People can be so tactless in times like this. When my parents died last summer (murder-suicide by my dad), people had the gall to tell me “They just loved each other so much. They went together.” It took everything in me not to say “Did you read the police report, do you know how hard my mother fought to stay here?…

This is a lovely sentiment, but patently false. Not everyone is loved, or appreciated. On behalf of the frequently suicidal, people should know that these types of empty, blanket platitudes make us want to die MORE. Suicidal people are frequently stark, frank, realists who are unable or unwilling to view the world…

Everyone reading this who is struggling: someone loves you this much. Even if it’s just all the dorks on the internet like me who know you have innate value. Hang on, and reach out for the help you need.

This statement made me cry. This man loved her and all the complicated feelings love can entail. He seems so heartbreakingly human and devastated despite them potentially being in the process of ending their marriage. It really stuck me that despite love and success and wealth things can still be so complicated and…

I can really relate to this and that’s why her death hit me particularly hard yesterday.

I think about this everyday. On the outside I am a fairly successful attorney/writer working in nonprofit in DC. I volunteer, I went to law school as a second career late in life. I travel extensively and I’m a photographer who takes pretty good wildlife shots.

Many of the most successful, self-possessed, vibrant, independent women in my life struggle mightily with depression and anxiety, and go between wanting to put it all out there — listen, if I can live through this, so can you — and wanting to keep it all hidden, because showing weakness will ruin her capacity to be a…

It really speaks to the need to destigmatize mental illness. Whether it’s situation depression or a chronic disgnosis, it’s part of the human condition and admitting that only makes it easier for others to talk about their experiences and realize they are not alone.

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I mean - when you look at how accusers are treated in these sorts of situations, it’s no surprise that many don’t choose to go level 10 right off the bat. Going behind the law and trying to keep it out of the media makes me think more that she wasn’t trying to make a big circus out of this situation, but just wanted…

I would LOVE to take public transit everywhere, but it’s simply not practical where I live. Getting a few miles across town would literally take hours on the bus and cost $2. A $5 10-minute Lyft ride is a significantly better proposition. I definitely agree that mileage definitely will vary depending on where you…

Happy Saturday Jezzies! I don’t normally post a lot on here but it would be nice to vent. I’m just finishing up a mom visit. I love my mom - she is a strong, smart, hardworking lady. She’s also hypercritical and emotionally draining, so I’m going to be doing some self care this week.

Not getting beaten or raped is a right. Sex workers can not exercise that right as they will just get arrested for sex work if they report it. So no, sex workers don’t get the same rights as other humans because of our laws.

Speaking of Titus, did you ever see this?

I’m sorry for what happened to you. Sending you hugs

Fuck Dr. Luke.

the episode placement works surprisingly well, not undoing the work the show ended

Okay, first of all that is amazing, and I would love to know who that artist is. Second - I just read this