Are you fucking kidding me? I live in Chicago and have already personally witnessed three people get shot directly in front of my house in the past couple of years (none fatal, thankfully). Yes, some areas on the south side are not as violent as others, but other areas are far worse than my neighborhood. Do your damn…

I have only commented here once, but I feel compelled to reply to this. I had the same belief—feeling limitless trust for my family and closest friends—until my best friend of 12 years raped me with no warning. We were young, drunk, and alone. I will never, ever not be shocked by this experience and it very much…

She had dementia brought on by late-stage syphilis, a gift from her first husband. Syphilis is a horrific disease that slowly and progressively ravages the body (including, eventually, the central nervous system), and it was incurable at the time.