God, yes! “If Brie Larson Were Your Aunt” would be AMAZING.

I just really love Brie Larson. She chooses interesting roles, does a good job with them, and persistently advocates to make the world a better place (and not just for people who look like her). You’re all right, Brie.

As always, with raccoon stories: Everything That Is Wrong of Raccoons (The Toast archives don’t seem to be up).

Oh, fuck off. Judging people’s speech patterns because they aren’t designed to appeal to you is hardly the same as keeping us from devolving into the boys in that book. Your smug self-righteousness isn’t exactly a bulwark for civilization.

until everyone over the age of late 30s dies and/or stops being in positions of power

Good. Keep reminding yourself of that.

Yup. I’m going to watch some episodes of Parts Unknown and order a big fucking pizza.

Exactly. I loved how respectful he was of cultural differences in food, and how he never wanted to make people feel ashamed because they were poor.

They had more resources (or at least access to resources that could help), but that does not mean you’re guaranteed to succumb to this illness. I don’t know if it’s luck, or what, but there are also so, so many of us who have these illnesses and survive with them. In the meantime, you deserve to be here, your worth is…

Because it is Just That Good.

Of course! The more the merrier! (I’m not a lawyer, either, for what it’s worth)

I’m glad things aren’t in such a bad space right now. In case you’d like to chat (about depression stuff, or puppies, or whatever), you can reach me at vhill0815 (it’s a gmail address).

I don’t know if it’s been done as a formal thing, but I’ve had great experiences with taking Jez connections off the site: once, I was on a business trip and my office card failed (I was getting my personal card replaced), so I had No Money. A Jezzie in SNS in the city I was visiting reached out and offered to buy me…

My therapist once told me that negative emotions are like cats: the more you push them away, the more they come back and insist on sitting on your lap. If you just let them sit there for a bit, eventually they’ll wander off.

For what it’s worth, while friends can’t fully replace a mental health professional, part of the whole point of friends is being able to support each other. You care about them, and would want to know if they were struggling and help however you could, right? People want to give that same love and care to you, too. I…

This is spectacularly cruel and stupid. Fuck off.

Oh my God, are you me? I generally feel like a naturally happy person; at the same time, it is pretty easy for me to end up getting swamped by the depression that coexists with my baseline level of happiness.

Hey, I’m also in DC! We should totally arrange a Jezebel meetup. Maybe we can talk one through in the SNS thread?

Hey. I get that this is coming from some rando on the internet, but: you are a really fucking good person. Being lonely is hard, and it SUCKS, but it isn’t a reflection of your worth. I know you don’t think many people would miss you, but that’s because Depression Brain is, shall we say, a feckless cunt who lies to…

I think Tess Thompson is supposed to be playing Eartha Kitt in the next year or so.