Confession time: Back when I was in college, I was proud that all my friends were dudes. It sort of felt like I'd won their acceptance, and they liked me more than the other women who lived in our co-ed dorm. The reality is that we just became friends because I had developed a nasty habit of chain smoking outside where many of the international residents smoked all day, and had social anxiety that stopped me from making meaningful friendships with women. Thankfully, this embarrassing phase didn…

As a woman, it can feel like I am not supposed to scrutinize the behavior of other women. Some people feel like calling each other out isn't feminist - that we should reserve our judgments instead of taking others down a peg. But there's some behavior that is so universally gross that I can't be quiet - and you could argue that it's more misogynistic than critiquing other women. I'm talking about people who flaunt that “not like other girls” attitude. The “I'm not like other girls” schtick was…

Get over yourself.