Ah, hon, that sucks. I’m sorry! Hopefully your boss can write you a great recommendation? I think a college degree does matter less and less with greater experience. Hopefully your adoption won’t be impacted?

I’ve had some major health issues lately, so I decided to treat myself to some nice makeup! Behold: Laura Geller balance and brighten foundation, Becca backlit primer, and Perricone MD no eyeshadow eyeshadow. Oh my God guys, today is the first day in three freaking months that I haven’t looked like 17 levels of hell.…

God help me, I was involved in a mosh put to that song as a teen. I recall it fondly, for reasons my 31-year-old self cannot explain.

God help me, I was involved in a mosh pit to that song as a teen. I recall it fondly, for reasons my 31-year-old self cannot explain.

A national treasure!

Oh man, I agree. That man’s voice......I mean, his face is lovely too, but I’m here for The Voice.

He pains me.

I want to stress that I’m on team “rape is wildly unreported and a fucking massive problem,” (I was assaulted in college and never reported it), but I’m not sure how I feel about the inclusion of “coercion such as lies.” Obviously I haven’t seen the survey, so presumably, hopefully, it was phrased differently and was…

Now, you’ll have to bear with me, as a somewhat lapsed Catholic, I may not know my bible as well as my more evangelically-inclined counterparts. However, I am definitely recalling that God sent Jesus his only son to us to wipe out all that meaner nastier stuff in the likes of Leviticus. Hence why he never asked any of…

I maintain that 99% of these idiots have never actually read the New Testament. Jesus was pretty clear on these things. Love thy neighbor. Embrace everyone without judgement. Do good. Give selflessly. Render unto Cesar (separation of church and state).

Correct me if I’m wrong, but weren’t they mostly from working class neighborhoods? And that played into the cops’ disinterest? (I could be mixing this up with another case).

I work for a disability charity. At my interview, I used the expression “a leg up.” To an interviewer in a wheelchair. No, I don’t know why they hired me either. Desperation, presumably.

I know this is a very serious topic, and I join you in your outrage, but “my island has no man parts” made me snort my tea a little.

You got through law school with a newborn (and subsequent baby and toddler)? Jesus, I struggled to write my Master’s dissertation with a new puppy. All the respect!

The anniversary date can always be difficult. Sending Internet hugs!

I once had the exact same conversation with my husband - “you are a 6'2 ex soldier, no one is going to bother you!” - and he was equally taken back. It seemed to really sink in though, and I think the key thing is to keep explaining these things. Tell our guy friends/boyfriends/husbands every time someone is a creep.…

Alas, can’t say much more with doxxing myself. Work with good intentions? But at this stage in the war, young ladies with good intentions were a prime target for kidnap, etc. So, bodyguards.

Alas, I can’t say too many more details without doxxing myself!

He did - we are still in touch, and he got out of Iraq a few years later. He’s now safely in another country (can’t say which out of an abundance of caution).

I lived in Cairo in 2006, and never had this happen, nor did anyone I can recall. Then it was super common in Iraq starting in 2008, and several women have commented on this thread that this happens to them in Egypt as well. I’m so curious as to whether this was already going on in 2006 when I was there, and I just…