God created polio and the pox, so you shouldn’ t get vaccinated.

I have a “friend” who says we shouldn’t be calling her brave because what she did is not nearly as brave as what our Soldiers do.

I hear what you are saying but imo there is a difference between admitting to your child that this might be more than you can handle and you might have to bring in the pros and telling your child you will give them up free and clear if they don’t clean their room or whatever it is. One is actually responsible…

You can say “completed suicide” (also accepted by MH professionals) if for whatever reason you have such an objection to saying “died by suicide.” It’s part of trying to destigmatize it and, as Anna says, it is the correct terminology for MH professionals. it’s about sensitivity, much like its now appropriate to say…

Nope. Best practices for suicide reporting recommend not using “committed,” which sounds like a crime or, to religious communities, like a sin, and “kill yourself” is just insensitive, crude, and poorly phrased. “Died by suicide” is the phrasing recommended by mental health professionals and the American Foundation…

I work in youth advocacy. I can tell you that hair cutting and threatening to put a child put up for adoption are not grounds for abuse claims and certainly not jail time. I hear multiple times a week from parents who are fed up with their children and make similar statements about adoption/foster care/shelter…

My mom did that shit to me when I was a kid, on top of all sorts of other things. I’d come home to military school catalogs on the kitchen table. My heart breaks for this girl.

But God didn’t make you gay, so stop that shit.

I am continuously aghast at the logic of people actually think life is a zero-sum game. “Dying children in Africa” are more important than any sort of US social issue. No, they’re not bigots! They just care about REAL PROBLEMS. /ugh

“Jinger”—this is Ginger with a J, right? Not “Jinger”, like Finger?

Ian Somerholder is the same way. It’s not makeup or lighting. When he’s standing around real people, they all look normal and he still looks like goddamn CGI. I bet Ackles and Paladecki do, too, and Rihanna and Tricia Helfer, and the occasional random mortal you encounter on the bus or whatever. I feel attractive in…

An ex-coworker cut off her daughters long ponytail once for something ridiculous. It made me sick when she told me.

You’re so right, the abusive parents are the real victims. The dead girl, whatever.

Those rules were completely fucked up and indicated that there was probably a lot more going on in that house than they’ll ever admit. The kids (not adults, not teens, kids) can’t play hide and seek, can’t be alone together, can’t sit on anyone’s lap but their father’s, and the boys aren’t allowed to babysit. That’s…

Oh my god. For anyone that thinks that hair cutting is not cruel, my mom force cut my hair when I was 10 and it wasn’t until I was in my 30s and had therapy that I could handle having it cut again.

Literally right after that they started talking about how the “real” threat to young girls are the transgender “men who want to use the same locker room” as girls, so I can’t even with them and also that “The real issue is that juvenile records should be protected.”

I weigh 150 and I’m anywhere between a 6 and a 12, depending on the brand. Women’s sizing ftw.

And isn’t their brand of Christianity one where, no matter what the person did to you, if they “ask for forgiveness with Christ in their heart” or whatever, you have to forgive them, even if you’re not ready to? Or want to?

You can’t really judge it based on what you see on camera. Unless you’re standing right next to the person, you have no idea how their body stacks up to yours. Maybe her waist is the smallest part of her body. Maybe she looks bigger on camera. Maybe she carries her weight really evenly. You really can’t know. I’m…

In her defense, sizes in dresses have a lot to do with waist, I wear a size 8 dress a lot and I’m 200lbs, shopgirls never believe it till I come out, I just have a very small natural waist