I just had a literal gasp of recognition (wow, that needs an internet-approved official acronym/initialization, but LGOR just doesn't flow)! There was a rotating lineup of fad diets/anorexia starter kits on the inside of my mum's cupboard. I'm pretty sure that pro-tip came from the Scarsdale Diet, which was also known…

Broken knuckles are worth it sometimes. Ditto sprained thumbs.

Yes, I am aware of that (I'm a bit of an amateur cartographer, so I sure hope so, anyway!). I have experienced homelessness in multiple cities across two countries, and I have friends, clients, and colleagues who have been homeless and/or underhoused all over the globe. I'm not quite sure how it's germane to this…

What a strange, left-field comment.

My first two (lengthy) responses were Kinja'd, so this one will be brief for my sanity's sake.*

So I don't know if anyone is still reading, but I have some seriously belated gratitude to share with you, along with a request for someone who can help me figure out this Kinja thing so I can thank the right folk. Allow me to explain:

If you really want help, Google is your friend. Try "Allyship 101" or "how to be a good ally". There are quite a few good resources out there for those who actually want to learn.

Please not Jada. We don't need Scientology "morals" clogging up the airwaves. She would just ask the woman what she did to "pull it in".

Okay, I'm having problems with this phone (operator error, most likely), so no pull-quote, but that paragraph is a perfect distillation of the nature of creativity. I love the last sentence.

They have never given up rights. But they are so afraid of giving up advantages. The advantage of comfortable condescension. The advantage of being permitted to speak to women as they like without considering how it affects those women. The advantage of being paid more for doing the same job while paying less…

What baby? Do you mean the zygote? The undifferentiated mass of cells that is the focus of the overwhelming majority of abortions? It has no nervous system, so it has no conscious thought, ergo the procedure is not "taxing" as far as the zygote is concerned.