Honestly though I don’t think what was described here is exactly cute.

Heh, that sounds like to me not “picking up on the fact” — I think he knew. To me it sounds like him manipulating her using that fact. Basically negging her, to keep her seeking his approval since obviously he should know what he’s talking about... it’s a thing creepy dudes do a lot.

The thing I’m hearing is trauma. Trauma can cause lost time, can cause you to freeze. But because this happened in the frame of hypnosis, that’s what is determined to be the cause.

I can kinda see it because trauma can cause you to freeze/lose memories of an event. But I’ve never experienced it where I had immediate amnesia.

Interesting, because I’d been looking at the FODMAP diet, where onions and garlic would be strictly forbidden. I do normally eat quite a bit of onions :)

The fact that the right wing has been spreading conspiracy theories about her and her husband for 20 years definitely hurt her.

“Identity politics” is a dismissive term for work people are trying to do to get this country to confront real moral issues it has in how it discriminates against certain sets of citizens. It’s important work.

Tammy Duckworth? Vets usually do well.

The thing is that both you and they are right. We can’t be okay with racism, but we also have to acknowledge that what the word “racist” even means and why it’s important means something *entirely different* to rust belt voters than it does to the frequent visitors of this website. I think what needs to change is we…

Oh, you’re one of those people who thinks words don’t mean anything or indicate people’s intentions or values or impact other people at all in a meaningful way

Ugh, I’m sorry. Best of luck in finding anything that will help in the future.

Hooooooly fuck. I at least haven’t traveled many places recently so I can bet that it’s not that. But I am so afraid it’s something bad/curable and I’ll just never get diagnosed.

I am so afraid that that’s going to end up being me.

As someone who’s recently developed unpleasant digestive issues, I’m finally starting to understand why people go on these crazy diets and believe anything. I am in a lot of pain, things are so uncomfortable, symptoms are unpredictable and doctors are so fucking unhelpful! If you’re not literally bleeding out your ass…

She’s a semi-public figure. These sorts of things are normalish.

You can additionally donate to FairVote, which advocates for changes to elections to make sure minorities get better representation in Congress as well as working to get runoff (ranked choice) elections in more states, which help solve problems like split votes and find candidates who will work better for more people!

Voter ID laws and the removal of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, which required federal oversight of elections in areas with a history of discrimination, suppressed the black and poor vote and maybe more. Never forget *that*.

I agree but also I committed to acting this week and I have (donating to organizations, having tough conversations with conservatives in my life, setting up support for the more vulnerable in my community) but people like John Oliver are what give me fuel to keep going. I need some brief happiness/reaffirmation :/

Should keep in mind the incoming politicians, who are likely to treat her less humanely because she is trans. It’s that kind of a thing that might make for special circumstances (for her and other trans prisoners). They’ve served time and probably had a way harder time of it than most prisoners, and we don’t generally…

How dare you point out that people’s choices will have some terrible consequences, how rude