So many of these involve dairy, which can actually contribute to inflammation and loss of appetite.
Can I suggest some of my go tos?
Baked or microwaved potato with part of a can of chili (vegan or meat).

I thought it was just me. I went clothes shopping a few weeks ago and every time I’d see a cute print on a top or dress and pull it out...it was a ‘cold shoulder’ top. Which, if you’re built a bit like a linebacker (like me) tend to make you look like a side of beef in a flowery dress. Awful! And they were…

I go to movies by myself all the time, because my work schedule is weird. Trust me: NO ONE will care. We spend way too much of our lives thinking that other people notice and judge the hell out of us, when in reality...they probably don’t even realize you exist. It’s one of the comforting parts of being an adult…

Several years ago, I was visiting my parents. I needed to use the computer, and they didn’t have wifi at the time, so the only way to get online the way I needed to was through my dad’s laptop.

I now have a disclaimer that we will be discussing challenging topics in class and if they feel they cannot engage in a spirited (but respectful) exchange of ideas in a mature fashion, they are welcome to find another section. ‘Trigger warnings’ vastly disrespect how PTSD and triggers *actually work* (I have PTSD),…

This is what identity politics hath wrought. It’s nice to see that there are SOME lines that it’s still okay not to cross in Jezebelland

HAHAHAHA i’ll believe clothes need to cost more because they try to shape to female bodies...the minute I can actually buy a pair of jeans off the rack that simultaneously fits all three: my thighs, my butt and hips and my waist.

I was in a Toy R Us once, (I’m naming them because they did nothing wrong here), and there was a couple at the return desk throwing a fit SO LOUD it could be heard across the store. The tantrum? Someone had bought their daughter the *original* color Mr Inchworm (green with a yellow hat) and not the pink and purple one…

Shooting the dog might have something to do with not wanting their bodies to be *eaten* by said dog if it took a while for them to be discovered. I used to work in a coroner’s office. It happens.

‘Like a normal adult’ he says, describing playing video games aimed at teens or younger. Okay, then.

OMG I can’t even begin to tell you what a terrible idea this is. No, wait. I can. Just look at what a disaster our high schools have become—dead eyed spaces where students don’t learn a damn thing, and just sit through their time till they can go to Prom.

No, honestly, it wouldn’t. See, they did this thing with Transformers when they introduced their first female character, Windblade. We fans had it shoved down our throats that it was a FEMALE character who was *pant pant* WRITTEN by an ACTUAL FEMALE and, and and and even DRAWN by a FEMALE and and and and girl power.

I agree; they are unconscionable remarks for an educator.

As could yours. It’s called McLean’s Law: any attempt at grammar flaming will always include a grammar error. Nice job.

I honestly couldn’t pick Blake LIvely out of a lineup of dead-behind-the-eyes starlets, myself, but I really hate this idea that journalism, and especially feminist or female-centric journalism like Jezebel and Mary Sue, has just gotten so Mean Girls and not fun. How’s about women not tearing other women down? How’s…

I used to work in a school in the South that required business casual. I got in trouble a few times because I don’t do pencil skirts. I wore plenty of skirts, but they were ankle-grazing and long. I was fine with wearing skirts, because I believe that you should dress to respect the subject matter.

Then I got another…

I was on Depo twice in my life. And while, yeah, having no period seemed like a great idea there were a few, well, things.

Having had a diabetic fat cat, I swore to not endanger my cats’ health again. When one of my new boys got a little tubby and I got The Talk from the vet about him being fat, the vet suggested a really simple fix: feeding canned food, and giving almost no dry food. I feed my boys canned food—splitting a can four ways,…

I’m glad you brought up Amy Schumer. Because the way I see it, this is how capitalism works: A book publisher thinks they see someone who can write them a book that will get them a PILE of cash. SO they make a deal with that person to write that book.

Bring it. I volunteered for my Army service, as part of my civic duty. I enjoy more freedoms as an American woman than women do in so many other countries—it’s only fair I be willing to sacrifice for it. Women are every bit as mentally tough as men.