They gave me opioids when I had my tonsils removed. This is when oxycontin was the addictive drug of choice in our area, a few years before the heroin epidemic took over. After a night of depressed breathing I started taking children’s liquid tylenol instead and that did the job just fine. They’re so ready to just…

After years of recommendations I finally picked up Parable of the Sower this summer and immediately started gobbling up her books like they’re a plate of nachos—so now I have to comment anytime someone mentions her because I was a fool for waiting so long. Though the Earthseed series feels like it was waiting for me…

At worst the sub shouldn’t have said anything when the student refused to stand and moved on with class. Teenagers become disruptive when pushed, teachers should be adults enough to choose their battles. This was not a battle worth fighting because the students have a right to stay seated during the pledge. 

Written authorization from a parent?! That is unconstitutional garbage. I stopped standing for the pledge as a high school when Bush was appointed president--and after learning I had a constitutional right to remain sitting. Unbelievable. I hope they take this school district to the cleaners. 

I had my first three day hangover last year and it was absolutely awful. More awful because I honestly can’t get fun drunk like I did when I was young, I just get sleepy drunk. No party night is worth the hangover and it’s been years since I had a night out that was fun enough to validate sleeping in past 7 the next…

I was appalled to hear his lawyers in 2018 asking why she didn’t just leave. As someone who was in an abusive relationship (though nothing compared to what she went through) all of the signs are there, especially when she showed the letters and messages he STILL writes her—and he claims total innocence in his…

I’m mystified by the first episode and wondering why they didn’t have someone interview her in Spanish? Can you imagine trying to talk about a traumatic event in a second language? 

I moved to the west coast to take care of a family member and despite the absurd cost of living, the jobs in my field pay less here than they did in my more affordable southern town. The place I worked back home was also known for paying less than the state average, so this new reality has been depressing AF. Not that…

One of two assistant managers in my department with no manager. They won’t promote us unless one us “steps up” into the role, which means I’m expected to be the manager without compensation because the store manager says talking to her is like “talking to a brick wall.” I have all of the responsibility with no actual…

She has great comedic timing that has truly been underrated. I never liked Friends, but I recently watched the series because I had nothing else to binge and she is great, even with bad writing.

This is a wonderful overview and if this is a sign of the kind of coverage we’ll see on Jezebel as we head into a likely ugly battle in tbe Democratic primary then I might breathe a little easier. 

They did away with Google Reader for Google+. I still miss Google Reader! The death of GR ended my blog reading. 

I hate that the women in his life seem to be held more publicly accountable for his actions than he is. We either have articles asking women to answer for his crimes, or articles asking when CK and men like him are allowed to return to their “rightful” place in the spotlight. Why do women have to answer for the…

This is my husband. I have to remind him to eat if he starts becoming a monster. 

The people most likely to be in the kind of jobs that make it difficult for people to vote (despite their legal right to take time to do it) probably aren't going get off for federal holidays anyway. It's still a step in the right direction. The easier it is to vote, the more likely people are to do it. I used to work…

I'm so glad this show exists. I wish I'd had it when I was younger, but I love that the youths have it now. It provides a language for talking about gender identity and sexuality, but also trauma and anxiety and learning to communicate boundaries and emotions in healthy ways. I don't know how they do it in a way that…

I love this. I have a few regulars who always get the same thing and it’s honestly a huge help to be able to prep their drink in advance and get through the line faster. Customers always linger at the register and it’s often easy to get an extra shot going or steam a little extra milk to make a second drink while…

I worked in a local shop for a long time when I was in college and even I have trouble figuring out the menu and language when I walk into a different cafe. Now that I’m back in the coffee biz (please someone get me back in an office) I try to make sure every customer who seems overwhelmed by the menu knows that we…

All of the times in my years of barista-ing that a customer ordered a macchiato.

But when a customer makes a big deal about how they only ordered a black coffee and not a “mochachocalattafrap” we might judge you a little, ya can’t win.