ok, a) it wasnt a rape allegation, it was a complaint of sexual assault which fot the guidelines the uni laid out as what constituted such. B) I was touched up like this too. I pushed him off me and kept it to myself too. I had no “White Knight” either (at the time). The guy who groped me went on to seriously sexually…

Sexual assault is a spectrum, not just rape. If you had felt it was a biggie and wanted to report it you would have deserved to be made to feel respected and heard, and the problem is that still today you more than likely would have instead felt dismissed at best and increasingly victimized by the systems that are…

yup.

Didn’t we all pack a handkerchief with snacks, storm out of the house, and sit in the bushes for 2 hours before we wanted to go back inside and watch TV?

But I thought fake stuff that could happen but didn’t happen was always a catalyst for a much needed national conversation.

I did this as well. I made it to my neighbors house, where she made me tea and gave me cookies and called my mom. I told my mom when she arrived I felt I had lived enough for the day, and that I could accept a ride home. I was 4, and yes I was an old woman trapped in a small childs body. After that I regularly had tea…

We used to “run away” to the park near our house, and then come home when we got hungry or hot.

A couple of weeks ago I came here to talk about my cat who was dying of cancer. He died in my arms this morning at the vet. My heart is broken. Here is his picture, I hope. I’ve never tried to upload a picture. Anyway, his name was Fresca, he was almost 16, and I loved him so much.

I generally only am sufficiently adventurous when I’m already tipsy. Which, if I drink a whole bottle of wine by myself, there’s a pretty good chance I’ll end up out somewhere.

I just made an appt with the best stylist evaaaaaar (in my limited experience, but still) for early June. Nothing like a good haircut. I can't wait for the shaggy, collar bone grazing bob I'm gonna get.

Flowers understand me, at least.

Speaking of today I probably got the best haircut of my ENTIRE LIFE NBD

No, Gary Busey road raging me was way worse. :)

Yeah, my Willie Nelson meeting was in Asheville, so he was in his element. Not like he’s got a reputation for being unpleasant, but meeting someone in their element is totally different. My sister used to see Sissy Spacek at the grocery store when she lived in this weird far-off suburb of Charlottesville, but thought…

I went to see a screening of the second Boondock Saints film (for all its deep and obvious flaws, I have an abiding fondness for the original, entirely because of the gorgeous men and all the homoeroticism) that included a panel discussion with Troy Duffy and a few of the actors afterward. The move was so awful I…

If it’s any consolation, he hit on my friend in college and I stole his cell-phone number from her. I pretended to be her and led him on every time he was back in Boston, until I finally got him to show up at the Hotel Commonwealth and cut communication entirely. He got angry and vulgar; if Bob Saget thinks you’re a…

they are, they're actually super dangerous too. my mum had an ectopic preg between me and my bro and they had to get her to the hospital asap because the baby is 100% of the time nonviable if it's in the tube and when it dies it can lead to a life threatening infection/shutting down/damage to the organs/uterus owner.…

When I got my abortion, I was relieved but also heartbroken but also thrilled but also nervous but also certain but also but also but also...

And, since the pregnancy is ended so sudden, your hormones are all kinds of screwed up until your body realizes what happened and fixes itself. I was teary and down afterwards but in reality I was nothing but relieved and happy I was no longer pregnant. I was so confused

She kept going. We needed an ultrasound; the pregnancy could be ectopic, she said, growing outside my uterus. If this were the case, the abortion pill wouldn’t work, she said.