You have to want to do it in the first place. And for a lot of humanitarian types, that guilt is like fuel. They're taught to identify it, feed it, to wear it like a badge of honour. They think the monsters are the ones who don't indulge it. There's so much self-righteousness involved in that guilt, and a lot of…

I know that, when I said it was a mistake, I didn't mean to imply it was an accidental one. It was definitely an error in judgement. My point is, if that's the worst thing Hilary's many detractors (including the people who hate her so much they're incapable of being rational) can find to attack her with, that…

People always focus on women getting plastic surgery but ignore it when men do it. And yeah, it's pretty obvious Pelosi's had some work done but I want to know how it's possible that the world simply chose to ignore the fact that John Kerry bought himself a new face. I mean, at the very least, he got a face lift,…

I get that this was a mistake. At the same time, it's being blown out of proportion and I can't help but think that it reeks of witch hunt. Also, if this is the most dirt they can dig up on Hilary, she probably doesn't have too much to worry about.

And he went to the UN! That makes this international relations nerd very happy.

I think the culture shock is very real. And it absolutely can be traumatic. My issue isn't that she's claiming to have PTSD from her experiences in Haiti, or the fact that those experiences for the most part weren't her own and her trauma is mostly as a result of what she witnessed or heard happened to other people.…

I love that he's so neurotic, petty, egotistical, self-aggrandizing, in short, that he's such an asshole. It's a hell of a lot more entertaining than reading about celebs who are nice all the time and always do the right thing.

Eat, Cry, Psychosis: One Woman's Journey to Self-Discovery using People in Terrible Circumstances as Props

The thing is, I don't have an issue with her telling the story of the Haitian woman's gang rape. I don't think anyone ever 'owns' a story and writers are free to tell other people's stories. The problem is how she told the story. It's not about appropriating a story, it's about appropriating a trauma and then using it…

LOL you're absolutely right. The funny thing is, I did read it but then when I was commenting the two sort of bled into the same person. Either way, my point still stands: liberal guilt won't make you a better aid worker, and most of the time it leads to some incredibly self-absorbed people who can't see how…

Seriously. The attention-whoring force is strong with this one.

Are we supposed to feel sympathy for this woman?

Obviously, she didn't get the message because she chose to follow up her insufferable, self-absorbed article with an insufferable, self-absorbed book.

Really? A bit late to pretend she has even a shred of pride. It's not like she's not used to public humiliation so what's one more embarrassment? Plus, what else is she going to do? I mean, the woman has basically built a career out of being humiliated by Chris Brown and Rihanna. What else does she have to offer?

I just realised I replied to you instead of Sita and her comment about how Taylor Swift will have that phrase attributed to her when In fact it's been around since way before she happened. Yes, I totally agree with you. Stupid kinja!

The phrase has been around for years, someone else could have trademarked it and didn't. It's stupid that you can trademark a phrase that you didn't invent but all Swift's people did was use the laws to their advantage. Like the "party like its 1999" phrase, maybe Prince's people missed that opportunity, maybe he…

Most of the lefties I know are pretty ambidextrous, I don't know if it's that's a trait of left-handednss or if it's a skill lefties have to develop to navigate our right-handed world. I'm right handed but I'm also pretty ambidextrous and have always done certain things with my left hand, for instance I hold my knife…

I use a pretty basic kohl pencil but it takes a while to find the right one. They're either too dry and you have to press really hard and i feel like I'm damaging the skin, or they're too oily/creamy and run. I use liquid liner when I want a very defined look.

Eyeliner is the best. And the only way to do it right is to practice, practice, practice. I find it helps to apply eyeliner to my left eye with my left hand and to my right eye with my right hand but people have told me I'm a fucking weirdo for doing that but that's how I've been doing all my eye make up forever.…

Yeah that too. Speaking of, my best friend is still super close to her high school ex. In fact, he and I were her witnesses at her wedding and her husband is friends with him too.