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
You, too, will someday die, perhaps under inconvenient circumstances, at a time when you do not particularly wish to, and for causes that you cannot yet predict.
Arm yourself with as many options as possible before making your next move.
Most of us, however committed we are to our ideals, will find ourselves every now and again reading an attention-grabbing headline from the Daily Mail or some other lowest-common denominator. That's not the same thing as frequenting a site like the white supremacist Stormfront.
It should go without saying that you are not doing anything wrong by having sex in your own home, and based on the care you've taken to keep things relatively quiet it's unlikely that you're violating any city noise ordinances.
In no state in America is it legal for a landlord to demand their tenants lead a "healthy lifestyle" in order to rent property.
Unlike celibacy, which people choose, asexuality is an intrinsic part of who we are.
We are all going to die, sometimes even in the middle of a lease.
There has to be some kind of personal hygiene bar that a person needs to clear in order for a relationship to be successful.
Acting politely in front of someone black and/or gay and then making horrible claims about their intelligence or worth as human beings after they leave the room is not kindness - it's hypocrisy.
I do not think it is selfish to want to donate a kidney "only" to family members.
The mere idea of asking a family member if they intentionally stopped sending me an annual bonus makes me feel like breaking out in hives.
Many fathers go their entire lives without announcing how sexy their son's old girlfriends are.
You can care very much about someone without being capable of becoming their primary caregiver in the event of their parents' untimely death.
Addicts sometimes have a penchant for becoming the center of attention at other people's celebrations.