i feel you. we can pretty much only say with certainty, yes, i was influenced by my parent(s) and the way they raised me, in combination with the unique genetic markers that happened to make me physiologically me (leaving aside epigenetics because just whoa).

can you imagine a world in which all of us decided to seek vengeance against our assailants full-time, movie style? especially considering many people have been assaulted more than once? we’d all be running around, not getting anything else done, amassing weapons or recruiting plucky best friends or whateverthefuck.…

can you be my life sidekick? or can i be yours? need moar feisty, all the time like.

for me it goes way past sexual-assault-as-driving-force and directly into literal homophobia and gay panic central. my mom recommended the books to me and i... tried.

BOOOO. wrong answer! (anywhere in florida is the wrong answer if you ask me, tho)

what part of florida? i can tell you my favorite hush puppy purveyor if you’re anywhere near volusia county.

i’m on the spectrum and don’t take any medication on a regular basis, except maybe ibuprofen for headaches?

ain’t got time for that is right. for me it’s about knowing right off the bat that defensiveness and insults are the inevitable outcome. my default is we (two strangers on the interwebs) can disagree and have a productive exchange in the end, but then there are meanies like eileen[...] and tealstar who just seem to go…

Try being (and being perceived as) a professional when you literally cannot find clothing that is made for your body

i ain’t tryin to tell ya how to kinja, but this tealstar individual is a grumpmaster most of the time.

i thought 3 was jia but i was way wrong. at least i’m sure of #1!

you welsh?

i have a client, 90+ years old, who was raised vegetarian, has never eaten any meat (on purpose/that she knows of) and has been vegan for decades. she said the exact same thing to me last week, in so many words: that we need a better, less craptacular way to describe ourselves. the way she explains it to people is…

recovering; born and raised! now nearly as far away as possible on the same continent.

... i think we took that joke to its inevitable conclusion. well done us.

if you’re both consenting adults, of course it can!

if you need someone to dictate your every move, hire a dominatrix!

ya think? not the talking snake??