christianity

"Getting Spanked As Needed:" I Just Discovered Christian Domestic Discipline and It Makes Me Very Uncomfortable

The women who write about their CDD experiences online are not complaining. Many of them report feeling extremely calm and relaxed after being disciplined, and believe it is an expression of their husband caring about them enough to help them modify their behaviour.
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Issues, christianity, internet commenters, internet, subculture, submission, spanking

Jun 4, 2013 at 6:00pm | 707 comments

internet

How to Make Sense of Internet Commenters and Being "The Girl You Love to Hate"

Jane told it to me once, so it has to be true. Okay then.
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Relationships, internet, commenters

Oct 26, 2012 at 11:00am | 336 comments

bloggers

In the Fat vs. Skinny Smackdown, Everybody Loses

Skinny women are more often thought of as mean, controlling and superficial, while fat women are seen as lazy, sloppy and slow.
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Issues, bloggers, body acceptance, internet, Mr. Rogers, thinspiration, weight

Jul 13, 2012 at 1:00pm | 216 comments

pinterest

Pinterest Continues To Be a Web of Lies, or, That Time I Almost Set Myself on Fire

Most of you know how I feel about Pinterest. I don’t know how many of you follow my “I don’t believe you board,” but there have been some doozies.
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DIY, pinterest, lies, fire, internet, DIY

Mar 18, 2013 at 1:00pm | 186 comments

feminism

What Do You Want from Your Women's Web Site?

I'm talking about women's web sites tonight with some women's web site-ers. What should I say?
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Issues, feminism, internet, jezebel, women's web sites

Apr 19, 2012 at 2:30pm | 171 comments

internet

Would I Choose Twitter Over Having Sex? Yeah, Probably

I mean, not ALL the time. But sometimes it just seems like the lesser effort to scroll through a bunch of strangers' thoughts on Downton Abbey than to actually get naked with someone.
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Relationships, internet, internet addiction, no one should date me ever, social media, tumblr, twitter

Oct 15, 2012 at 9:00am | 109 comments

casual sex

How to Meet Dudes for Sex Online (Without Getting Sex Murdered)

When I was a college student, I used an email that was traceable enough that I was blackmailed by a guy who threatened to put posters all over my campus with my picture and saying what a SLUT I WAS if I didn't meet him!
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Sex, Sex, Sex ... and Love, casual sex, internet, craigslist

Aug 30, 2012 at 4:00pm | 106 comments

internet

Internet Social Justice Mob Goes Batshit on Activist, Has No Sense of Irony

Have you ever said something sort of dumb and immature on the internet?
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Issues, internet, trans issues

Jul 12, 2012 at 2:30pm | 91 comments

internet

My Internet Friend Died On Monday

Somebody I've never met, but spoke to many times a week, died on Monday.
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Issues, internet, real friends, f*ck cancer.

Apr 11, 2013 at 11:00am | 69 comments

ihtm contest

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: I Gave Money To My Online Boyfriend Who I Never Actually Met

He didn’t have any money and he couldn’t come back to the States right away and he had to change his flight. I listened to this sob story and then he asked me to help him out, with whatever I could spare.
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It Happened To Me, ihtm contest, online dating, internet, scams, money

Mar 7, 2013 at 11:00am | 62 comments

blogging

It Happened to Me: My Blog Went Viral And I Freaked Out

Here's the thing about becoming Internet-famous: in my experience, it sort of makes you want to quit the Internet entirely.
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It Happened To Me, blogging, internet, tech, viral

Apr 6, 2012 at 11:00am | 59 comments

internet

Max McCain Hopes I Die Of A Heart Attack

Human beings are so self-centered and imminently concerned with their own daily lives, do they really have the time and inclination to “hate” fat people? Hate?!
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Issues, internet, fat hate, fat

Dec 28, 2012 at 11:00am | 54 comments

internet

Jesus Christ, Can We Stop Blaming Technology for Our Inability to Build Friendships?

This perennial face-clutching about how we're all going to die fused to our screens and with our lower halves slowly deflating like dampened papier-mâché never fails to make me roll my eyes.
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Relationships, internet, internet friends, tech, technology is not the enemy

Feb 25, 2013 at 2:00pm | 50 comments

sexting

So, About Those Naked Pictures of You on the Internet

Blaming women for taking private, nude photos of themselves is tantamount to blaming them for being nude in the privacy of their own showers, what with the potential for window treatments to billow in the wind, or the possibility of a fire breaking out.
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Sex, Sex, Sex ... and Love, sexting, pictures, internet, technology

Sep 13, 2012 at 12:00pm | 45 comments

trolling

I Fed an Internet Troll and I Wish I Hadn't

Obviously I wasn’t to blame for her illness or her behavior, but would her attack have spiraled so deeply out of control if I hadn’t done what I reviled most and hid behind the mask the Internet affords to give her a taste of her own medicine?
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Issues, trolling, internet, community

Dec 3, 2012 at 5:00pm | 45 comments

body image

Strip Club Science: Stripper Jedi

Unlike most newbie dancers, I did not improve for a freakishly long time.
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Sex, Sex, Sex ... and Love, body image, craigslist, internet, strip clubs, stripping

Aug 7, 2012 at 12:00pm | 41 comments

guns

Speaking Up About Gun Culture Made People Want To Hurt Me

I was unnerved that some people didn’t just disagree with me: they wanted my very existence, my very humanity, erased, as painfully as possible, starting with my vagina.
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Issues, guns, writing, trolls, internet, death threats

Jan 16, 2013 at 12:30pm | 38 comments

commenters can be mean

I'm Fat According to the Internet

The first time I saw the word “fat” in reference to me, I stared at it for a full minute in complete silence. It really stung. I was immediately self-conscious and embarrassed that these comments were out there in a public forum for other people to see.
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Beauty, commenters can be mean, fat, internet

Jul 18, 2012 at 2:00pm | 33 comments

addiction

My Week Without Phones or Internet (I'm Alive!)

I was mostly just completely, utterly wigged out about not being online for a week. I am that sad.
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Healthy, addiction, internet, internet addiction, vacation

Jul 2, 2012 at 11:00am | 20 comments

internet

I Googled Myself and I'm Singing Songs to My Exes In Cyberspace

Being the only Julia Pugachevsky in the world, I can't exactly deny that what you see has, in fact, been produced by me.
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Issues, internet, tech, blogging

Oct 23, 2012 at 11:30am | 8 comments

ask natalie

Ask Natalie: Asking Friends to Fill out An Online Form to Hang out Is Rude, Right?

If you really cared, you'd call. Or email. Or follow my other clever suggestions to stay out of Personal Interaction Hell.
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Tech, ask natalie, doodle, internet, netiquette

Jul 21, 2011 at 10:02am | 0 comments

internet

It Happened to Me: I Survived An Internet Predator

When I was 15, a 40-year-old man I met online took my virginity and shattered my innocence.
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It Happened To Me, internet, predators, sexual assault

Oct 27, 2011 at 1:00pm | 0 comments