Again, if something goes wrong a gymnastics athlete could die. We have people who won’t take a perfectly safe vaccine to save their own lives and those of others, and you expect an athlete to risk death for their teammates for a competition that only has meaning because we decide it does.

Sucking it up and trying if you’re a swimmer or basketball play may look like a slower time, or a sub-par performance. Sucking it up and trying when you’re a gymnast can mean serious injury, paralysis, or death. She made the right call and her entire team supported her and went on to kick ass themselves.

Ethylene gas, if you’re curious. 

The point in this article is to show legal RESULTS of our current tax system, so we can ask ourselves, “is this system functioning the way we want it to? Is it equitable? How can we change it so the outcome, as described in this article, would be different?”

Same. Never read Bossypants or watched Kimmy whatever. But this is a valid statement on parental abuse and how we raise girls in our society to be meek punching bags to all kinds of abuse including verbal abuse. I don’t see it as putting the onus on the abused. Rather it is calling out shitbags like Colin Quinn and…

Yeah, I definitely thought it odd too. And wondered if it reflected how Americans vs. Britons perceived class and money. Because here in the US, the Middletons would *clearly* be classified as upper class on a socio-economic level. They were never people that had to be concerned about the mortgage.

anyone referring to Kate’s upbringing as “solidly middle class” is delusional. Her and pippa lived an apartment that cost millions of dollars after graduating and literally did nothing but be ya know “socialites.” 

This is partially true. I'm vaccinated and I have an adverse impact on the unvaccinated: if they don't want to get vaccinated I tell them to fuck off.

I saw that trial as a vet and was shook. Deep down, I know they would discard us at the drop of a hat, but still...

As a veteran, that hearing scene hit me way harder than I was expecting it to. I wanted to hate Walker but god I just can’t. I can see people I use to work with in the way he acts and talks. I can legit relate to some of what he says. I sympathize with the man. This in spite of the fact he went waaaay too damn far.…

Honestly, I doubt most people are going to see social routines much different from summers before the pandemic. Maybe for the first couple of weeks we’ll be more social than usual, but humans settle back into patterns fairly quickly.

Secession can’t be the answer. That would involve chucking the 40% of Mississippians with black skin to evil, racist wolves.

But it isn’t just body builders, it’s basically anyone who is athletically inclined. The only time I have ever been in my “normal” BMI was when I was desperately sick with an eating disorder. Now, I’m in recovery and I do pole dancing and I’m considered overweight by the BMI despite the amount of training I do. This…

This. My parents eyerolled their way through my adolescent experience. They thought teenage girls were vapid and stupid. They thought I was being dramatic when I talked about bullying from students and teachers and how one girl got laxative put in her drink and she had to go to the hospital or the time a teacher my…

See and this is why I responded, because this type of thinking leads to exactly this situation. Where you, a stranger on the internet, are claiming I wasn’t a “true” alcoholic. Because I don’t fit some kind of mold that you’re used to. Based on very little information about me. And can you see how this type of…

I was talking about his having a job. Not making fun of him doing something he believes in. 

In his new, definitely real role Harry will be “expected to have input into initiatives including product strategy decisions and charitable contributions, and advocate publicly on topics related to mental health.” These are real tasks for a real job. Despite having no experience at a start-up, no tech experience, and…

Harry is more than likely going to be a spokesperson for this company.

The point is not having to ask. If I have to ask you to deal with the giant, growing pile of dishes, then I have become your mother. An adult human should look at that pile of dishes they contributed to and go ‘well, fuck, we need to do the dishes’ AND DO THEM.

After realizing that my local CBS wasn’t airing the interview I panic-signed-up for “Paramount Plus” whatever tf that is, and I thought the interview was good TV, A+ would make a reminder to cancel free trial again. Oprah is an unparalleled interviewer. I also enjoyed yelling at my husband to shut up when he came in…