Reminds me of the strip mall near my pastor's house where there was a Jenny Craig next to a Little Caesars.

Nellie ALWAYS had it coming.

The collective internet reaction to Ms. Lauten.

I am honestly enjoying this trend of racists popping off online and then subsequently losing their jobs, even if it is technically a resignation.

Caption: BYE FELICIA

I'm okay with this.

1) Huh?

Countdown to her getting her own show on Fox News starts now.

Lauten deleted the post and apologized, saying that after "hours of prayer," she realized that she was wrong.

...has announced today that she's resigning.

Likewise. But I like to remind myself that merely by recognizing it and labelling it, we've accomplished half the battle.

See, to me, this speaks to the very specific dynamic that I had never been able to map out before. It goes something like this...and I am going to make up an example rather than one from my own life, just to keep my privacy in tact.

I come to my mother and tell her a problem I am having, because I need a mother. Let's…

I don't think I'm the scapegoat though, because there is no Golden Child. And if there is a Golden Child, it's me. I am simultaneously scapegoat and golden child. That's why I think the parentification model speaks much more to whats going on...I'm the parentified daughter, which means all expectations for me are…

Have you read this one?

I am SHAKING. Shaking. And not just because I love myself some hippie feminism. It just explains so much. People had used the term narcissist when I would describe my mom's behavior, and while she had some tendencies, it just didn't seem accurate enough. My mom was abused really…

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD PARENTIFICATION. I needed this word. This word...this is what I needed. Holy shit. Holy fucking shit.

I am down to significantly reduced contact. I'm just not ready for No Contact, especially because she has made a lot of progress in the last year or so as she goes through therapy herself, and we've had a lot fewer "ISSUE INCIDENTS" as I like to call them...but as soon as it's Christmas, I always know to brace myself.…

Take the promotion. It makes you look even more attractive to prospective employers that you got promoted in four months. You owe them nothing if another offer comes up. Don't ever feel guilty for taking something that is better for you. If the company has shady financial stuff going on, remember that they would lay…

Almost made it. With 16 hours left my mother decided to swear at me and my grandmother, storm off and now will not be going to dinner with us. I am so over it.