Topic: number

Times When Age Is Not Just A Number

Times When Age Is Not Just A Number

There is a post on Jezebel talking about how “age is never just a number.” Wait for it….

17! 42. 83. 1/2. 2 months. 2 month old baby. -4. -4 month old baby. Invisible number (like a Ghost, like Casper). 969 LIKE METHUSELAH. 5,000 like a lady vampire in an Anne Rice novel. Those were numbers. Those are all just numbers. They are ages with numbers attached. Here are some times when age is not a number. More »

How I Stopped Lying About My “Number”

How I Stopped Lying About My "Number"

I learned at a young age that you aren’t “supposed” to tell boys how many people you’ve slept with because they’ll think you’re a gonorrhea-laden slut. Though I was fairly active, I would avoid the topic like a Greenpeace clipboard guy around anybody outside my immediate friend group. The idea of anti-number sharing was concretely said in all our minds. More »