Mallory Ortberg
Mallory Ortberg
Mallory Ortbergis an American author, editor, and a co-founder of the feminist general interest site The Toast. She previously wrote for Gawker and the Hairpin, where she met Toast co-founder Nicole Cliffe. Her first book, Texts from Jane Eyre, was released in November 2014, and became a New York Times bestseller. Ortberg was included in the 2015 Forbes 30 under 30 list in the media category. On November 9, 2015, it was announced that she was taking over Slate's "Dear...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth28 November 1986
CountryUnited States of America
Your partner cannot fault you for refusing to host a perpetual-motion party or for the fact that you must sleep and will eventually die.
Letting events end is not rude. Everything ends.
Anyone who wants to pretend that your Huntington's disease is an invention is someone who does not have your best interests at heart.
If someone you know is diagnosed with cancer, give them a call or send them a letter to tell them how sorry you are and to let them know how much you care.
It is so tempting to return rudeness with rudeness!
Don't badger people without children into admitting the secret desire for children you're sure they have to you! Don't badger anyone! Leave the badgering to the badgers.
Reciprocating oral sex is, in general, a very good idea!
As long as you don't think he's just pretending not to mind for your sake, it sounds like he has truly accepted that blow jobs are too difficult and painful for you to perform, and he's still very satisfied with your sex life. Take him at his word.
LGBT youth face a much higher risk of violence and homelessness after being rejected by their family of origin.
You can't prevent a possible future closeness between your upcoming child and one or more of their grandparents.
Some people give gifts in order to bewilder, confuse, and manipulate their recipients.
Some struggling marriages can be salvaged with hard work and counseling; others should be dismantled and stripped for parts.
It can't hurt to have a backup.
To stop challenging someone from using anti-gay language simply because they persist in using anti-gay language strikes me as a defeatist approach.