I got chills reading this. Your friend’s “transformation” sounds very similar to the one my friend went through. My roommate and I were not terrific influences in some regards (mostly the drinking and excessive blunt smoking) but we were *good people* and encouraged her to stand up for herself and seek a path of…

YESSS! I am with you on this. There is definitely a saboteur on the inside and whoever it is is doing good works. Really good works. The BEST. Haha. Seriously though I hope it continues and it's enough to turn more people off.

Never watched Dawson’s Creek but he is extremely sexy in the Affair- which is sayin something, for me anyway, because as awful and narcissistic as Dominic West character is, I think he is sexy as hell.

I see it too. Even when she was younger she had such peaceful vibes about her.

Right??

Then I caught this one and I’m pretty sure she is subtly/not-so-subtly flipping her off. Actually I am choosing to believe she is definitely flipping her off.

Oh, sister. Were you strategically placed or a complete oversight?? Why are you STANDING THERE.

I get what you’re saying, but a shift in language would be meaningless and/or impossible without a drastic shift in thinking which, sadly, will not occur in our lifetimes in any meaningful way. As it stands, it *isn’t* murder, so it isn’t wrong, and even if a radical few began calling it murder, it still wouldn’t be…

I looove older gym ladies. Staying active and minding their health and not minding their nudity ever. I am still a scaredy cat- getting changed without showing skin a workout in itself- but one day, I would love to feel free/no shame and serve as some subconscious fairy godmother to another younger woman doing…

Non-black PoC have so. much. work. to. do. to confront the rampant anti-black sentiments that have been ingrained in so many of us.

THAT’S how it’s done...mutual support...uplifting and understanding that social justice gains benefit ALL the underserved. We can seek and find strength in our collective numbers or alienate each other by drawing unnecessary distinctions and not sharing in the joys of each others’ messages when they gain traction.

Agreed. ALM is essentially what she is pushing. It’s the same convoluted thinking pattern, anyway. I feel heated, literally- body temp escalating- when i run across this response from people I assume possess a little more awareness. Come on, guys. You're better than this!!

I don’t know- her comments read mighty similar to the “all lives matter” reactions from white folks to me. Incredibly invalidating. Missing the point. Drawing lines instead of connecting dots. And fucking distracting.

Excellent article, also wanted to say thanks for the etsy link. Really loving the whole vibe of her shop and loud/proud support of eating disorder awareness/recovery- an issue still so incredibly stigmatized and sadly, largely swept under rugs or unrecognized in ethnic households. We are light years behind white women…

Wat is even happening

and PARALYZED?! I didn’t see where/how specifically but the article def says she is paralyzed. Are these TSA agents at home just rocking in fetal position with their heads in their hands?? I really fucking hope so.

I miss 90s People...we had a subscription and my mom was always coming after me...”where’s the People? Did you take the new one?” I loooved poring over them. They were only (IIRC?) like 40% celeb news.

“Arrived on time”/ “intact and packaged nicely” / “appears as described”