Totally agree that it would be *great* if this is followed by them actively seeking to be involved in/advocating for more diverse big-budget projects. I will say, though, that the team involved in #BenghaziObamaClintonGateORama was, like most of the most elite US special operations forces, very white. So if it’s a…

Not even a little bitter. By which I mean, “entirely bitter.”

Wellll, then!

Starred because I know how bad it feels to endure a mom like this for 40 years, but more importantly, how good it feels to do well by your daughter because you’ve learned what not to do. Good job. I hope you have not internalized the low self-esteem that moms like this try to give us. <3 Internet hugs from someone who…

All familiar here, too! I’m sorry you’ve had to hear all of these things.
Just tonight at dinner, my mom, knowing I’ve got major dental work ahead because of a side effect of a weird, rare, chronic condition, and definitely aware of how I feel about what’s happening to my teeth ... “Squishy, how are things going with…

I’m so sorry. This is super familiar to me - I’ve heard versions of the same things. I was 10 the first time my mom disapprovingly said, “all the black boys are going to like you.” I had no idea what she meant that time, nor did I realize how racist she’d eventually prove herself to be. At the time, I just knew by her…

Ohhh, where to begin... I know there are other commenters on here who also have mothers with borderline personality disorder, so I’m sure we’ll see lots of familiar refrains here. Hopefully by now, we’ve all gotten better at knowing we don’t deserve it; we’re beautiful inside and out, and we deserve to be loved. <3
So…

Me too. You wouldn’t guess it from the content of the rhetoric that’s getting so much attention lately.
Thankful that this actually garnered protest. Now if the same could just happen with Trump’s comments about registering Muslims... (He’s trying to walk it back now but there’s video of him saying it, so...)

My daughter actually said this once when she was about 3 and yelled “SHIT!!” at the sky. I appreciated her honesty. I appreciated nothing from the Roanoke mayor’s statements.

“I was just trying to get some attention by piggybacking on the Paris attacks. I didn’t know there were enough non-bigots left to notice and get me in trouble.”

Right?! It’s hard to believe that the current incarnation of TLC is even a descendant of The Learning Channel.

This is reality TV I would watch.

Enjoy your terminal leave before you actually separate from mother army! One of the things we loved about the SF community in our family was that, at least when you’re stateside, if it was a 3-day weekend, that meant it was a 4-day weekend. Which was really more like 4 1/2 day weekend, because if Monday was a holiday,…

I’ve just gotten super lucky where this is concerned. I recently started working for a major biopharma company. All employees start by earning 3 weeks PTO, plus 9 floating holidays, and we have unlimited sick days. Also, management is very accommodating where flextime and working from home is concerned. It’s been…

Agree like crazy.
I kinda feel weird looking at Gawker sites at all right now... :/

Gah, you guys, I was trying to be all serious about this unbelievably nasty development, but now I kind of just want some Lucky Charms.

Would watch.

I feel ya. I joined last year, I think? I mostly didn’t touch it, but over the last few weeks, I’ve been trying to check it out and get used to it. You’ll get used to it! It’s a great way to at least figure out where your favorite recently-relieved-of-their-Gawker-post people can be found. :)

I’m sorry you have headaches like that and that painkillers don’t even work! I feel your pain, too. I’ve had occasional migraines since middle-teen years, but over the last two years, they’ve gotten so bad and so frequent - plus they last longer and are often bookended by sinus or cluster headaches, to boot. Add to…

Edited because you’re right about the amount; I was wrong.