I hope that you don’t truly believe that 1) watching a video of two people who have consented to participate acting out a rape scene together and 2) watching a video of a person actually raping a child, who by definition does not have the capacity to consent, are the same thing. I doubt that you do.

Many of the people who fantasize about rape are themselves rape victims.

This. Things can be behaviorally addictive without being chemically addictive.

“A Court of Thorns and Roses” and “A Court of Mist and Fury” by Sarah J. Maas

My friend systematically trained her younger brother to mispronounce words. Cupcakes were “pup cakes.” Aluminum was “aluminuminum.” At 17, he would still accidentally say the wrong thing. Genius.

Saw this movie last weekend. My grandma, who always cooked the big Thanksgiving dinners, died within a couple days of Thanksgiving a few years ago. I baaaawled at the stingray stuff. I was singing the soundtrack in my car yesterday and started crying during grandma’s part of “I Am Moana.”

Lorelai*

But Chet, not Colin, right? Because I love Colin (especially in Life in Pieces) and I don’t want him to be mean either.

My best friend interviewed him for Vanity Fair, and she said he was lovely. She was very nervous and his warm energy put her completely at ease.

Yes. It’s not perfect, but it was mostly satisfying.

Yay us, indeed! I think it probably woul’ve been fine had I known going in. But instead it was just me and Mr. Slayer going, “Hey, it’s a weekend. We should see a movie! Here’s one about aliens that looks good.” It just took my completely by surprise, and the specific visual of the doctor feeling her lymph nodes broke…

It’s all you!

Thank you, I appreciate the kind words and thoughts. I’ve been in remission for a year now, but based on my reaction to this movie, it’s apparently too soon to watch cancer-related TV and movies.

Yeah, I assumed it was something nice like that based on what others have said. And I haven’t actually experienced a lymphoma-related loss, I had stage IV hodgkin’s lymphoma last year. I’ve been in remission for a year. Hurray! The 2 minutes I saw didn’t explicitly say lymphoma, but I would assume so based on feeling…

Oh god, didn’t even think of that. I must have seen it before I was diagnosed. That would be so upsetting. *internet hugs*

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I had a flashback to every doctor who has done that to my neck, and it is a lot.

I’m sorry for your loss. Have you seen this movie? When the doctor started feeling the girl’s neck, I had a really intense panic reaction. I have a history of PTSD symptoms, and this was that. It was no bueno.

Yeah, I believe you. It’s just (apparently) waaaay too soon. I had a panic attack followed a steady stream of smaller panic attacks for a good two hours.

Went in. Started having a panic attack in the first 2 minutes. Left. It’s a bummer, because it seems like a good movie. Just don’t see it if you or a loved one has recently had cancer, specifically lymphoma.