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My Husband Almost Divorced Me Because I'm Fat

Anna C — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:00:00 -0400

Spoiler alert: we're still married, and I'm still fat. This is not an article about how to help your spouse to lose weight.

I Think I Got "Gray-Aread" By An Airline Employee -- Why I Wish I'd Said No

Julieanne — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:00:00 -0500

I was hammered, and he was not. He was an employee of a major corporation paid to serve alcohol to patrons, and he gave me wine and touched me when he knew I was impaired.

Dads, You Don't Own Your Daughters

s.e. smith — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:00:00 -0500

In New York City recently, a father showed up at his daughter’s school swinging, I kid you not, a chain and padlock, demanding to know who was having sexual intercourse with his daughter/

Vaginas are Not Cars, Wallets, or Other Items of Movable Property

s.e. smith — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:00:00 -0400

You’ve got to keep your vagina under lock and make sure to keep a close eye on it so it doesn’t run off, because other people can’t be blamed when they see a vagina just lying around and decide to take it.

I'm a Victim-Blamer (But Only When the Victim Was Me)

Lesley — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:00:42 -0400

It happened to me: I got groped at work. Against my will. And then I blamed myself for it.

Fat Acceptance and New Year's Resolutions: Hate The Diet, Not The Dieter

Marianne — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:00:14 -0500

I'm on a fat people mailing list and, every new year, there is the same discussion. It's the gleeful discussion of how people's new year's diets are doomed to fail.