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You are my hero. You are so brave to say all of this here. I am sure that you will find the courage to seek help, because you are very clearly a courageous person. Know that your words here are helping so many. Much love to you. ❤ You can do it!

I have considered myself such a good little pedant, all the while having no idea of the different types of dashes! For shame.

Sorry, I can’t help it either...the thing comprises the stuff, not the other way around. The whole comprises its parts; the parts don’t comprise the whole.

Thank you so much for this. I read about Ndichie’s comments and it “felt wrong” but I couldn’t flesh out why. And even though it felt wrong, I found myself kind of agreeing with her until I read your words that trans women are a TYPE of woman, they’re not OTHER than women. Your points are exactly the result of…

Feminism has long realized and documented the downsides of toxic masculinity to both women and men.

Maybe, as long as it’s not another dude eating the dicks.

TErD talks, anyone?

I agree. If you want to send your clothes out, do it by all means! What other people spend money on is none of my business. But it’s not really an opportunity cost calculation unless you actually use the time you would have spent doing laundry to make more money than the cost of fluff and fold.

Wait, isn’t that just $100,000?

I think you love it just the right amount!

I also think it’s important to remember that many people end up retiring sooner than they had wanted to or planned for. So definitely keep working if you like, but maybe don’t make financial plans based on only the best case scenario.

I went from smoking at least a pack a day, every day, to being a truly happy non smoker a little over 5 years ago. Looking back, the fear of quitting was so much worse than quitting itself. It was hard at times, but not nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. A quit smoking timeline like this one was so…

Pregnancy is not necessarily a disability, but it is a condition that carries more risk than not being pregnant. And a twin pregnancy is higher risk than a singleton pregnancy, especially later in the term. There are lots of things that pregnant people find more difficult or impossible to do, and according to labor…

Go ahead and call. Elected officials work for and represent all of their constituents, not just the ones who voted for them.

“Hey Puppo, let’s you and me sit down over this frozen homemade treat and you can tell me all about your third tour in Nam.”

Poor little buddy!

That dog looks like it has seen some shit.

I think it’s icoNIC in the same way Rihanna might say something is rihdiculous or engage in revelrih.

Oh please, please, please do yourself a favor and watch “Mortified” on Netflix! It is a documentary in which people read their childhood and teenage diaries OUT LOUD to an audience. It captures the laugh-and-cringe so well!