THIS. So much this.

My city’s ballet did a staging of Carmina Burana this year - it was amaaaazing

My cousin’s second husband was abusing one of her daughters for YEARS and she had no clue. With hindsight, he was also sniffing around my daughter and she and I just thought it was social awkwardness. It’s actually fairly common for people close to a pedophile to not have a clue what they are.

I consider myself a freelance brand ambassador for the combination of bong rips and pots of strong black coffee.

Could somebody please tell me if advertising always had so many ‘brand ambassadors’? It seems stupid to lash your product onto one person’s character. Wouldn’t it just be better to use some random, unknown actor instead of creating these branded personas?

Esme Squalor4, I most wholehartedly validate you. Ew, you are not making a mountain out of a molehill. I feel like everything within the boundries of my skin is my kingdom alone and I am the King/Dictator. I only hug my very closest people family and friends of decades and those from whom I have special affection for.…

Especially not in a professional setting. While I feel that non-sexual physical contact can be a comforting thing (the “condolences” hug among known acquaintances, for example), there’s no need for anything beyond a handshake - for both sexes - in the office, in meetings, or on business calls. That clip of W giving…

Well, you could just ask her.

Yes. I’m constantly telling my 4 year old - if someone doesn’t want to be touched, you can’t touch them. You have to stop the first time they say “stop.” He and his brother are in a fighting phase and he likes to annoy his brother. But then his feelings are hurt when brother yells at him. Well, if you are not going to…

To steal their youthful essence and halt their own decay.

I have a girl who just turned one and a big huggy family. She already is a pretty reserved kid and is slow to warm up. This kind of lesson is one of those parenting things that keep me up. I never learned how to set boundaries for myself (and have been through an abusive relationship that I blame in no small part to…

And sticky. Don’t forget sticky.

This article is the perfect response to those who say talks around consent need to happen in high school or college. No, teaching there must be consent to touch should be from day one. If my nephew doesn’t want to give me a hug, then I see if a high-five of fist bump is ok. If he still says no then ok, maybe next…

The “pray for the healing” part really pissed me off.

May I suggest dismissing the troll who’s taken over this thread?

I wish I could star this a million times.

Jews don’t pray like this. Just defending my peeps. We like to keep our thoughts and prayers amongst ourselves and G-d.

Yep, it’s a hollow way of saying “hey, I don’t think I need to do anything”. In this case it’s a patronising bullshit from a rapist and his parents who helped him move to Australia when the cases against him were reopened.