Oh yeah, the advice. I get that it comes from (or can come from) a loving place, but I’m with Barbara Ehrenreich on this—in Bright Sided, she argues that we live in a culture that firmly believes that we can overcome anything, even cancer in the case of this book, with the right attitude. And it’s to our detriment,…

Recline away. That bump you feel in the middle of your back? That’s my knees. No, I don’t plan on moving them. Enjoy.

I think I’d act like I was going to shake his hand and then do the “pull away at the last second and run hand through hair” while saying something about not shaking hands with nazis.

Back in the 2000s it was a common tactic for protestors to organize at rallies by their willingness to risk arrest. People who could not risk arrest were “green,” and stayed in the permitted areas. People who were “yellow” or “red” and were willing to risk arrest had to be prepared for that possibility. That included…

I have a cat named Lady Gaga. She has to wear pajamas because of her over grooming. You can feel bad for her. And also think she is adorable.

As a mother of a child on the spectrum, can you please dismiss any comments mocking Trump for having an autistic child? I hate Trump with a fiery passion, but that shit is off limits.

“Bush doesn’t care about black people.” -Kanye West, 2005.

My coworker’s daughter is out protesting in Seattle. The girl voted for Stein. She should be home hanging her head in shame.

The Pismo Beach disaster relief fund where I donated my winter snow skis and all of daddy’s caviar.

Every book report I did in the 5th grade was on a book that was banned somewhere.

Saving my virginity until marriage

I think it depends on the dynamic of the relationship. There are good relationships where exchanging passwords is a sign of trust and understanding and there are good relationships where staying out of each others’ digital space is a sign of trust and understanding. Mine is one of the latter. He…

1) Trust and 2) the belief that my partner is a distinct human being with a right to privacy

WHAT DOES MRD STAND FOR? MAJOR RAGING DORK?!?!?!?!

Tiffany,

Rihanna no

Yeah, its wayyy easier for me to get rejected these days. Failure is just so much more accessible than it used to be.

I found my mom’s diary when I was 12. It was all about personal sex reflections, concerns about her vagina looking old, and revealed to me that my father had had two affairs. I think I ran to the bathroom and puked.

at a previous job, god, i cannot believe i’m saying this, a coworker asked me to help clean up her home computer because it had run out of space and she had no idea how that could be. since i knew she had a son, i had an inkling of what might be taking up all that space. and while i fully expected to find many large…

Lovely piece. Thank you for introducing me to a wonderfully complex lady who deserves a contemporary audience.