Agreed. I think zoos are very fun in general-but you look into a Gorilla’s eyes and know that not only do they see you/recognize that you’re like them but they understand that you’re outside while they’re caged. I totally get that it’s a complicated issue-they’re endangered and I know most zoos (at least in all the…

FREE JELANI!!!!!

My boss is a woman, and in one of her first staff meetings when she first started at my office, she was interrupted by a male engineer (who, as it happens, is under her management and not the other way around). I don’t remember exactly what she said, but it was something to the effect of, “Please do not speak over me…

^^ right here. Don’t wait around being polite waiting for your turn. My boss does this to EVERYBODY and I’ve learned to say “Excuse me, can I finish?” In the least confrontational and funny way, of course, to point out that he’s not let me finish. He’s not cured in any sense, but he does have a lot more self awareness…

This is literally exactly who I thought Bobby Finger was.

Can I sneak my pug in?

I love these pics! Also whenever she drives herself around the estate, which is awesome. They’re really quite . . . whatever the british version of redneck/American Hunter chic is. They’re very outdoorsy.

And then there is this, my second-favourite picture of all time. A picture of such sublime, ecstatic absurdity that it really ought to be hanging in the National Portrait Gallery for future generations of Britons to appreciate and revere. I love it so.

She’s not a progressive in any way. She’s a hard right Republican.

Yo, Cait, Imma let you finish, but you were married three times. THREE TIMES!

That’s just confirming their own biases when they believe that J.K. Rowling must by default be male, otherwise it’s fraud. She didn’t assume a completely different identity, that *is* her name and she’s entitled to abbreviate to just her initials if that’s what she wants to do.

Creepy look on his face, not the most flattering picture to put on the cover.

I never had guys freak out on me, and I always reached for my wallet but didn’t fight if they insisted. However, that was only first date stuff. Relationships always meant splitting/switching off.

I’ve never had a guy totally freak out on me about it, but usually what I’ll do if they really, truly won’t let me pay is firmly say that I’ll pay for the movie/other activity/next date (if it seems like there will be one). And then I follow through- if he tries to pay for that, then I’ll just cheerfully say something…

You are not a total weirdo. When I was in the dating world (I left it 10 years ago), it was my habit to split the bill, or to follow the whomever asked the other person out pays for the meal thing. Or if the date was going well, we’d go for dinner one place and then maybe head for dessert or coffee or drinks at…

I am firmly in the “split the check” category, either both of us paying for our own meals (preferable for new relationships) or switching back and forth. However, I noticed that a lot of guys I went on dates with were *super* touchy about insisting on paying. If I tried to pay, they ranged between panicked and…

Okay, I’ll bite. Am I really the only one who at least tries to get the guy to let me chip in for half? Sometimes the guy on the date stubbornly won’t let me, in which case I’ll usually concede (because I don’t want to get into a huge argument about it) and pay for the second date (if there is one) or, if we’re going…

I can think of easier money hustles than accusing someone of rape.

People are actually saying "Then consider birth control" to me in another thread, and "have a BBQ at your own house" - I'm sure my Manhattan landlord is gonna love me BBQ'ing in my pocket-sized one bedroom.

Jesus, everyone, just be honest - you don't want to see me and my baby in public. Anywhere. Ever.