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Beatrice Hawthorne is walking away from Omelas
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I was a little surprised I could get a 30 year mortgage at 50.  Because, do the math!

My amazing aunt once said to me, “There are worse things in life than not having children.”  I have followed in her footsteps and am now, a gray and wrinkled 51, hurtling toward death, childless.  I, too, regret nothing.

Me too. I plucked and plucked and still got told they looked like Brooke Shield’s eyebrows. Now they’re thinning.

OMG YES! Just turned 50 (cough) OK 51, and I have never felt positive about my body. Even when I was thin I thought I was fat. Now the body is getting old and I am feeling very ageist towards it. Yes, feeling old AND fat.

I read that too, and thought the timing was VERY curious.

Wow that is very cool! I think you could make many, many gifs from that movie, but this one would always be my fave :).

I love these people! I want to be in a relationship with a lamp!

And that would make me go out and read them. My dad had the philosophy that I could read any book I wanted - until he read a book he deemed too filthy for me to read. So I waited patiently until he was done and immediately read it. It was terrible. He should have told me I couldn’t read Moby Dick, or Plato’s Republic,

I will give you all my stars for that gorgeous Mrs. Robinson gif.

Yeah, I went to see it. They have big signs everywhere saying if you mock them in the open they will throw your ass out. Along with big ass security guards dressed in suits. I mocked them quietly.

I have a friend in a deep red state who is a member of Moms Demand Action. Sounds like a great group - thank for mentioning it!

That just sucks that he did that to you. I don’t think they have any idea how sensitive that area is, and how gentle they need to be with the speculum.

That is terrible! I am so sorry. What is wrong with these doctors who act like this?

I wonder how often this is happening? I was abused during my first-ever gynecological exam for the Navy in the mid ‘80's. I didn’t know any better.

Congratulations! I am so happy for you!!! I am so sorry you had to go through that (it sucks!) Keep being free.

“Live close. Visit often.” If I ever am in a relationship again, this will be the law. No one will ever live with me again.

No one who is going to watch what HE wants to watch all night on the TV, while you have to watch The Walking Dead on your iPad because he doesn’t like zombies. Fuck that shit. I watch what I want to watch. On the big TV right in the middle of the living room as loud as I want. My dogs never complain about my viewing

every woman should have “fuck you” money so that she can leave someone at a moment’s notice and be okay.

I have been studying meditation on my own for a little over a year, and I am going on my first retreat tomorrow! I am so excited!

You are my new favorite human. Tiny toe beans indeed!