My hometown’s a little over half an hour away from Allentown, and my reaction was like, “Well, he could be from Atlanta or Allentown and neither one would surprise me.” I saw a car with a Pennsylvania license plate with a Confederate flag on it when I went shopping with my parents yesterday.

So, this is a really long video, but if anyone has an hour and a half to kill, I found the official recording of an awesome panel I went to last month at the Brooklyn Historical Society about Margaret Sanger’s legacy. They address her problematic views, and do a good of explaining, which preconceptions about her are…

I’m not that into turkey. It’s okay, but kind of bland. Also, I’m not always a fan of pumpkin pie, which I feel may be kind of sacrilegious. I’m going to go to town on some chocolate pecan pie tomorrow though. 

I know someone below mentioned this, but I wanted to add that they have a good idea- is there anyway your sibling would be willing to come out before your wedding? Is there enough time before the wedding for them to reasonably do this and feel ready to? If so, then maybe by the time the wedding happens, the drama will…

Yeah, it wasn’t too bad for me too. I think having a provider who’s experienced in inserting IUDs really helps the process be quicker and less painful.

I feel like I should stay here and fight to make things better, but if things get to the point of my life being in literal danger because we’re either in World War III or the government decides I’m too much of a dissident/not white enough, I may take advantage of my Costa Rican citizenship. They have a neutrality…

I’m so sorry you ex said that to you. =(

My dad is also bad at hiding his porn interests, though for him, it’s mostly just being bad at keeping tabs open on the family desktop/not erasing his history. I try to avoid using the desktop unless I have to print something when I visit my parents.

Yeah, I need to get better about this. To add to the awkwardness, it’s my Latino side of the family that tends to make the racist remarks, and then it feels weird to call out people who I’m more white than, but I should probably be better at being like, “Guys, I know you’re trying to make what you think are cool, un…

Oh no, I shouldn’t have read this, but also, yay, my anxiety for Paula is gone now. Good on the CW for having 2 shows featuring abortion in the past few weeks.

Ooh, I should ask my parents to bring me a copy of one of the books when I see them this Sunday. When I got in a car accident almost 2 years ago, Harry Potter is what I went to for comfort. And somehow, this seems much worse than the car accident, because at least once that was over, I knew I survived it in one piece,…

I feel like I keep going back and forth between the stages. I’m in a master of public health program, and I’m focusing on sexual health, so eventually, I’ll be deep in the fight for reproductive health and LGBT rights, among other things. I was literally incapable of being productive until late on Wednesday night, and…

Yeah, for one second I thought I would be lucky since the side of the family my parents and I are spending Thanksgiving with has only 1 potential Trump supporter, and it’s entirely possible that he either voted for Gary Johnson or didn’t vote since he didn’t like Trump, and either way, most of my family members are…

Right?! Like, I want him to be successful in having a change of heart, or being like, “Jk guys, I was just saying all that terrible stuff to win, I’m not actually going to fuck things up.” If he can make things better, or at least keep things at the current status quo, then sure (I very much doubt this though, as I’m…

It’s possibly because public health tends to be a more progressive field, but it felt like someone died when I went to school today. Students were shell shocked and crying, our professors seemed to be able to hold their sadness in a bit more, but we could tell that they don’t necessarily know what to do anymore than…

It’s dreary in New York, and the streets seem quieter than usual. I’m not entirely convinced that the relative silence is a result of the weather.

I’m also afraid of getting kicked in the head by a break dancer. And sometimes feel like a killjoy when I get annoyed when they or any other buskers show up in my subway car when I’m just trying to listen to a goddamn podcast.

I mean, it would depend on if the person was more likely to vote for Clinton or Trump if they weren’t voting 3rd party. I feel like Johnson may be slightly more likely to take votes away from Trump than Clinton.

I already sent in my absentee ballot, but then I learned that the first 100 people to show up to Babeland (sex toy shop) in New York tomorrow with an “I Voted” sticker get a free vibrator or anal beads and now I kind of wish I could get a sticker. =(

It’s my dad’s birthday tomorrow too! We celebrated yesterday, partly because we’ll all be too busy/not in the same town tomorrow to celebrate, and also because if Trump wins, it’ll be a pretty bad birthday for my dad.