My sister worked with someone who had a service mini-horse to help with their visual impairment. That thing was awesome. It wore little velcro sneakers inside. It was smart as a whip and so well-behaved.

I was uncomfortable with the way this segment of the speech was presented, and you have articulated it well. For a moment I thought the child’s mother was going to be shown in the gallery as an example of recovery, but instead we are shown some weird support for class warfare. It hurts.

Absolutely, the more I think about this anecdote, the more it absolutely fucking INFURIATES me. This was a man in a position of power wielding it to basically steal a child through the threat of executing that power. The man should be thrown off the force, not lauded at the SOTU. What a despicable display of abuse of…

I mean, yeah, my cancer was a “virus + toxins = cancer” thing. The virus was HPV and the toxins here the little bastard cells the virus released that morphed into cancer. Know what got rid of it? Actual medical treatment. Fucking science, goddammit.

What I never got is how these Gooptastic, detox-centric vortexes of nonsense always feature booze. I have nothing against boozin’ (though as a former professional boozehound, I myself have not imbibed in 6.5 years because I can’t drink like normal humans). Sip away, Goopsters.

There was a fascinating article about people who accidentally kill in the New Yorker. A woman who accidentally killed a child with her car actually started a blog with resources for other people like herself, because no one knew what to do with or for her. A quote from the story: “But the accident remained with her.…

My cousin’s wife was accidentally killed by someone not paying attention. It was tragic all around but the forgiveness my cousin showed the person who killed her was extremely healing for both parties. Forgiveness and acceptance comes in time.

If I injured / killed people in a car accident I myself alone caused - I would need sooo much therapy to save me from killing myself.

Her and Ivanka get this pretty white women force field that shields them from their own shitty behavior. Melania pushed the birther issue, made excuses for her husband and decided being rich was worth more than not being an asshole.

It may turn out that the tangible results (economic, human life) of Trump’s leadership, from a future perspective, won’t be as bad as what we saw under Bush.

A whole lot of people died and were tortured under Bush. I think that’s much worse than emboldening some chuds.

It’s even worse: “Destiny’s family includes her husband Kalman, and sons Trey, Storm , Xtreme, Legend, and daughter Spirit.” 

I wanted to see who the monstrous pieces of shit who didn’t report Nassar were, and one of them, Destiny Teachnor-Hauk, is on the MSU website, where I learned that she has multiple children, and three are named: Storm, Xtreme and Legend Pain.

Today, we are all this manatee:

The gif of the Judge ripping up Nassar’s letter, and her telling him off was inspiring. #timesup

My first reaction was COME ON WHAT IS WRONG WITH FATHER/DAUGHTER DANCES THEY’RE JUST CUTE but then I read those stories. Yeesh. I’m so squicked out right now. Shocking how sheltered I am as a city kid; the concept of a “purity ball” never even entered my head. because we’d never do this weird fucking shit.

I had a friend who I grew up with, both of us in the evangelical community. She then converted to Catholicism. She did everything but PIV sex and still claimed to be a virgin who was saving herself for marriage.

Some father daughter dances are p gross because of the different gender dynamics. They can culminate with a promise to the father of purity and not having sex until it’s with a husband the father approves of. It reeks of ownership and property.

Of course, a priori there’s nothing wrong with father daughter dances that…

All you need to know about purity rings you can learn from serial adulterer and all around sin-sational guy Donald Trump, and his comically high approval rating with the morally “superior” Talibangelicals.

Everything I need to know about purity culture, I learned from Elizabeth Smart.