(My friends and I made the grievous error of watching the Star Wars in timeline chronological order. Our table discussions have been paying for it ever since.)

“I just disagree with the gay lifestyle, which in effect means I don’t believe LGBT people deserve to find love or get married or hope for anything beyond a closeted life of lonely misery. But that doesn’t mean we can’t be friends!”

I found Pittsburgh to be a most odd place. I lived there for just two years, and man, it was so strictly gender structured. The racism was very strange, too. I lived in the east end, where things were . . . more progressive. And there were/are progressive people there (i found them!), but I was really shocked with…

yes! that! it’s a “progressive” or “elevated” stance.

I get it. When I worked at an animal shelter, people were always accusing the employees of not caring, missing that even if someone is at a job out of love or wanting to make the world a better place, they cannot fix everything, and they cannot be in the constant state of hysteria they feel they would be in if the…

It means to diminish because she thinks it’s a ‘choice’. It’s such a fucking dogwhistle and I hate it.

Honestly, people who think it’s that easy really need to TRY IT. Just one day oughta be enough.

My daughter thought that sitting on the laps of those she loved was about getting in a good snuggle than anything.

Yep, I sure have a blasé attitude about it, idiot. Until you spend significant amounts of unpaid time DAILY writing referrals for administrative discipline which means nothing to these kids (they don’t care about suspensions, they don’t have recess or other privileges to take away, and parents don’t approve ASD’s) and…

OMG it is so nasty when people sexualize children. I have an aunt who would make comments when my little baby/toddler daughter would sit on men’s laps (Oh, she’s going to catch so many boyfriends, with all that ‘sitting on laps’!). I screeched “NOBODY’S GOING TO SEXUALIZE MY TODDLER. STOP IT!” before I even fully…

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Reiterating the appreciation of “butt canoe” it’s like the day I discovered both “douche canoe” and “twat waffle”. Sigh...memories.

Yes! This whole “agree to disagree [about your whole existence and life]” thing just baffles me. That’s not how agreeing *or* lifestyles work. You weren’t asked to agree to shit, just as I am not asked to agree to anything regarding the lifestyles of old men who play cards in the park all day.

I hate the whole “don’t agree” bullshit. You don’t get to “agree” or “disagree” that someone is gay or transgendered. That would be like me disagreeing with her that she is hetero. Stupidity.

Eastern suburbs of Pittsburgh. The significantly less affluent ones.

For once I’d like to see someone respond to one of these people asking what EXACTLY is the “LGBT Lifestyle.” Did my invitation to all our orgy parties get lost in the mail or something? Fuck man, I missed out. Or does she simply object to the fact that I care about the person, instead of their specific genital…

Most of my students are extremely homophobic, and gay slurs fly pretty freely (not just gay slurs, but comments specifically about how being gay is wrong and against god blah blah), with no support at home in terms of consequences when I call home about it. It’s one thing that makes me shake my head when some people…

It's funny you reference the Marie Antoinette movie specifically. I follow Terry Dresbach on Twitter and wish I could find the tweet, but she was bemoaning the inability to rent at some point last year when they were starting to prepare for this season and literally asked where all of the costumes from that movie had…

There’s a lot of understructure under there, along with just a sheer amount of fabric. I made a petticoat that isn’t anywhere near ornate at this, and for a 28 inch waist, I used about 5 yards of fabric. Pleats galore. Along with a bum roll, other petticoats and my mantua I couldn’t sit in one of the chairs we had.

Fun Fact! This is part of why women’s clothes button right over left, and men left over right. If you have a maid/steward dressing you they are likely right handed. Women’s clothes usually button up the back, so it is easier for a right handed person if the buttons are on the left placket. Men’s clothes usually button…