About her specifically? No one. But I often find myself in discussion with people who don't think privilege exists, or don't understand why it matters, and I was pointing out that this is a useful example that I expect to draw on in the future. So in that sense, everyone should care, because until everyone can…

My dad would also say that the worst part of his kids growing up was our gradual discovery that he had almost no original material.

Nope. Grew up a lot like she did. That's how I know.

I'm not whining about privilege. I grew up very privileged. It's conferred on me HUGE advantages, just like it has this kid. Her parents provide her with a home in a wealthy neighborhood, access (to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars a year) to the school where she built her network, plus their extended network…

No, and no one is saying that. She is achieving quite a lot, and I think it's great. But if the brass ring is 10 feet off the ground, this kid has a 6-foot ladder and the child of a single mom who didn't go to college living in Central Florida is standing on the ground. That's what privilege is. She doesn't have to…

I suppose I don't KNOW that, but at the same time, I know that because she's 15. No one that young and especially no one as well-insulated as that kid has an accurate idea of their place in the world. Have you ever MET anyone who grew up going to private school in NYC? It's the ultimate bubble. They can have a lot of…

No, I totally get what you mean. I am not shitting on this kid at all. She is doing incredibly well. She is also incredibly lucky. I think the term "privilege" is tossed around much like the word "feminism"—people use is assuming it just means "money-hater" or "man-hater" and that's not correct. Privilege is a thing…

This is like, the ur-example of what "privilege" actually is and I will draw on it forevermore.

There's this campaign, about the double nature of abusers: http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/no-mor…

I was thrown out of a cab for a super intense makeout session that involved some minor toplessness. My cab driver (like many cab drivers in NYC) was an observant Muslim, and he was deeply offended. If you don't feel bad about making someone that fundamentally uncomfortable, you should probs reexamine some things.

I was thrown out of a cab for a super intense makeout session that involved some minor toplessness. My cab driver (like many cab drivers in NYC) was an observant Muslim, and he was deeply offended. If you don't feel bad about making someone that fundamentally uncomfortable, you should probs reexamine some things.

I was thrown out of a cab for a super intense makeout session that involved some minor toplessness. My cab driver (like many cab drivers in NYC) was an observant Muslim, and he was deeply offended. If you don't feel bad about making someone that fundamentally uncomfortable, you should probs reexamine some things.

That said, don't fuck in a fucking cab, you filthy animal. No one comes to your workplace and fucks on your desk while you're trying to work.

Yes, I agree. I have one ex that I would call a friend, and even then it's not 100% pure. I have no lingering feelings for him at this point (I did for a little while but never let him know) but every second or third time we go out, he'll drink too much and reach under my shirt and grope me. The only reason I'm even…

I mean, they all sound like experts at falling in love to me. If you want help staying there, I suppose you may want to look elsewhere.

I find that shit infuriating. I hate olives, and caught my boyfriend sneaking them into a salad because he loves olives and thinks I am wrong. I ate the salad and didn't complain, and at the end of the meal he went, "HA! See! You liked it!" I flipped up the one remaining leaf on my plate to show him my entire…

My 1st thought as well.

My younger brother told me that he sometimes name-drops reading articles on Jezebel to pick up girls, and that it totally works. Which means that a) my brother grew up to read Jezebel and b) my brother grew up to hit on girls who read Jezebel and want to date guys who read Jezebel. There exists no prouder big sister…

You kissed her on the cheeks SIX TIMES before you tried kissing her lips??? I am laughing but god, how dense.