That’s a helpful perspective. No sarcasm.

Thanks for spelling that out in that way. I live in Detroit and I’ve noticed that white people code switch when talking with black folks but I couldn’t put my finger on why it felt odd to me. As a socially awkward human, I tend to cater to my audience but it feels somehow different to slip into AAVE verb conjugation,…

I’m kind of horrified that you think historical ignorance could be a positive.

Sometimes it’s hard to make friends! 🙁

A dirt floor?! I’ve been in Michigan all my life and I’ve never had a dirt floor.

Me, too!!

I guarantee you that’s some crazy hyperbole

I saw one for the first time a few hours after your post. So I probably just failed to notice them my entire life.

I’m not familiar with those blue boxes you’re talking about.

Go see a D.O.

If you really don’t want to be intersex, the body has ways of shutting it down. Duhhh.

It makes perfect sense. Make someone’s existence illegal.

Well, luckily, we all use stalls in the women’s rooms, so no one needs to see anyone’s genitals.

I say this constantly.

When was she a cast member?

This whole situation has been very trying on my mental health.

Yeah. I was adopted by my stepdad when I was 5 and the idea that I’d be referred to as his “adopted daughter” is just ridiculous.

This immediately comes to mind:

Just popped down to the comment section to give love to whoever wrote the headline.

That’s part of why it’s such an “effective” coping mechanism, because your sober thoughts are occupied with the drug use, too.