Drive-by Ada love!

OT, but this reminds me of some articles I read last year. The writer — a former CIA agent — was frustrated by how Carrie in Homeland and Maya in Zero Dark Thirty are portrayed as lone wolf women fighting in a workplace dominated by men, with very few female colleagues. In reality, women are quite prominent in the…

Hell, the very word "computer" was first coined to refer to human beings who did computations by hand - human beings who were almost entirely women.

Very cool, thanks for sharing.

"She's always been in there, ever since she existed."

Can we get something similar for the dudes then? Because BOY do I have suggestions!

Yes my ex and I had discussed getting married. We had even discussed proposals a bit. I am not someone who would like to have a public spectacle. It makes me uncomfortable. I knew he was planning something elaborate and he was even dropping hints and I kept getting hints that he was completely ignoring everything I…

In high school I was asked to prom by a guy from our high school news program on camera. I said yes, and when the camera stopped rolling I immediately told him that I wouldn't go with him and chewed him out for thinking it would work.

Only if it's something you haven't talked about beforehand. If he just springs it on you publicly, then yes, it's kind of a dick move.

We've similar conversations about this on Jezebel in the past. It most seems couples have at least mentioned or talked about marriage prior to the official (get on one knee thing) proposal. So, it's not really a question of if the proposal will happen, it's when. If she says no or is genuinely shocked that you…

No, you are not alone. This one was particularly terrible. This was her moment to talk about the work she does! And it was all about him "I" this and "I" that. UGH!

Add me to the list of women who really would not be happy about this kind of proposal. Why guys think they have to one-up each other on unique and interesting ways of proposing is fuckin' beyond me.

Yes they are. If she says no, she's a meanie. If she says yes, she's a jerk for going along with it only to bail later.

you would think the guy would know the girl better if she was the type of person to like a public marriage proposal vs a private one. I mean, if i was proposing to someone I would at least ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Yup. The number of awkward proposals I've seen versus ones where it seems genuinely enthused and happy that it happened in public makes me think that the vast majority are "yes" acceptances that will turn to "oh hell fucking no" the minute the cameras are off.

Picture perfect example of how the world still believes that the most important thing in a woman's life is to be married. She has her own interests and accomplishments? Who cares?! She's getting married! Some douchebag is willing to take responsibility for her for the rest of her life! That's all she ever…

Ugh. I'd be so pissed. Obviously the producers (and her boyfriend) assumed that getting engaged/married is the TOP priority in any woman's life, so any annoyance she'd have at not getting to talk about her accomplishments would be overshadowed by the joy of getting married. Blah.

No, they are ridiculous. Especially this one.

Racism against Roma people, unlike racism against any other kind of people, is totally legitimate. I know this because some Roma people treated me badly in the past. Roma people are the ONLY people that have ever treated me badly. No other group has criminals in it, especially white Europeans. This is likely due to…

If people ask me what I usually answer "old man".