To come out as transgender can be one of the most vulnerable, emotional, and life-changing experiences for a child. But to do that as a celebrity child with millions of strangers watching and weighing in can be all the more complex. Plenty of celebrity parents have proven that they are fierce champions for their trans … Read more
The five-year-long Montecito mansion dispute involving Katy Perry and an 85-year-old veteran who is reportedly nearing the end of his life has taken yet another dramatic turn. The 41-year-old pop star is now pursuing a new lawsuit against the disabled Carl Westcott, seeking $5 million in damages she claims were caused by his prolonged litigation. … Read more
In a perfect utopian world, everyone would live in peace, and everyone would have someone to love and someone who loves them. Sadly, we don’t live in such a place. Instead, quite a few people in this world don’t even get such a simple – but important – thing as parental love. And that shapes … Read more
We spend our entire lives learning new things. But while Reddit user SocialUnavailibe was still a student, one of their teachers had forgotten this. In a post on ‘Malicious Compliance,’ they described a lesson they had in grade school when the teacher took out a bag of candy to reward the kids, and dismissed the … Read more
When you start paying attention to how the world treats women, it’s hard not to notice the constant stream of unfairness built into everyday life. Naturally, that realization can make you angry, and honestly, it should. But what do you do with that frustration? How do you push back against a system that feels so … Read more
In a functional family, people strive to create an environment in which everyone feels safe and respected. However, as Redditor OkOrganization9552 and his wife were getting ready to welcome their first child into the world, the dynamic in theirs shifted. The man’s mother started exhibiting increasingly hostile behavior toward his partner, injecting more and more … Read more
Most of the time, humans put logic and reasoning above everything else. It’s only natural—that’s how we explain and understand things, solve problems, and make decisions. Unfortunately, we can’t employ logic or reasoning to decipher everything. So when they fail, we resort to other intelligences of ours, like emotional, kinesthetic, and existential. But despite us … Read more
Have you ever done something odd at work and thought to yourself, “Whoa, that’s beyond unprofessional” or something along these lines? After all, it happens to the best of us. Since it’s a rather pretty common phenomenon, today we have a whole list of stories about that. Essentially, it’s an entire collection of stories about … Read more
Let’s be real: getting married is pretty much a package deal. You get to spend your life with your person, but your in-laws are going to be part of the ride too, at least for a while anyway. This can make things awkward, especially if they think their kid could’ve done better than you. One … Read more
Let’s be real: while getting engaged to the love of your life is one of the best things you can do, it comes with future in-laws you might not always see eye-to-eye with. This can lead to some, how should we put it, less-than-ideal situations. One woman turned to an online community to vent after … Read more