Your observation made me laugh, but I’m gonna disagree... it’s not the expense. I know a lot of wealthy rednecks who voted for him, who own businesses and live in rural parts of the mid-Atlantic. They could easily afford to go for a day trip, and even spring for a night in a hotel. But they rarely go into…

When I can’t think of a clever sign during a protest, I usually bring an American flag. I think it is patriotic to fight for my country to live up to the best of our ideals. So it seems appropriate. Plus it makes me mad that conservatives think they own the flag.

I’ve been going to marches, protests, and inaugurations in DC for two decades, since I was 15. I am more worried about violence from the Trump followers than police. The worst behavior I’ve ever encountered in person at one of these was from anti-choice people, when a lady pushed a middle-school girl to the ground…

Oh yes indeed! Several men coming with my group.

It’s always FREEZING at inauguration time (I live here and have been to every one since Clinton’s first). No matter the weather forecast, it’s freezing and often rainy or windy. Wear long johns, hats & gloves; bring hand warmers; wear comfortable and warm boots.

It sounds like you have already put a LOT more into the fight than many. I think you deserve to rest for a bit. I may be projecting, but what you say reminds me of my sister, a social worker who has thrown herself into many political campaigns and is just about broken right now. You sound like her, a relentless,…

I met her when I was 8 and a very shy kid, shortly after she was elected to the Senate. My dad took us to DC for an event on the Capitol steps where she was speaking, some kind of protest with teachers and their families. As the event was ending, my dad and his coworkers went up to thank her. It turned out that one…

They knew she wasn’t cool with it.

My dad was the only male in the household, and was great about girl stuff. In fact, he was easier to talk to than my mom about sex, and was definitely more of a feminist. He never made me feel that my body was icky. Many of my friends’ fathers started to acted distant or weird when puberty hit, but my dad was just…

Screaming about your outrage, after many years of being quiet, may not change society - but it does mean change for the person who is screaming, right?

Yeah a good friend recently started online dating after divorcing her high school sweetheart. I am heavy but she is a good deal shorter and rounder than me. I did online dating for 15 years before I met my fiance, so I thought I’d seen it all. But I was amazed at the sheer volume of icky gross messages and behavior…

Well... attractive women get breaks on personality. As a fat woman with a big nose, bad skin, and a disability... well, in my teens and early 20's I had to put a helluva a lot of work into being able to carry on a good conversation before I became visible to boys.

Just curious... how you do you meet the women you go on dates with? I believe that your experience is what you say it is, but at the same time it is so different from any first date I ever had. If anything, I was always worried that I was talking too much - and if I met a guy who was interesting but not physically…

My sister works to prevent crime against seniors, and training salon workers pays off big time. Often seniors are abused by adult children or other family members, and the stylist who sets their hair every week might be the only person the senior will see regularly besides their abuser.

yes, what the heck happened to mine?!?!

I was just like that as a kid!!!! One thing that helped me gain a lot of confidence was being around younger kids and being given some responsibility with them. I was the oldest in my small 4-H club, and then served as a junior counselor at day camp when I was 11. Helping lead younger kids really helped me find my…

What do you mean? I am not sure how what she said is anti-feminist but maybe I’m missing something.

Hmm. My friend just went through an awful pregnancy and the doctors told her that neither she or the baby would live to the end of it. I wouldn’t really call avoiding death the same thing as avoiding an “inconvenience.”

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