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Those of us who have grown up in the digital age and who strive to live our lives minimizing our assholery abide by a single rule: unless there are dire, life-or-death circumstances or you were explicitly instructed to do so by the person who owns the email account, for the love of all that is holy, do not fucking check other people's email. More »
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You want to get married. You don't care to whom. You just want a big sparkly ring and an R nestled between the MS. that comes before your name on those late payment notices from The Student Loan Corporation. But you're not married, which is the only thing that you need out of life. You need a man like a fish needs whatever the opposite of a bicycle is. Why hasn't he appeared like a bland square jawed Disney Prince to reward you for being sweet and singing to the animals by marrying you? More »
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We are often amazed at the things people write into advice columnists. But this letter may take the cake. More »
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Around the holidays, when obligation dictates party guest lists, it helps to have a mechanism in place to cope with the inevitable party where one person is way fucking more obnoxious than everyone else. How to deal? More »
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Think Tucker Max and Mystery are bad? Well, meet Don Diebel, the "dating expert" who published this horrifying tome, "The Complete Guide To Meeting Women," back in 1991. More »
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When a reader wrote in to Elle's advice columnist, E. Jean, stating that she'd overheard her managers mocking her weight and feared that her size was holding her back at work, E. Jean responded with a whole bunch of B.S.: More »
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In her latest column, advice columnist Amy Dickinson says she hopes a letter from one of her readers "will be posted on college bulletin boards everywhere." After reading Dickinson's advice for said reader, I sincerely hope this isn't the case. More »
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Jessica from Feministing has dug up what is possibly the worst sex-education website ever. Titled "Sense and Sexuality," the pink-and-flowery page is a mess of misinformation, misleading "facts," and a giant, heaping dose of shame. More »
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Oh, Cosmopolitan magazine. Nothing says "healthy relationships" quite like an article dedicated to teaching women to "train" their boyfriends by applying animal training techniques, as treating them like human beings would be totally absurd, no? More »
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"I was only called in for the final three, and one was Miss California." -Obama advisor David Axelrod on whether he was asked which dog the Obamas should have chosen. [Politico] More »
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MSN UK has some advice for all you single ladies on how to act on a first date. Surprise: it's pretty ridiculous. More »
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Wendy Atterbury at The Frisky, where Jezebel is best known for "caterwauling about the patriarchy," has some advice for her daughter (and you). Emotional courage is best reserved for men. More »
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This Seven Signs He's About To Propose story from the folks at The Knot story is so incredibly dumb. More »
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Not that anyone here is looking to get sex advice from Fox News Sexpert Yvonne Fulbright, but some people probably do so I figured someone needed to respond to her article 8 Signs Your Partner is Addicted to Porn, which is actually more like "Universal Signs There Are Problems In Your Relationship" rather than an actual addiction — which, if you accuse him of having, you're not likely to really get a productive response because you're already not communicating if these things are going on. But, join me after the jump as I deconstruct her unhelpful advice that is mostly based on porn-shaming and the people who do it and less on actual protocols for identifying addictive behavior. More »
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