Part of my issue with this is how using terms that are clearly pulled verbatim from therapy sessions just sounds so fucking precious in a way that’s totally, I don’t know, insincere? Unbelievable? Unapproachable to anyone outside of a certain echelon (those who can afford therapy or have the time to read a shit-ton of…

I think it’s also important to remember that 10-12 years ago, no one was available for constant texting, Facebook messaging, or video chatting. We’re now all suddenly supposed to be expected to drop everything for anyone the moment they reach out through any channel (and there are many!).

The sad thing about MLMs is that once you’ve commoditized those friendships you’ve effectively poisoned that well and isolated yourself. There’s a lot of non-monetary value in support systems that’s just pissed away for a fantasy.

An apology would undercut any persecution storyline.

Oh good lord, can’t college kids flex their newly critical muscles without people thinking it’s the end of the world? When you put something creative out in to the world you relinquish control over it. And college students are notorious for hating stuff from their youth, both reasonable and unreasonable.

Also, just because the program fucked up and included a book like Ready Player One does not mean that now that has to be the low bar. Maybe they included it and then, later, decided that a higher caliber of literature that could better challenge students opinions was more suited for the program.

I’ve had a bunch of those. That’s just emotions, not emotional immaturity. If I dealt with it by turning around and kicking my dog, that’s emotional immaturity.  Everyone feels things.  Not everyone hurts others because of their feelings.

So Nelson didn’t say “these books are only for teenage girls,” speaking of taking Nelson at her word and not putting things in her mouth. Maybe abide by your own standards, you have already set, about not being an internet stranger who interprets her words for her.

I’ve never been so happy to have a house built on a concrete slab.

This is why DC needs to be a state, along with Puerto Rico. There’s 4 senators likely to be against the GOP. The Dems really need to take a page from the GOP handbook and secure their power when they can.

That’s what I’ll never understand at the most basic level. Who has the time time, energy, and willing to dedicate spreading misery about other people’s choices? Do people like Heyer and Ms Scott (the delightful fundraiser mentioned above) check their calendar, realize they have a free hour or two, and just think oooh…

Ughhhhh. Luna deserves better than this fund-raising circus. I don’t understand how Younger is considered a fit parent after all he’s alleged to have done.

If you believe the blinds, it was the spectre of Reese testifying that led him to settle.

They have kids. Having your kids know or not know their father is an abuser is probably the most complicted and heartbreaking part in an abusive relationship. Especially when they are young. It makes sense from this point of view why she wouldn’t make it public. IMO. 

I promise you that people held and maintained opinions unsupported by expert analysis long before the millennials were told to believe in themselves.

Honestly,I’ve said to people before-I don’t see a whole lot of air between Trump supporters and Bernie supporters (not necessarily in the ideology dept,but moreso the actions of both). Both sides basically believe anything the person they support says without question,both sides get extremely upset when anyone…

First, the WFP doesn’t own anyone any answers about the vote tallies. People who think they deserve answers about the way a party decides to endorse a candidate are entitled assholes. And in this case, they seem to want answers mostly because they don’t agree with the endorsement. Demanding to know how they arrive at…

It is so scary being a teacher right now. We’ve had a few lock downs at the school I work at and there is nothing scarier being all alone in a class with these kids during a lock down and realizing I am responsible for keeping them alive or die trying to.

Lauren Duca’s behavior at NYU is shameful but so is NYU’s hiring of Lauren Duca to teach a journalism class. Teaching is hard. Teaching a 3-hour college class is extremely hard. It takes practice and training. You can’t drag in a random working professional to teach their profession to college students. But…

Give the people behind the handle an HGTV show