Um, one - ouch. Do we know each other? One comment isn't enough to be so harsh. It is not that everything is about me, but I did feel shamed. I felt like it was suggesting I'm less of a feminist. Which, makes me feel defensive, and thus... defensive of the shame I felt... and I think that's bad for all women too, to…

Yes! This. I was thinking I have amazing friends who AREN'T self-identified feminists, who tease me to get off my soap box, but put in more thought to their name changes than most people know. I know, because as the soap-box feminist in the group they confided their fears to me. Yet, confidently moved forward with…

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They also do not deserve to be shamed by their choice. When I read this yesterday on Feministing, I felt totally shamed by my intention to change my name if I am ever in the position. (All the single ladies! Now put ya hands up!)

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I pretty much stay clear of those now, but the concept of the meddling teacher brought the memory back. It was so frustrating at the time. I just didn't have words for my feelings, so I wanted to find the words for it. Pain and sadness like that are really hard for a 10 year old to understand.

My math teacher called my mom to complain that the books I liked were "too depressing" for a little girl and I should be reading "happier" stories... in 5th grade I had a thing for The Face on the Milk Carton, and a bunch of books about people with cancer. I also had a grandparent with cancer living with my family and…

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Yeah...but Taylor gets made fun of a LOT... have you seen how everyone and their mother says "Taylor's next song should be _Maybe I'm the Problem_" I mean, the media scrutinizes her for her dating life, which isn't so abnormal for someone in her early 20s. She dates a boy for a few months, things end, and we all…

let's all take a step back and realize... this is NOT about anything but Israel... just Israel... stop making it more... ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhh (screaming at computer).

It's not a genocide... that's the difference...

Thanks, I feel like a lot of people minimize the social-cultural implications of deviating from a religious practice. I think if you plan to raise your child in a community where it is the norm, such as my strong Jewish background, that it would be more cruel to not follow through with the practice. The child will be…

What about the religious piece? In that case does that become justifiable?

Haha i was just thinking I see them on the PATH all the time :)

As one of those "small" girls... we don't always comment as a humble-bragg, sometimes, we just want to be able to discuss this stuff too...

We also don't know what was said offline, we don't know a lot of factors. It just seems preposterous that because she's white and privileged that she couldn't have been bullied. Or that she had a serious enough mental health issue to perceive it as bullying even if she contributed to the toxicity of her relationships.…

But we don't feel bad for Molly Wei and Dharun Rhavi? They bullied a gay kid... they used social media to put his private life on blast... that was clearly bad... but bullying a privileged while girl over facebook and twitter, one who even if she had a personality disorder or Adderall and Klonopin in her bag and thus…

and by "Hey..." I mean.... I agree with you...

Hey... the article itself acknowledges its known limits:

She is suggesting locking them up and throwing away the key, like 30 years ago. Because, when they are off the streets only the good guys who want to protect their home from robbers and their wives and children (all conventionally attractive and white/blonde) on their farm, protecting their land and whatever else the…