Balance, schalance. When she realizes that the patriarchy no longer gives a shit about her or pay her as much as a dude, she might re-think this whole "balance" thing. There's no "balance" when your rights and desires are getting shit on.

Joke: How can you tell someone is vegan?

In fact, she's so cool because she can hang with the guys!!!

I think paparazzi could be terrifying for anyone of any age but I can't imagine dealing with them as a teen. Kudos to Lorde. Love her line "i understand that this comes with the territory. i do not understand why I should be complacent."— as no one should have to give up safety because they are an icon.

Oh god, THE FEELS. *sob*

Yes!!! That part bothered me to no end. Like he just assumed what he was doing was not only OK but that I should be happy about it. I am glad you agree it was so creeper.

Line the 62 moronic seniors up in the hall, let the janitors piss on them, and make the newly knighted piss ants clean it up with paper towels; that should put shit in perspective for them.

My assistant principal vowed to call the police if I even tried to show up to school on the last day of my senior year.

Sure, it makes sense if you automatically assume that the audience being addressed is male: rape can always be avoided if you just don't rape people. Sure.

That's how I read it, too. I totally get the outrage if you're looking at if from the other way (which rape culture would certainly pre-dispose us to do), but I was actually excited because I was like "YES! It totally is. Don't rape anyone, and rape will be 100% gone!"

I'm supposed to go out with friends tonight, but I'm with Kate ~ I think I'll beg off so as not to create a global media circus.

Pushback: it also means that if it's happening in places where students feel empowered to 1- know it's wrong and 2- complain to the proper authorities, imagine what's happening elsewhere.

Y'all. My grandmother is going to this wedding as her friend's plus one! The degrees of separation between me and my BFF Kate just got awesomely smaller!

You are right, much sketchier. I was at Walgreen one time buying M&Ms and this guy in line looked my up and down a few times while I pretended not to notice and tried really hard to give off major you're-making-me-uncomfortable vibes. Didn't work and he asked if I was making cookies and I in my best annoyed tone…

Sweetie, no.

My boyfriend is a dedicated liberal, is usually pretty anti-monarchy, and likes to think that celebrity culture is pretty dumb. He's also a native of Memphis, and when I told him this morning that William and Harry were going to be there, his eyes lit up in a way that is usually reserved for turkey bacon if it's…

As a guy, I can understand what he's doing, even if I don't use this tactic myself. For him, there is very little investment, just a few seconds of his time. If a man is very comfortable with himself, he may not really care too much about being rejected. It is a great outlook to have if you can manage it. There's…

Let's not be quick to dismiss this diamond-in-the-rough, ladies:

It is almost enough to make up for George Clooney breaking my heart. Almost.

Given that you're disregarding anything unless you've personally experienced it, as one man to another (because clearly you'd never take the word of a woman) I'd say no, you are most certainly not "an ally."