Hey, friend. Four years is an AMAZING achievement. You are kicking ass every single day. Hang in there like a kitten on the poster in your grade school guidance counselor’s office. Internet *high fives* and *hugs* for you today. Keep on being awesome.

God.

It’s sort of unreal how many men think it’s ok for them to touch women. It’s not. I’ve had men (who I am not romantically involved with) lean over and kiss me on the lips. You know that famous photo of the sailor kissing a nurse after WWII was over? Well, she was a complete stranger. Fucked up.

“Don’t be over-dramatic”

She also may have only walked 5 steps. We don’t see her strolling, do we?

NYPD: 20% nicer

We’ve had a rough life, but especially her. She also most likely has some psychological issues due to our childhoods and possibly some undiagnosed personality disorder. Since I am the oldest of the family and my mother moved to another country I feel a bit responsible for everyone. But I am starting to distance…

My sister and I have always had a rocky relationship. She is 7 years younger than me and we pretty much never got along. Now that my mother is out of the picture (not dead, just dead to me) I tried to maintain a closer relationship with my 3 younger siblings but my sister just pisses me off to no end. She blows me off…

Shady. As. Fuck. I’m irritated for you.

Those are amazing! I’m actually thinking of getting back into cross-stitching (way back as a pre-teen was the last time I tried)-- any chance you could pass on some of those youtube videos?

I can’t believe that ALL my usually dependable Jezebel commenters are so judgmental. I work with women who are drug addicts who are pregnant or mothers or both. I’ve seen women come into the program who have no connection with their children at all, to the extent that they don’t even look at them. These are women who…

Are people routinely arrested for being very poor and staying in uninhabitable places in the US? If it’s a crime to have children while poor, surely the state also has some responsibility to take care of poor children aside from just arresting their poor parents?

Mandated reporter here...it never hurts to report if you have genuine concerns. Let the authorities sort it out. You never know if your report will be the 3rd, or the 4th, or whichever one will be the one that triggers action (sadly, sometimes it takes multiple reports, especially in 'mild' situations)!

she’ll let us know the moment it happens...and then, the counter will be set back to zero.

Ok “Brock” is a piece of shit name to begin with.

A homely kitchen? At IKEA?!?!

Hooray for adulting. Doesn’t this all sound like SO. MUCH. FUN. :(

Saturday: Work

What’s with all the flag waving? I get that it’s a stock photo, but Labour Day parades tend to focus a bit more on the labour part.