Because women’s “value” isn’t determined by their fathers. Or their husbands. Or anyone else.

It’s not “injecting morality” to state the FACT that a woman's

Gross. Just gross.

First one: Entertaining when I was 16. (which is when it was first released) Next how-ever-many: Meh.

Thank you. I googled yesterday. There are some opportunities! And thanks for your advocacy.

I have wanted to do this. Do you have a suggestion

Also,

For one thing, I HATE that it’s called “domestic” violence. I haven’t been able to come up with a better adjective, though. Sigh.

Oh, and BY THE WAY - Ronald Reagan did not run for president until 1980. AHEM - the golden mid- to-late 70s belong SQUARELY TO JIMMY CARTER, thank you very MUCH.

How ... HOW can someone else have been as obsessed as Teen Me with Jayne Modean? I LOVED her. I wanted to BE her. I even pretended I WAS her, upthread.

COWL NECKS. Yes.

I think that’s me in the top photo. On the left, in the suede vest. Or maybe that’s me in the suede jacket with the faux fur collar. Or even on the far right in the awesome plaid jacket.

It’s really not that surprising that you didn’t know about taxes. Who taught you? High school classes? (No.) Your parents? (probably not, unless they were self-employed)

Sigh. The year was 2000. New baby born. 6 weeks later, he is in the hospital with MENINGITIS. I am in PICU with him 24/7 for 3 days. While I’m there, husband calls with the WONDERFUL news that we owe a fuckton of $ to the IRS. For long boring reasons. That's when I decided to learn about this stuff. And became a…

By age 55 your tears may dry up and crust over into a constant, quiet rage, like mine.

If you’re in the U.S., just make sure you’re sending 15.3% of all that freelance $, plus whatever you think you’ll owe to the feds and your state, in quarterly tax payments.

Oh, of course! In patriarchy, there are always plenty of prizes to go around for misogyny.

Why on earth do you think this is funny? You’re part of the problem.

It’s just good-old misogyny, found in every religion and in every place on earth.

HA! I think your latter story proves my assertion! :-)