Sometimes my high school students turn in writing with a professional level vocabulary and formal style and catching them out is as easy as asking them to define a word the used.

I can tell you for a fact, bullies do not remember it. I’ve had people who were legitimate assholes to me in high school try to come up to me, 10+ years later, and act like we were good friends. Fuck off, dickhead, you may not remember, but I certainly do.

Man, I was NOT ready for that photo and now there is no more money in my bank account.

To everyone remarking on his attractiveness, may I direct you to his donation page where he is carrying a saddle looking like a sexy business casual cowboy? You’re welcome. Also, make a donation while you’re there:

Former HS teacher here - though I didn’t teach English, I did have study hall. Invariably, there’d be a student who have nothing to do. I’d hand him one of the Stephen King short story anthologies (Night Shift, Skeleton Crew) and tell them to read. Most would ask for the books again.

I got kicked out of a class in eighth grade because I “asked too many questions”. The teacher kept screaming at me until he made me leave. I also used to get yelled at by my dad’s friends when I got into political arguments with them. It didn’t help that I had a tendency to start crying when I heard viewpoints I found…

In high school I was a straight A student at the top of my class. One would think this would have resulted in some leniency whenever I made any mistakes or acted slightly differently than a model student and “respectable” young girl. Yeah right. It just made authority figures even more strict with me. For example, I…

I have Ancillary Justice on my bookshelf and this just made me bump it up in my reading queue. Amazing!

It could also be Scalzi being Scalzi. He’s pretty well known as being an advocate in general on social media, and I wouldn’t put it past him to have done something like that not only to serve the book but to make a point about gendered writing itself.

I just have to say that when I read Redshirts by John Scalzi, which is a delightful book generally, it took me a while to put my finger on what was so odd about it until I realized that there is no physical description of ANY character in the book, not even the female ones, beyond a few characters being generally…

I realize I’m like, the only person in the world who seems to care about this, but can we talk about how “Girl” is still used ubiquitously to refer to grown women?

I watched this this morning and also noticed after the snub the Polish First Lady remain standing directly in front of Trump blocking him from the camera’s while she chats with Melanina. It’s very subtle, but the fact she doesn’t immediately step back and get out of the way allowing the cameras a clear view of Trump…

Same, tbh it paints a pretty clear picture of navigating extreme fame. Especially since she specifically called out food allergies, which are indeed a bitch to deal with (saying this as someone with Celiac).

As a person with an autoimmune disease, I am not offended in any way shape or form and actually think this is a pretty good analogy. People need to sit the fuck down.

This feels, in part (and not wholly at all!) what happens when we actually shift everything to “the internet” and forget that actual work and things need to occur in addition to the no-work hype on social media.

This is why so many people voted for — and continue to support — Trump even as he promised to gut the programs they depend on for survival. They honestly believe there’s a fundamental difference between the “good” programs for (white) people in “legitimate need” that keep them afloat and the programs that exist to…

A friend of mine who shares my chronically single status once said that whenever she starts feeling bad about being alone, she spends more time hanging out with her heterosexual female friends who are married or living with their significant others. Their stories about being the primary…

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May I suggest breaking up the 3 way with Chip and Joanna and consider a relationship with Nicole Curtis? She does amazing things with old houses in Detroit and Minneapolis, drives a cool Chevy truck and loves dogs.

My 3 month old son was in TEARS yesterday when he realized only women can be president and that Hillary Clinton hates him. I’m 95% sure that’s why he was upset. Of course I drank his tears to regenerate my power.