I’m so sorry you went through that. Hopefully your mother has acknowledged her transgression and is working hard to make amends. I mean, if you are ready to communicate again after such a painful event.

“Not wear make-up that would be deemed ‘harrasing to male colleagues’”

If you hate pumpkin pie you may never have had a truly good punpkin pie.

Girl. I turned 30, my husband peaced out for a side chick I’d been friends with, and I spent a month and some change on my parent’s couch, not eating and barely blinking.

Someone working on the new show said the judges are being too nice, and it’s kinda boring. Doesn’t bode well for the reboot. I never watched so I don’t care.

AS I was watching the trailer, I thought ‘well, they must’ve moved to this dangerous place with sound-triggered monsters after their kids were done being screaming babies. Or else they’d all be dead already.’

Heimlich definitely sucked and wasn’t a nice guy. But the link ai provided is from an academic journal (there are actually quite a few articles about using the Heimlich Maneuver for near- drowning). So while Heimlich wasn’t a good guy, his eponymous maneuver does have proven effectiveness for addressing both choking…

Just as a friendly, safety-oriented aside, the Heimlich maneuver is now recommended for near-drowning victims because artificial respiration is ineffective unless the water has been evacuated from the respiratory tract. Weird but true! :

Right back at you! If you still want it, you can definitely finish. I went more slowly than anyone wanted, but I needed that time. I’m sorry you’ve had similarly tough obstacles. You will get through it, though :)

I know the plot, but I cannot bring myself to watch that movie. I know it’s supposed to be good but I can’t.

No problem! It’s a (relatively) recent thing- forever 21 and h&m weren’t big in the US until the early 2000’s and it took a minute before people began to discuss it as problematic. If someone discussed fast fashion in front of me a few years back, I’d have been confused as to why Depeche Mode was suddenly so relevant…

Oh, dear god, no...

I definitely need to work on thrifting more. I usually shop only when I need something for an occasion, and am in last minute panic mode. If I planned better I could take the time to find things through thrifting.

Holy hell. And that fanny pack is really the icing on the sartorial eyesore cake.

Paris is the aspirational vacation/study abroad locale for many a white midwestern girl in middle school (as a still white but former midwestern middle school girl, I feel I have the authority to say this).

You don’t need to defend yourself against this asshole. You know what you heard and experienced. We hear and believe you.

That floppy, black/white striped cabbage rose, with a CREAM/black striped pencil skirt. Gah. A crime against everyone with eyeballs.

Hey now, you can still be the best couch cheese eater out there. But you’ll have to overcome Liz Lemon. And she is a formidable foe.

Listen to your gut. If you were squicked out, it was probably valid.

That’s what blows- you figure out a way around one ethical hurdle, and there’s another one right after it. The whole supply hain is riddled with problems. And I bet if you bought something made of ethically produced materials, that was put together under ethical conditions, then transported and marketed ethically,…