Yes. And it was glorious. Vivi-Anne is deadpan and disinterested in every scene in which she appears.

Because you’re baiting people. Look ma, I caught some opinions!

Convenient how at the end no one mentions that this is how he talks about US. An ad full of women, and no, we’re not upset on account of our little old selves, heavens no! We’re just upset that he’s talking this way about men’s wives! Men’s sisters! Men’s DAUGHTERS!

I think this is great. Maybe Ilana and Abbi feel similar to how I feel, which is that while both candidates have ups and downs I’m a dem who supports other dems, and I will proudly cast my vote for either Bernie or Hillary. The squabbling is getting bad, and it only serves to divide us when we need to stand strong…

This one works for me, and I’m comfortably ensconced north of the border. Hope it works for you!

What’s more is that that kid went from bullying the girl until she cried, to them being good enough friends that he wanted to play guns with her and she thought she loved him. Then when he does a stupid kid thing like shut the lights off (because both boys AND little girls do that) the mom has to explain to the girl…

I agree. This woman would probably cause me to drink bleach after about 5 minutes. I think she has valid points as well but I feel she’s alienating more people to her feelings than gaining their understanding of it. They are definitely less impolite ways to share your feelings with others without shitting on them for…

when my son was about 2 or 3 he was toddling through town pushing his blue-clothed baby doll in his sister’s pink dolly stroller. He got a few funny looks, but one older man who I will love forever smiled at him and said, “I see you’re practicing being a good dad.” What a great attitude!

My moms obnoxiously christian friend had a sit down talk with me about watching RuPauls drag race “with your son in the room. You don’t want that life for him do you?” Okay first he was all of 16 months or something at the time so I’m not sure he really got the whole drag aspect. Second, if drag Race is how you become…

Yeah that bathroom thing had me thinking “that shit ain’t nothing”. It's not boys will be boys, it's kids being kids. Boys and girls should be allowed some level of mischief and to settle things amongst themselves instead of parents catastrophizing everything.

I agree it’s a good idea to sometimes call out these little microbullshit instances (love that term!) - I, too, would’ve said something to the karate teacher - but a little goes a long way if you don’t want to be perceived as “that Mom.” For one thing, people tune out “that Mom” and then they don’t listen when it…

I’m all for speaking up and speaking out about many issues, but having been a primary school teacher for a long time, some of the complaints that were made at the school and library illicited involuntary eyerolls. Kids do things like turn the lights out on each other because they are impulsive and do stupid shit.

Consider the possibility that people did not respond to your concerns in the way you wanted them to because you send them long-assed missives and consequently came across as hostile and rambling.

I don’t release them from responsibility at all. But brainwashing is a thing that exists. Try to hold those two facts at once.

It’s not equivocation and it’s not meaningless; it’s actual science. Brainwashing is a real thing that we know about.

Cool story

What option? They had no education, no job skills, no idea about how to survive in the world. Their subservience is so ingrained in them that they can’t see leaving. It’s why Anna Duggar won’t leave, even though her brother is offering to supporter her if she does.

Being a woman is not enough to have thoughts about femaleness and the social experience of being female.

Um... pretty sure it is.

When something is that ingrained within your upbringing it is very, very difficult to escape. If “just leaving” was that easy, no one would stay with abusive spouses or remain in contact with abusive parents.