Thanks for making this clear - women especially are so hard on themselves and the way they look (thanks to social pressures) that they retreat more and more and some suffer greatly from loneliness because they feel unattractive and unappealing. It’s truly disgusting that we are still at the mercy of “look good or…

It’s like that one interview where she got asked about Ben’s supposed phoenix tattoo, and she said “Bless his heart”.

Me:

She has a point. Whenever a man tells me to steam my vagina I spend all day sitting on the kettle. But when she does I mock her.

She never quite hits the right note, does she? Her own worst enemy. I remember a UK Cosmo cover years ago, saying something like ‘Gwyneth: I get cellulite too you know’ and I wanted to ... I don’t even know what I wanted to do. But it wasn’t coming from the best part of me.

I was going to push a jade egg up my chocha and then saw a picture of Attractive Gwyneth Paltrow and said: aw hell no. I’m just going to wait for an uglier, less successful woman to sell me an expensive, one-way ticket to vaginal bacteria-palooza.

Thank you for sharing. We lost our son to cystic fibrosis in 2009. When the time came and the doctors told us that there was nothing more to be done, we didn’t hesitate with withdraw care. It was heartbreaking and the hardest thing I have ever had to do, but to have tried to prolong things would have been selfish and…

I, too, have had to choose to end my child’s life - in my case, to turn off the machines. In a week it will have been 17 years, and I still can’t think of it too closely. I share your pain, and I send you love.

I’d say that a slightly different interpretation could also be valid : uptalk not necessarily functioning as a demand for attention or agreement, but as a signal that says “I’m seeking your empathy and understanding of what I’m talking about, and I’m crediting you with the ability and/or willingness to give it.”…

Every child should be loved so deeply. I am sorry you were forced into such a painful decision. My condolences.

Thank you for sharing your story. Condolences

Beautifully and wisely said, CJ4. My deepest condolences for the loss of your sweet child.

This is beautiful and I’m so, so sorry.

Do you have children? Rationally I agree with you, but as a parent I’m not sure I could just accept my baby dying without knowing I did everything humanly possible to try to save them. It’s primal.

As I have written before, my daughter died when she was five in 2011, two months after being diagnosed with an inoperable and malignant brain tumor. There is no cure for her type of tumor - DIPG - and current treatments do little more than extend life for a few months.

Just like Trump is a poor man’s interpretation of what a rich man is, she is what a Pinterest Mom interprets as poised and sophisticated.

Jessica Simpson’s shit is surprisingly good. The shoes, in particular. I get them second hand a lot because they’re one of the few brands that holds up well enough for a second go.

Jessica Simpson has some surprisingly decent dresses and shoes. The fit and quality of her dresses is generally pretty good and also they aren’t ridiculously expensive.

I frequently pick up Ivanka trump pieces at TJ Maxx when browsing through the racks. Most seem like very basic, boring middle-management wear that aren’t up to the level of Tahari or Calvin Klein. Her clothes are exactly like her – overly safe, basic, boring, and attempting to appeal to a too- broad demographic while…