Kids, kitties - you do it all like it's no big thing. You rock!

If it’s legal in your state, CallU is an app that will record every phone conversation. There are also iPhone and Android apps that will back up text messages to your email so you can save them and print them out. It may be time to get a lawyer. You are amazing and doing a great job saving a young life.

So glad to hear you got an accurate diagnosis! So sorry you went through all of that.

As a happily slutty person who believes sex workers deserve respect, health care and benefits, I am perfectly comfortable with Corset’s use of the title (not term) “Whore” as applied to Melania. It’s not a reclamation attempt, it’s calling a spade a spade, and it this context I consider it gender neutral. 

I found out some younger family members weren’t vaccinated bc of the CA outbreak. I was as gentle as possible, but I honestly wanted to strangle the parents. Polio convo, a reminder they were vaccinated, and a LOT of FB friends also taking them to task finally moved them in the right direction, but holy cow the level…

It boggles my mind that basic education in this country is so bad for so many. Peer review was discussed in my HS science classes. 

So, Benedict dissolved the congregation of nuns... not the priests who were victimizing them. And this is a good thing because??????

Congratulations!

All the hugs and scritches for beautiful Ripley! Magnolia's expression makes me wonder if she wasn't returned so much as she was done with that brat.

Hope you're better soon!

Bad rice - worst food poisoning of my life!

Skorts are THE BEST! I have a couple of just above knees ones with inverted pleats, and they are nice enough that I don't have to change when I bike to work.

Sadly, if you have twins or two close in age, that's not always an option. 

Chocolate is far from stupid. Instead of dismissing, you may want to read and learn. The system works with some families and pathologizes others, often depending on skin tone (the whiter the more "worthy"). It also depends on where you live and the types of cops you're dealing with. Arguing with someone who sees how…

I have used the truancy laws to get my kids to go to school. Single mom with two kids and a more than full-time job here. When they’re in full eff school mode, there’s not a whole lot I can do about it. I can’t physically pick them up and carry them to the bus stop or the car. I don’t have the time it takes to…

Pretty sure I didn’t speak for all expats. Pretty sure I commented on a personal experience and observable phenomenon. Also pretty fucking sure I didn't say they are the same country, but you do you.

My husband was like this his first year in Qatar. I had to break it down for him that the behaviors he saw as being supportive of women were actually deeply paternalistic and creepy AF. It's bizarre how many expats buy into the BS, at least initially. It's only when they realize they will always be considered…

I did a LOT of coke for a while and then just decided nope. The first 3 days sucked but after that it was no big deal. Same when I decided to stop smoking (TBF: I only ever smoked a pack a week at most). I spent a couple of weeks reducing the whens and wheres I usually smoked and then one day just didn’t buy that next…

I spent a goodly chunk of my day vetting a reality show where the panel of white guys ultimately selected... the white guy... as the winner when there was a PoC who clearly met the real world metrics they claimed to be going for. It’s such a bad look, and we’ve had ALL of the trainings on this. I guess it’s a positive…

Anxiety is a totally reasonable response to an unsettled day to day. It’s not stupid. Pulling for you that one of those other seven or so apps does the trick.