Oh, the joys of solitary smoking. I haven't had one in twenty years. I used to start the day by making a double espresso on the stove and smoking a cig. It was glorious. Smoking while driving alone, smoking while talking on the phone, smoking while playing guitar, smoking while sitting on your front steps and…

I like seeing North wearing clothing that the power of advertising taught me isn't toddler-wear. If I didn't see it on a baby on tv or in a catalog (where I was being told to buy it), I know it's wrong! You see, companies that make babies' clothes are obsessed with ensuring the babies' comfort (definitely not making…

These pics aren't really BDSM though, are they? Just implying passionate, art-directed sexy times.

Almost as bad a reaction as comparing semen to urine and feces.

Only witches bleed their own blood, real women don't even pee or poop.

The title is misleading (if not an outright intentional lie.) The study appears to state that the *risk* of FGM has increased — NOT the actual numbers of FGMs performed. While it is, of course, a terrible practice, let's try to keep from getting hysterical and seeing bogeymen everywhere. The thing about cultural…

That does sound like it might be worse. I'm hoping it died with Blockbuster.

It really is the second worst.
One time, in the early to mid oo's, I was at a Blockbuster and Dominoes was there handing out samples of their bacon cheeseburger pizza. It was made with ketchup and mustard. I actually spit it out. I couldn't even bring myself to swallow that ogre food.

THAT'S NOT WHAT YOUR MOM SAID.

Except as a lady I didn't really have the luxury. It's true about the needing to make a purchase or pay to use the bathroom, and if someone is homeless or destitute, I get it. But it also isn't that hard to stop in at a gas station, get a soda, and pee. That's what I'd end up doing, or paying for a pay toilet. It's…

Berlin is no town. Berlin is a dirty, throbbing city, and I love if deeply. Gotta take some bad with the good.

OMG! I was out drinking with these two Czech guys, and we stopped in this weird cafe where one of the guys bought something kinda shady looking. Once we left I asked them what the heck just happened the guy was like, "we buy meth."

My problem with dudes peeing in public is less nudity (sure, the body is totally functional, I get it, etc. This is not a nudity issue.) and more with the fact that he is URINATING on something. It's like, great, now I am encountering a penis when I didn't anticipate it - and if it's just an issue of like, changing…

It's like she's deformed. I can barely stand to look at her.

I think this man was mentally ill. He didn't kill those police officers for the cause. He killed them because he wanted to be known. If you check out his Facebook page you'll see a status where he clearly has suicidal ideation. You'l also see some statuses that are misogynistic in nature (which explains why he…

I stand my ground on the Rob Lowe and John Stamos should kiss topic.

This has given me all the feels. I am struggling not to cut all of the white people out of my life (kind of hard, given I'm married to a white man) and many of those people are "good white people." They are shocked at racism and racist behavior— so much so they I get links to racist posts on websites because they…

The basic problem, for me, is that no one will share or praise this essay more enthusiastically then those same good white people. Which is a real difficulty with all kinds of radical critiques of privilege these days: no matter how direct they are in challenging every privileged person, they always end up being…

If I saw someone walking down a Brooklyn street in white power garb, I would be deeply offended. I might even become upset by it. Like the other poster, I wouldn't act on it. That it wouldn't bother you says more about YOU than it does her.

I think calling it victim-blaming is a bit knee-jerk. Delving into possible mindsets of violent criminals helps is better understand how to treat or—when necessary—punish them.