All truths here.

This is exactly how I framed an event in my life a few years ago. I decided that it was time to close a chapter in my life, and move on. I am better for it.

The best revenge is living well. No, living great! And learning more about what you want out of life and love, which is possible as soon as you close that door and move forward.

I have never been so afraid in my entire life as I was when I was a kid and my grandmother would come towards me, hands shaking and winding up for the smack I was about to catch while praying to Jesus to stop her from murdering this willful child. I’d take my grandfather’s belt any day over Jesus and Grandmama kicking…

She is brave for doing this because she will be attacked mercilessly online.

No.. I disagree.. at least for my house, mother dealt out the “daily” punishments (she enjoyed it as it was her exercise), but the crap really hit the fan when she pulled “I’ll get your father card”.. Those were “last will and testament” moments. They were few and far between.. ahhh.. but the memories.. (or…

“a black mother whose child forgot to take the chicken out of the freezer”

Every racist ALWAYS says they are the least racist person. It’s a response by rote at this point.

I have no interest or intention of rehabbing men. Like the spoiled children they’ve behaved as, they can sit down and think about what they’ve done for a while. Bouts of unemployment or underemployment is only fair. I can’t number the opportunities I’ve lost for speaking up or fighting back.

Thank you. They don’t own the workplace.

“First off there needs to be a change in attitudes about what belongs to men. The workplace is not a...man’s space.”

UGHH. Ok. I *sorta* understand what she’s saying here, and it might be something that should be part of the discussion, right or wrong.

Yup, it was HUD housing, and they did that, and threatened to report the women for drugs, so they would get evicted. Even though there were no drugs. HUD supervisors knew abut it and nothing happened for years ans years.

This happened to my mom a lot when I was a kid. We moved around, she was a very poor, single mother with drug abuse issues and building managers tried to take advantage of her, often. First, they’d offer her a discount on rent if she cleaned or painted for them and then they’d start offering her discounts for sex.…

See, I lucked out in high school. I had a semi-alcoholic history teacher who was retiring in a year so he had no fucks left to give. He taught that shit as raw as you could and didn’t sugar coat the atrocities. It was honestly the best teacher I had, even if he was mercurial and gloomy. There was no arguing the good…

I’m 40 but we covered the South, slavery & Civil War pretty thoroughly for a high school education. The one thing I’ll admit was lacking was an understanding of the climate... I pictured slaves toiling away in desert conditions, not lush, bug infested humidity... But that was my Yankee ass never having been to…

Texas textbook: “Slaves?... slaves?... Oh, you mean workers.”

Yeah, “I’m sorry you got offended” is not an apology. You need an admission/understanding of wrongdoing.

We covered slavery thoroughly in my Texas schools. Hope it’s stayed that way since I’ve graduated high school.

It is not asking too much for a man to be respectful. But the line between playful and respectful can be a tad subjective, would you agree? Let me be more specific about that statement...

As a guy, dudes who whip their dick out at women are frankly unfathomable to me. So when you’re at that level, that seems to me…