The internet - xoJane

Showering, and Other Things I Found Out From the Internet I Am Doing Totally Wrong

Julieanne — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:00:00 -0400

According to some sources, I can't even pee right.

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME? I Can't Use A Telephone

Julieanne — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:00:00 -0400

Sometimes I get freaked out if I have to call for a pizza, even if I know doing so will result in piping hot pizza. PIZZA.

How Not To Be A Dick: In The Comments Section

Colleen Elizabeth — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:00:00 -0400

A comment thread is over when names are called, especially if anyone brings up the Nazis.

Teen Girls Meet People On The Internet, And It's Not As Scary As It Sounds

s.e. smith — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:00:00 -0500

The combination of teen girls and the Internet tends to provoke a specific kind of fear, one of tender innocents corrupted and potentially abused by older people, usually men.

It's Time For The Backlash! Is Kickstarter Becoming An Etiquette Problem?

Annabelle Gurwitch — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:00:00 -0500

I now receive a minimum of one Kickstarter campaign solicitation in my email in-box every week. It feels a little like blackmail.

Does Blogging About Our Kids Screw Them Up?

Stephanie Kaloi — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 11:41:00 -0500

I had the first inkling of “Maaaybe I should slow down on the blogging about my kid” around the time my son turned one-and-a-half and started looking and acting like more of an actual person.

I've Decided To Stop Hating People I Don't Know

Helena — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:00:00 -0500

When I was 10, I was one of the founding members of the "I Hate Shonda Club," which boasted an impressive roster of three girls from my street.

Jen Kirkman To Men: "Speak the Hell Up for Female Comics"

Julieanne — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:00:00 -0500

Don't worry, this is not another "are women funny?" thing, because ZZZZZ. This is something else entirely. )

The Online Culture of ‘Niceness’ Doesn’t Extend to the Ladies

Katie J. M. Baker of Jezebel — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:30:00 -0500

If you're a woman with an internet presence, you need skin as thick as a redwood trunk to deal with the barrage of insults and threats that you'll unquestionably receive from misogynist trolls.

How The “Cult of xoJane” Helped Get Me Through The Worst Days of My Life

Allan Mott — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:30:00 -0500

I didn’t know it yet, but by the time I sent that tweet, my mom had already been dead for nine minutes.

How a Gawker Writer Who Trashed Me Became One of My Closest Friends and Why Words on the Internet Are Meaningless

Mandy — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:00:00 -0400

Have you ever had someone write something really mean about you online? And then you found out they got hired to be sitting right next to you at work -- day after day?

It Happened To Me: I Got Dumped by a Meme

Jessa Kirk — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:00:00 -0400

It all started with Reddit (as so many strange and terrible things do).

Babies from Belly Buttons, And Other Weird-Ass Child Misconceptions About Sex

Kate Conway — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:00:00 -0400

When I was a kid, my parents made sure to tell me that babies were made from sperm and eggs, but it took me 15 years to figure out that balls don't live inside dudes like sleeping chipmunks.

Sometimes I Want to Burn Down the Internet and Move Off-Grid

Somer Sherwood — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:00:00 -0400

As much as I love technology and the convenience and connectedness that go along with it, I get weary of looking at screens.

Non-Crap Email from a Dude (Who I Went Totally Loco On)

Julieanne — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:00:27 -0400

I had a full fledged Overreaction to an email from a stranger. Here's the uplifting note he wrote me back

On Creeps (And Why I'm Totally Fine With Calling them That)

Julieanne — Tue, 01 May 2012 11:00:40 -0400

This is your Internet and you have the right to see all the dong you want and none that you don't.

Blocking People on the Internet For Fun and Health!

Julieanne — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:00:22 -0400

I bind you, Nancy. I bind you from sending me wiener pics on Twitter.

The Internet Argument I Didn't Even Deserve To Win

Noah — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:00:20 -0500

Finally I got a return email. I was halfway to an adrenaline buzz as I opened it. But, instead of an attack that I was intentionally trying to draw out of her, I found this.

Who Is Your Favorite Online Writer?

Emily — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:35:15 -0500

My love affair with the Internet and its people.

So, Uh, How Do I Know If I'm Addicted to the Internet?

Julieanne — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:00:26 -0500

I don't think my addiction is hurting anybody, but it's prrrrrrobably annoying a lot of people.