How dare she push for something that she was contractually entitled to, how dare she. I’m sure she probably was an asshole in other ways, but I’m on her side in not letting them slide on those ones.

I was unclear about what a sunglass-tiara is, and google gave me this. Her instagram is private so I can’t confirm it, but I’m pretending that’s exactly what she was wearing.

I get what you’re saying here, and in a lot ways this thinking is smart (i.e. with a car, for example), but I think the idea here is to try to change your your relationship with your unused possessions first and foremost.

I liked thinking of the “inner goddess” as a pornographic variation of the Lizzie McGuire cartoon character. That was the only component of that book I found entertaining.

Thank you for this piece, Jia. I’ve long been bothered by how many women choose to take their husband’s last names as well. Yes, I also subscribe to the Church of You Do You and try not to judge but when a) the tradition of taking his name is based on a history of the bride technically becoming a man’s legal property,…

As a native-born American, I honestly have no idea why this question is offensive. I also don’t know why it was asked. Sooooooo.

Godspeed, and I’ll be at Wonkette next Monday.

Yes, but that was your fault – you can still use the tickets you buy, its your fault if you can’t go on those dates. If you did go on the dates you bought for, and they said you had to leave a day early because someone else died on the other side of the hotel... then wouldn’t you deserve your money back?

But you sure do come off as massively condescending. Blah, blah, CF people are selfish, blah, blah. What was the completely selfless reason you had kids?

I think I have a whole series by this author!

“Please leave me alone” or “Please go away” usually is met with a “fuck you very much, bitch” response so, hard pass on inviting insults into my day. How about dudes learn and understand incredibly common social cues?

Yep, the more you learn, the more well rounded your definition can be! And then you can kind of work backwards and figure out what you need to do to make those goals happen.

So true! And when you’re broke, it’s not exactly that you have more time, like I kind of suggested in the post with my out-of-work example. It’s that time is one of the few resources you DO have, so even if it’s scarce, you’re more willing to use it to cut costs.

My favorite Effie Brown story:

Ah I know its cliche to want a tree planted over your dead body, but now I want a tree planted over my body so that in couple hundred years maybe my skeleton can scare someone when the tree falls over.

Because racism is hilarious.

It reminds me of the whole taking your husband’s name when you get married thing. As every Jezebel article on the subject illustrates, many if not most female readers either took their husband’s name or plan to, which is perfectly understandable. But way, way too many of them angrily insist that they did so completely…

—For a man to openly reject a woman because he found her fat would be social suicide.—

They never took a doggie bag home and they never touched Golem Jesus’s meal.

Moms are neg ninjas.