how causing white women to miscarry their wanted pregnancies will hold up against his newfound “ProLife” affiliation.

I quit Instagram this year after being on it for 8 years (whoa, time flies). I’m from the Midwest and was visiting a yoga studio on the East coast over the Xmas holidays and after class one of the patrons started doing a photo shoot of poses, a protein shake jug, and her pretending to drink the contents of the jug. I…

Yours is the only one so far where I gasped in pain out loud.

When reloading the stapler (an object 8 year-old me was not supposed to handle), I stapled both of my thumbs together. I pressed the chamber closed with my thumbs side by side, not understanding stapler dynamics. My parents keeled over laughing and made me pose for photos with my bloody, stapled-together thumbs…

Oof, I had to click to the original YouTube video to see what year this was from. 2011. Using terms like “fag” and “tranny” to get laughs is no bueno, Rachel.

*this woman

I say this with kindness and love:

I broke off an engagement with a man who used the N word, didn’t regret it, refused to apologize, and refused to acknowledge there was anything wrong with a white man calling black folks that name “even if they aren’t around.” We'd been together 4 years.

BRB, putting my phone in rice because I just drenched it in iced tea laughing so hard at this comment. You made my week.

I lived in a beautiful late 1800s brick 4-flat about 10 years ago. It had ornate woodwork, built-ins, stained glass, and tile work. Fireplace in every room. The entire structure was like a piece of art. Absolutely gorgeous.

Thank you so much. I’m not sure why people are being so nasty about it down thread. I also explained that I visualize it because I’ve experienced and seen similar traumas. Yet, they continue to poke fun. Feels like a mean girl high school situation.

Hi, OP here. The child is the only potential witness. They had an unsuccessful search yesterday. If he’s able to specify how she got into the water — jumping feet first vs. diving, they can aim their search accordingly. If one hits their head and drowns, they could sink or float anywhere in the lake. If one gets…

I understand how you may have read it that way. As I said, I grew up on a lake boating, tubing, skiing, jet skiing, etc. I saw tons of accidents and even experienced a few myself — like being an idiot teen jet skiing with a teen boy and not wearing my life jacket because I thought I looked “cooler” without it. He hit…

Yep, we are going with friends this weekend and again at the end of the month. Pontoons are great for social distancing because they are so large. We were going to buy a tube to contribute to the water fun times, but now I think we will just focus on staying in the boat unless it is docked at a beach or sand bar.…