This (http://lithub.com/men-explain-lo…) is a wonderful, feminist take. I hope you read it, and, if not, hope you will read it.

“You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintery light. But you knew there would always be the spring, as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and…

Another choice quote:

Years ago, I was taken to a fabulous dinner at Le Bernardin. Squid Ink Linguini was one of the courses. I had worn my fanciest, and most expensive, white satin blouse.

I like to believe that once they were upstairs things were different. Of course, I also like to believe that GWTW was not an incredibly racist movie (though in hindsight, it definitely was.). The youngster I was when I first watched it found it incredibly romantic. But, different times, different standards? Not saying…

Her era simply didn’t offer that many ways of framing her experience

Eh, I live in New York and grew up in New York. If you’re that scared of all that stuff, you probably shouldn’t live in New York. Plus, it gets very, very hot here in the summer — perhaps you’re not aware of that — so why not expose as much of your flesh as possible?

Stop. Men (and women) are allowed to wear flip-flops. Who really doesn’t like their feet to be exposed to the air?

As am adoptee, and as a believer in the right to choose, I absolutely concur with the court’s ruling. The ‘family’s insistence that she wanted to be a mother’ is absolutely irrelevant. If you die before having children, you can’t be a mother.

Haven’t read the rest of the comments—as I should—but someone on Reddit’s legal advice sub recently wrote in about trying to conserve water and being told by their HOA that they will be fined for having a brown lawn.

I’ve been looking at this one for a while and have to replace my 15-year-old living room AC. Noise—which is frequently mentioned in Aros reviews—doesn’t bother me. (It won’t be runnig while I’m sleeping.) But my research thus far hasn’t told me anything about BTUs which is odd, given that usually that’s one of the…

I’ve been looking at this one for a while and have to replace my 15-year-old living room AC. Noise—which is…

I know his parents well. And still can’t figure out how two such lovely people raised such a dick. (And, really, whatever you might think about Cablevision, Charles and Helen Dolan are wonderful, unpretentious people.) (Okay, I don’t agree with them politically, but that might be because they’re billionaires while I’m…

Karma troll. Which makes me laugh because wtf do Reddit karma points even mean, and why should they even matter? And yet so many Redditors sell their souls for karma points.

The Sh/Sh/T (Sheer, short, tight) rule works well for me. Not just for weddings but for just about anything. Though your rule is about weddings, I'd extend it to just about everything. Seriously, sheer, short and tight is all about advertising. Women should always wear stuff that makes them feel good, but if the…

To vastly generalize your point, it seems like you're saying that the girls who are drawn to support ISIS or a similar regime are done so to feel significant, to feel that their lives matter.

I don't think you're being a crybaby. And I totally understand your wanting to vomit.

How many people do you know who first met their biological father or brothers when they were adults? I'm guessing, not many.

I have experience on two sides of this equation. (I say 'two sides' because I believe there are other sides, including those of non-abusive family members.) I was adopted at birth. Later on, when I was 9 or 10, I was sexually abused by my adoptive brother. As a feisty kid, I fought against the abuse—not an obligation…

Absolutely not. May be 'inappropriate' by your code of what is or isn't appropriate, but the universal standard has not yet decreed that non-sexual lip pecks and cuddling are wrong. If lip pecks and cuddling between people who love each other are not sexual, why should they be considered to be 'wrong'?

Your comment made me sad. Most normal families I know speak to each other frequently, and when they see each other, they're very affectionate.