Camp counselor. More specifically, my camp counselor who was also my lifeguard certification trainer, who somehow always ended up saying “I’ll partner with wordsonawire, everyone else pair up!”

I could see that happening. Given how famous he is, and how much of a reputation he had, she must have at least known what people were saying. But sometimes these creepy guys have that whole Madonna/whore thing going on and are actually really kind to their wives, so if they had a legitimately caring relationship I…

There’s a scene in The Handmaid’s Tale where the handmaids all sit their kneeling and Aunt Lydia says, “This man attacked a handmaid!” or something similar. All the handmaids gasp and then they have to stone him to death.

Sorry for the use of “lovely”. I should probably have said “refreshing” when someone is receptive to listening and changing the way they think. I do actually love the person I spoke of so that probably influenced my word choice.

I saw her interviewed at a live event and I came away adoring her. For instance when one Q&A person asked if she preferred theater or movies and she said both, “But keep in mind, I’m extremely lucky. My husband and I are just incredibly wealthy. I can do a fun theater gig that pays me $100 a week. Most people don’t…

I hope you’ve heard something by now, and good luck and good thoughts to your family. I couldn’t get in touch with close family for less than 8 hours on September 11 and I was an absolute wreck so I can’t imagine the not-knowing stretching for so long. I would have been non-functional.

I think it’s interesting that Corker’s background was running big real estate companies. We all know that Trump’s previous job was bullshit, but I imagine as someone who knows the industry ins and outs he knows exactly how bullshit it was.

I get it — it’s annoying to have to educate men all the time, but it’s lovely that he’s trying. Earlier today my boyfriend wanted to revisit a recent conversation with about how the awful, vividly worded -ahem- and constant catcalling in several countries I’ve lived in was so bad that I never went anywhere without…

I made this comment elsewhere but I’ve seen a lot of people on social media talking about it whose hearts are in the right place but they don’t seem to understand that it’s part of the US. Things like “this country has been devastated by the storm”. I think it takes the urgency down for people to think of it that way.

I think it makes sense. A little bit of anonymity can lead to a lot of vulnerability and openness that’s hard to follow up in a real-time in-person friendship. I say this as a person who apparently looks unthreatening enough that I get fairly frequent park bench confessions from strangers... I have hugged two crying…

I remember being 9 or so and telling my dad that I wanted my screenname on AOL to be Bunny[number] and him saying “I don’t think that’s a good idea” so I said “OK, Fox[number]!” and he said “no, still not a good idea.” Took me a few years to figure out why he wasn’t down with my favorite animals.

This was kind of an “ah-ha!” moment for me because I basically always wear ballet flats, very much “leather socks” as the guy in the video says even when I’m out for a whole day. (Common friend comment: it’s 3 miles, can you walk in those? Response: That’s why I’m wearing them, I can do anything in these). Despite…

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I think she does a good job of describing her own struggle without undermining other voices. It’s scary that anyone speaking up for themselves is met with threats of violence. She probably isn’t met with as much vitriol as these terrifying people bring against people outside of their perceived race or gender…

Ugh and having been assaulted by just a random guy... it takes a really long time to understand at a core level that it wasn’t your fault. We’re trained to think that way. I still don’t tell most people about it, it took me over a year to tell my boyfriend. Going on the news is no easy thing.

You’re on it, nice choice of hashtag. :) I didn’t read the full comment thread before posting.

I don’t disdain it as a performance... I think it’s pretty boring and often poorly written. I don’t mind that you like it, but I really don’t get down with either the writing or the message. That’s not me trying to prove anything. I’m just saying I have been in situations where I’m camping alone and I’ve picked up a…

My step-grandfather was really into a form of Christianity that sounded really wonderful from the books he sent me to read. I continue to believe that religion and spirituality can be beautiful if they’re not misused.

Having been raised mostly Buddhist slash whatever-I-thought-made-sense (thanks parents) I remember having to read the story of Abraham and Isaac in high school and arguing adamantly that this clearly is not a god who loves, this is a god on an ego trip. Not popular with other students but it definitely made it clear…

I hope so! 5 of my coworkers had children in the last year and 4 of them had C sections... that just seems bizarre and unlikely to me. Totally unqualified opinion based on a ridiculously small sample size but I’m definitely on the side of please don’t cut my abdomen open unless you really have to (and a golf tee time…