I know, right?! My MIL is not up on her KUWTK, she just finds them tacky, so she did not get the idea that young folks know exactly who Jenner is. Especially with a lot of white wine in her. I was bringing my argument A game, to no avail.

I keep a binder full of professional resources, tutorial, craft ideas, and thought-provoking articles to use as a librarian. This was instantly printed out and added to it.

Wasn’t this “alleged” rapist accused of rape multiple times by multiple women and other sexual assaults but Columbia decided he wasn’t a rapist rather than a court of law?

Man, Kristin’s rage over rape as a plot point is spot on. It IS lazy (I envision a group of writers sitting around blocked until someone says, “I know! Let’s rape someone!”), and you wonder when writers will get the hint that they need to move on to something else.

Nova Ren Suma talks about that in an interview for her most recent YA book The Walls Around Us (which is great feminist YA, and also some of the best magical realism I’ve read in a long time). It is crazy and frustrating that we still have to deal with the bullshit sexism of making the female character likable to make…

I love both of these authors! great interview!

It makes me so happy that ideas about acquaintance rape are being conveyed to teens in this way. It took me years to identify my rape as more than just “bad sex”, because as a teen I only ever heard rape talked about as stranger in the bushes type scenarios. I have no idea if I would have reported it or at least gone…

Well, I now have two new books to add to my Kindle sample list.

IKR. It’s like saying “I need a friend.” is as controversial as Louis CK’s SNL monologue. Just for the record Jezebel, a lot of women feel the same way.

i get the same thing—i try to be quiet and listen when i’m around new people, to help me get to know them and also because i am uncomfortable around new people, but then i find out everyone thinks i’m cold and aloof and intimidating because i don’t get loud and chatty like i’m apparently supposed to to seem normal and…

Not gonna lie, it’s much harder for me to make female friends than male friends, but mostly because all the people I want to be friends with are like me: ambitious, broke, and dealing with their own shit. We don’t have the time or energy to hang. I’ve maintained one solid female friendship since college, and that bond…

I think she's worried that people only want to be friends with writer/producer/actress Mindy, not Mindy herself.

She’s so well-known, though. It’s got to be hard meeting people and not knowing what their motivations are - do they want to hang out with you, or writer/producer Mindy Kaling, you know?

“if a woman seeks you out at spin class, you wonder what the motivations are! “

In L.A., the only people you meet are women in your spin class.

^So much this! I can’t tell you how often I’ve later heard that a new acquaintance thought I was “stuck up” or “aloof”...people who do get to know me are often surprised by the fact that I’m actually very nice and friendly. I’m a shy and have to get to know people a bit before I don’t feel incredibly awkward around…

True. But I am digging the short ‘do!

This dress is just awful.

It is ridiculously hard to make friends as an adult, especially for introverts. I have to be around someone so many times before I’m really comfortable, but of course by then they’ve decided I’m an aloof bitch.

Making friends as an adult female is hard. I am in my late 30s and don’t have kids. Essentially, the lack of children pretty much makes you null and void when looking for new social circles. Just about everyone I know runs with a social circle that stems from them having kids in the same school, sports, or activities.