baddaughter

I told my husband if he talked to our daughter this way, I'd leave him and take the kid with me. (Ah, my mom's diet phases...) He responded that anyone who would talk this way about a child doesn't deserve to be a parent. This sort of damage never really heals, it just scabs over.… Read More

You too, huh? My therapist once listened to me talk myself out of a career I wanted (using my parents' words) and observed, astonished, that she'd never seen anyone deflate their own dreams. I said that was because they weren't realistic. She said duh, they're dreams. They're supposed… Read More

My parents pretended that couples who love each other don't fight. Between our respective effed up parents, my husband and I have had a rough time trying to figure out how to fight fair and make up properly. I fear screwing up my relationship with him and not teaching our kid how… Read More

Why can't we take these kids to orthopedic specialists? They're better trained and more likely to have actual research backing their methods.

They know many BTS fans are younger than 14, right? The band certainly does. Their reactions to these creepy questions have been both heartwarming and mortified. They know their fan base.

I feel like saying, show of hands-- how many people think Adam Driver is hot? Then after the veritable sea of eager hands raised, looking at the host like, "hmm, don't see any takers for *you.*" Insulting ass.

Grew up in a vacation town with a lot of beaches. Bonfires and campfires need to be treated with respect. Look up Christopher Titus and his routine about falling into a bonfire at a beach party. I've known THREE people who had this exact thing happen. I was also a camp counselor… Read More

Leaf

I like The Rock's retort, that he personally takes pride in ALL of his performances. (For a longer version of this, see also Lily Allen's song "It's Not Fair.")

I would argue that perhaps what zeakins was getting at is that young girls who are famous have been traditionally frustrated by their attempts to control the narrative around their own sexuality. They can go full blown innocent like the Olsen twins, trying to hide it under a squeaky… Read More