Heh, well, the original threads could have been considered a "NAY" moment, so I will just say we're not all clueless bitches. :)

I feel like I fall all over my own feet when I even come close to approaching this. Is it okay if a middle-aged fat half-white woman says that I just try to be nice to as many people as I can? I mean, everyone's different, and some people are assholes, so I'm not nice to THEM, but... I hold the door and elevator for…

That's a pretty heavy burden to be putting on someone who's arguably already going through a lot and is an imperfect person with an imperfect message.

Ouch.

What can I do to help? I'm an (assumed) white cis woman married to a man. I'm listening, because I really do want solidarity with other women. I don't give a shit about whether or not I fit in with someone else's terms or definition, but I do care about whether everyone has the ability to be who they are without being…

My husband's five years younger than me. If I had met him when he was 16 and I was 21, hell yes I'd let him grow up first. I'm glad we met when I was in my 30s, instead... ;)

Courtney Stodden is unrecognizable now with all the work she did. Now she looks like every other Hollywood wannabe - they all have the same surgeons.

The trolls are like flies to honey on this one.

I'm all out of piss and vinegar today. Have some corgis.

I was born there, and lived in Langley and Mission till I was 7 then I moved to the US. :)

I'm not implying she's not accomplished, but that she simply seems a bit uneven in her application of appearance alteration.

The only reason Boo never woke my ovaries up fully was because she wasn't real, but now that I know that omfuckingg she's real, I can finally realize the true glory of the phrase "dropping an egg". Wow.

Ugh. I just went to say, "Yeah, but a house that needs employees?" Then I remembered, I don't do my own lawn maintenance, nor do I enjoy scrubbing my shower... So I'm an enormous hypocrite.

Those two gifs have made my night.

I'm sure she'd find a donor somewhere.

Welcome to entropy.

Step 1: Recognize the cognitive dissonance for what it is.

It's not rational, so you can't rationalize your way out of it. All I can recommend is to treat yourself as your own best friend. I wouldn't talk to my best friend or my husband like that, so I try not to talk to myself that way, either. And when I do (me = not perfect), I stand up for myself. Don't let yourself bully…

I was speaking in general terms. People are expected to conform, and when who they are is at odds with what's "expected" from them, they act out in various ways.

I think the more we push people into being what we expect of them and not what they desire for themselves, the more societal problems we'll see. She only went into the military in the first place in an effort to beat her trans-ness out of her.