Plus the vulnerability that comes from a neglectful childhood.

Yeah, the people saying this is okay seem to be forgetting that this is a parent taking advantage of their child.

Trying not to judge. Trying not to judge. Oh fuck it, I’ll judge. No, no, no, no, dear God this is not ok. (Back to the Olympics. The women’s soccer team just took the lead!)

THIS IS A GOOD POINT. I was babysitting the younguns starting when I was 9. Not all summer, like you, but often enough. And there was the time I was going somewhere with a friend and got stuck bringing my youngest sister, and she ordered something expensive for lunch, using up all our savings, and we had to beg for…

I hope they use this photo in their wedding invitations.

I’m not really Tina Belcher, either.

Justin’s Dad seems pretty into his kid’s dick size. As a Dad, this is not something I really focus on. It's more than a little disturbing that this douche does it with regularity.

I have known women who genuinely weren't feminists. They have drank some sort of kool-aid about idealized "Leave it to Beaver" lives. I used to work with a woman (she was in her 30s, and this was just a few years ago) who didn't think that single women should own property. She left work when she got married, and the…

Ryder is almost certainly not trying to make her point into a backdoor compliment about being adorably skinny.

Well, she’s not a moron. She’s well aware of the trope and how filmmakers have tried to capitalize on its appeal (mostly for male audiences) by typecasting her in it. She seems to be acknowledging that it’s difficult to actively resist that stigma in her personal life—being, in reality, a vulnerable and sensitive and…

Heather Havrilesky is THE BEST

I’m biased, being a Gen-Xer, but I’m really happy she’s having this career resurgence. She brings something unique to the table.

I made a new burner account because I couldn’t remember my password JUST to comment this BUT there is a book called “How to Disappear Completely” about anorexia where the author talks about how women who are small (petite and thin, basically) are romanticized to be mysterious and artsy because they are small (and/or…

I think people don’t take her seriously because she’s so petite and has always looked young.

Winona Ryder has one of the most interesting film careers. Her choice of film roles is so diverse, I love that she’s never been in one box.

Female family annihilators are rare but not unheard of. I think that’s why they’re so reluctant to say who the shooter was just yet.

This has to be one the saddest stories I’ve read. Evidently there was a lot going on in this household, much more than their daughter’s illness. Mental health, people using drugs and alcohol for self medication, without discarding any other possibility. Mental care is and needs to be top priority in this country,…

I often wonder if people who make these ‘animals more than people’ declarations realize that they sound like petty narcissists with empathy deficits and not the daring iconoclasts they seem to think they are.

Family annihilators often kill pets. It’s not unusual at all. And there’s plenty of work gone into figuring out why family annihilators exist. That work is ongoing.

“And yes, for the record, I care more about animals than people.”