My self-esteem SKYROCKETED when I stopped reading "lady" magazines. Even now, if I read some of that shit in a waiting room, I start to get that feeling that I'm not good enough and maybe I DO need to buy some stuff to compete with the other vagina-people, and that maybe my husband IS cheating on me, etc.

Oh, Jesus. This is complicated; I sincerely hope nobody mistakes this as a simple issue.

I know you have an axe to grind and you may not care, but the Pediatrics article being published soon is just a case study of two kids. It's not a scientific study, it is simply an anecdote. It is not evidence for anything.

I know a wonderful young woman who was fairly heavy. I only mention that as it is important for the information I'm sharing. All I ever saw her eat was spinach without any dressing. I worked with her and we often put in numerous long hours. Like clockwork breakfast and lunch were a small bowl of dry spinach. I…

What weird sex? The times when they have really boring sex because she's going to "save him" from his "darkness"? Or the times that are really domestic abuse under the guise of bdsm? Because they can probably show all of that.

Grammar nerd: Using the word "ambivalent" and then using that header image is the reason why people think ambivalent and apathetic are synonyms!

Right?? Just own it! I know two separate couples I had this convo with (people I know well enough to have this convo with):

I'm the first to scream personal responsibility, but in the case of Lindsay Lohan I think it's her fucked up parents fault. The crackhead mom who surrendered her kids last week at work is a better parent than these two.

The Dean Norris one was perfection. Always a little weird to transition to an actor or actress being "married" to someone else.

A hairstyle that takes a long-term commitment to achieve is pretty much the opposite of faddish.

Oh, like I did today? I was up 1.2 pounds. I realized it was because my parents were in town this weekend and I ate a lot more than usual because I was taking them to all the places at which I love to eat. I acknowledged the reason I gained and then went on with my day, knowing that I will get back on track today and…

If this woman is proud of what she did, who are you to tell her not to be?

"Did you know that once a male sees you in a state of undress, he can’t ever un-see it?"

For some reason this sentence makes me laugh really hard.

The people interviewed are obnoxious, to be sure, but if this is all of NYC public schools, isn't it a legitimate issue for a lot of families who don't have summer program options for an extra week? And who may have actual financial constraints instead of just being assholes?

Where is the humanity? My humanity is the survivors of his choices. At any time while these women were locked up, he could have sought help. He could have untied them and made a break for it to Cuba.

"Mentally Ill" is kind of a cop-out, as it throws everyone with some form of mental illness into a giant group designated "too fucked up to be held accountable for their own actions." Which is certainly not true, and also somewhat ableist.

I'm gonna say no. Being mentally ill is no excuse for what he did.

This may seem crazy to say (re: type) aloud (re: on the internet) but one of the first thoughts that went through my head upon reading this news is how those women are feeling. My initial thought is that it isn't so clear cut and simple as exultation at his death or anger at him not serving any actual time... Either…

Ah yes, because imprisoning people is okay when it's women chained up in his basement. Just not when he's the one locked up in a little room with no foreseeable hope of freedom. Totally saw this coming, people like him are always cowards.