COUGH LUANN

those damn strings!

right? you go in for a mammogram and a vaginal ultrasound at the same time, once per year. That shouldn’t be too difficult to put together. If men got ovarian cancer, it would be standard procedure.

Old as well.  I checked out of the world’s parenting styles at amber necklaces.  Seemingly science-minded parents throwing logic out the window and tying a talisman around their kids throats.  I’m out.

you know, i think that would be one way to tell that is isn’t just PMS. however, i am 48 with an IUD. I am experiencing pre-menopause and irregular to zero periods with the IUD. my PMS is all over the place these days - sometimes i get PMS multiple times during the month now. so maybe if you are young with normal…

As a tall girl (5'11) I get unreasonably annoyed at this stuff. If you’re 5'2, everyone is taller than you- most guys can pick you up. Leave the giants to those of us who need them! I have never been girly or felt delicate because I’m always taller than the guys, even in flats.

A lot of these parents are ignorant in the sense that they’re incredibly fortunate and privileged to never have witnessed a measles outbreak and its consequences first-hand. So instead they focus on the 1 in 10 million chance that their child could have a bad reaction to the vaccine or fully invest in a single…

The scary thing is that it’s not just found on crackpot websites. A lot of Naturopaths are coming out of school with this attitude as well.

Ovarian cancer is terrifying and I’m sending you internet hugs. An extremely close family friend was diagnosed late last summer after going to the doctor for persistent bloating - that was her only symptom. She was diagnosed late but made it through treatment fairly well all things considered. Unfortunately, it…

Also a proud and out atheist, but Jesus the Nazarene was a pretty cool guy all things considered. He called out the hypocrisy on all sides, hung out with sex workers and other low status (ie fun) people, preached forgiveness and acceptance, non violence, gender equality, and knew how to throw a sweet dinner party in a…

Ariana’s replacement tattoo:

*rage*

Christians are the most intolerant people on Earth.

I have a friend who breastfed her son until at least 4 years old. To each her own and all, but I really didn’t appreciate her son constantly trying to put his mouth on my breast if I sat next to him or something. Creepy as fuck. I don’t hang out with her anymore in part because of the way she just does not properly…

Even if you got a super curious kid, you can always talk about it in an age-appropriate way.

That was a gracious reply to being corrected— the kind of reply that I hope will remain fresh in my mind as needed in the future (since I tend to “know” lots of things I don’t know about personally, you know?!)

Oh, I see. Thank you for the correction. I should know better than to make declarative conclusions on things I barely follow.

We can’t protect ourselves. We can’t protect our sisters from the men that hurt us. We can’t go to the police, we can’t use whisper networks.

It was a running gag on SNL in the 90s. During Weekend Update, Tim Meadows played Ike Turner and would flip out on Kevin Nealon or attempt to bully him into doing something. Like, they would re-enact the “Eat the cake” moment from What’s Love Got to Do With it.

jfc and she/their abusive relationship was the punchline to so many jokes. imagine going through all that trauma and people on tv constantly making jokes about it. ffs.