As for my iron deficiency, I can take a supplement for that—but what do I need to eat to get equal pay?

My birthday is on Christmas Day so it always sucks. When I was little my family tried to make it special. But even the days leading up to the holidays are busy, it just seemed rushed, and I felt like I was adding extra stress. As I got older we pretty much dropped all pretense of celebrating. There would be plans…

5 year old me wants to have tea at your tiny wicker table.

Best birthday? I’ve had so many bad ones over the years I don’t know if I have a good metric for it anymore. From my 17th birthday when everyone forgot about me (even my grandma, and she lives in the same city as me) and I ended up watching “Batman Begins” alone and crying to myself during the credits, up to my 30th…

Yesterday I ordered Safeway for pickup for the first time (I used to order them for delivery all the time for years, but then I got mad at them and now I order Amazon Fresh for delivery). Now I do Target for pickup all the time, and it’s cool and works well but you can’t get alcohol or anything perishable, severely…

So many people seem to think that dogs understand English, and are willfully being “bad”. It’s so frustrating to watch them yelling at a dog like the dog should know what they’re saying.

Ewwwwwgenics.

Eh the death penalty is barbaric, even for monsters such as this. I hope he dies after many years in a depressing solitary prison cell with only his thoughts. If anything, him killing himself is too quick of an out.

There are few absolute truisms in life, but one of them is undoubtedly that any time a group of well-meaning people are granted a particular freedom, the worst fringes of society will exploit and ruin it for everyone else. 

This isn’t my story but one time as I was heading into a wal-mart i heard a father telling his 6 or 7 year old daughter about his exploits as Batman.

Shelter Cat Update!

Yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss! A thread I can contribute multiple stories to!

I lost my mom to suicide a week ago. She was a brilliant, wonderful, and frustrating person. She was a doctor who saved thousands of lives, but she couldn’t save her own — she struggled with mental illness for a long time, and tried literally every treatment she could. Ultimately, she lost the battle. I’m most worried…

Shelter Cat Update!

You know, I know folks talk about Pedro and the presentation of his sexuality in the mainstream was huge - and it is - but as a Latino, who graduated HS that summer getting ready to attend Harvard that fall, he was the first real representation that no matter all the racism I faced, the nastiness of people telling me…

This is slightly off-topic because there is a LOT to say about the Ks treatment of Jordyn, but was anyone else seriously disturbed (though not surprised, given the family’s intense dysfunction) that Tristan threatened to kill himself to get out of being accountable for his behavior, and that he apparently does this…

Shelter Cat Update!

I give them my seal of approval!

As someone who was diagnosed with autism, I can say one thing vaccines don’t cause autism, but autism will cause anti-vaxxers. I wasn’t formally diagnosed until I was an adult but my mom has told me she regrets having me vaccinated because she always had a feeling. Outside of this we still have a strong family relation…

Just wanted to thank you for remembering to include mention of my friend, Andy Hallett. For some reason I read the headline and just assumed his absence would be glossed over. I’ve never watched Angel, but Andy was a good friend and mentor growing up. Hard to believe it’s already been ten years since he left us. My…