“But it’s not criminal activity. That’s company policy.”
HamsterCheeks
lavalamprey
Dear Fellow White People:
I get that a business doesn’t want random people running in and out of their bathrooms. I get that. BUT... The guy just wanted to pee/poo before placing his order. That should have been good enough. I was literally just in an antique mall today (I’m white. So white) and I had to pee. Hadn’t bought anything. Didn’t…
I’m married to a cop and back when he was on patrol, I can say with 100% certainty this kind of shit went on all the time. Especially in certain neighborhoods. Black people would start going door-to-door—either selling something or doing political canvassing— or simply walking down the street on the way to a friend’s…
Whenever I hear Taylor Swift it’s always at Six Flags, mixed in with the sobs of overtired children, as the stench of giant turkey legs and funnel cakes hangs in the air.
Have you ever seen those people who say they identify as being physically handicapped (Body Integrity Identity Disorder) and want limbs removed, rendering themselves disabled? I feel like this is like that. It feels deeply insulting, almost disrespectful. You don’t get to try on other people’s struggles, whether it’s…
My autistic son is a “look ma, no hands”. The women in his special ed class helped potty train him, so when it’s time to shake he grabs his whole belly and frantically jiggles it up and down. Also, he still pulls his pants all the way down, toddler-style.
Years ago, my husband—a cop—was dragged down the street, in a headlock,by a large, mentally ill black man. When other officers approached my husband managed to yell, “He’s sick! He’s sick!”
He’s off his radio show...for now, anyway.
My son is autistic (so am I, though only mildly so). We both have sensory issues, but in my son’s case it is extreme. He hasn’t worn jeans in years, nothing with buttons, no collars, and definitely nothing remotely “dressy” (his wardrobe is almost entirely C9 stuff and loose-fitting character t-shirts). So obviously I…
Full disclosure—my husband is a cop. Almost 25 years in law enforcement. And I agree, the cops’ past should be thoroughly examined, starting with their background checks. Were they hired despite the concerns of the person who conducted the investigation? How did they do in field training? Did they require multiple…
UPDATE...
““Tiana Dalichov: White Privilege Challenge.” In it, Dalichov prompted people to write in arguments proving “one single instance of white privilege,” for which she would give them $100.”
I watched “Atomic Homefront” when it first aired on HBO and was surprised to see so few people of color included. Very few, in fact. [Full disclousre: born and raised in Ferguson, still live in St. Louis, had friends who lived in the Coldwater Creek area. It’s not like I’m unfamiliar with the North Country area and…
I had the bald look foisted on me via chemo from 2015-2016. Once I got used to it, I have to say... I kind of liked being bald. So easy, especially after decades of daily struggles with natural curls. My maintenance was pretty non-existent (go to chemo, that was it). The biggest problem was with folliculitis, which…
“...is it possible that Macioce is just unfathomably unlucky? Yes, that is possible.”
They look like an opening act in Branson.
I did, indeed. Thanks!!!
Having actually had cancer, I can add that not only would I like to see him get it, I’d like it see the (definitely going to fail anyway) treatment be as brutal AF, for everything that can fall out and/or off to fall out and/or off, for him to be the only person in chemo that the therapy dog snarls at then tries to…