this jacket's fucking wicked.

Welp, this is the most depressing thing I have read today... I just got out of a physically and emotionally abusive relationship and am starting to look at dating again. It's hard enough because my ex developed a major weight issue and would blow our food budget on unhealthy foods, insult me for trying to be healthy,…

Shopping online, Nutella, anything sweet and alcoholic with floral flavoring... violet especially. :P

No. Nope. Sorry.

People like this are the scum of the earth. Truly.

She is....

Ohhh, our culture's obsession with "function" and it's link to capitalism and oppression is a rant I could go on for dayssss.

In other, seemingly similar news, the WSJ has found the "answer" to happiness for introverts (whom I suspect are particularly prone to depression because our introversion is this TERRIBLE AWFUL NO GOOD THING that needs a ~solution~). Wanna know how quiet, less extemporaneous people can be happier and perhaps even…

This article actually points to a larger problem with how we, as people, live our lives in the US: defined mainly by our occupation. I hate this stuff, because it's so dehumanizing and reductionist. These arguments all miss the goddamn point: we are all people, and people aren't summed up in simple titles. I am not…

It really speaks to the growing class divide in this country that so many of us (me included!) can't even imagine how people can afford to have children. And I'm not talking children + expensive summer camps + 5+ bedroom mansion + designer diaper bags. I am a really minimalist, low-maintenance person. Like, I'm an old…

Goddammit, you are murdering the subjunctive. DON'T LET THE SUBJUNCTIVE DIE.

Typical foolish American. Carbs are for booze.

"I haven’t met a girl yet who is trying to use this as a sexual identity.”

Why is this so snarky? Are we accusing these people who perform these studies as "sleep shaming?"

Should I refer to her as a "girl"? She's very much a woman.

As I pointed out when this was crossposted from io9 or where ever, it's established that women shack up with old guys and pork young guys on the side. Not to mention, men's fertility and virility also decrease with age. So, frankly, it's the young guys' preference for young women that will drive evolution. Old guys…

OH MY GOD CAN WE JUST STOP WITH THE MOMMY WARS. Like, seriously. Let's all just stop. Because I'm starting to worry that there's maybe some drug doctors are secretly injecting in women while they're giving birth that turns them into self-righteous amateur Dr. Spocks who all know what's best for every other mother and…

One weird thing about being a professional writer is that a lot of people seem to think your job is fake.