I love Jezebel and your writing, Isha, but I'm really sick of seeing trolls like Jaytee get approved comments while people who say genuinely nice things stay in the gray. It's really making me not want to read anything in Jezebel anymore.
I love Jezebel and your writing, Isha, but I'm really sick of seeing trolls like Jaytee get approved comments while people who say genuinely nice things stay in the gray. It's really making me not want to read anything in Jezebel anymore.
My husband has PTSD, and because he developed it because of physical and psychological abuse in his home of origin plus a violent home invasion — not through military service — he already feels like his PTSD is somehow illegitimate. So I find your attitude to be unhelpful at best, and reinforcing the prejudice that…
Can't wait to see PTSD zip past autism as the Trendy New Self-Diagnosed Disorder du Jour.
I know, I think that is extremely low on the list of things to enforce, as well. I mean, I understand that children shouldn't be using their phones during class. It is a major distraction, but there are times when exceptions should be made.
UGHHHHH! I hate stories like this. This is not how you deal with children. And rules in school, especially ones like cell phone use, are not meant to be so iron-clad and hard and fast. Take the time to listen to what the child has to say, to figure out if there is more going on. Their ability to get an education and…
Maybe Alice's family neglected to get a gate pass so a family member could escort her to the gate and instead fobbed mom off on a stranger. Oh wait. That's exactly what happened.
What? What screw up, exactly? Alice could have called someone. Wheeled her ass around herself. Where's the paper work indicating that the airline or airport or her family formally acknowledges being responsible for her?
Unpopular Opinion: That's not their job? If you have a family member who has a form of dementia then you hire a CRN or an LPN to accompany that member for the duration of the trip. Like when I was a kid and I was flying internationally by myself I was always accompanied by my mom or another family member to and from.…
Watching the live feeds, restraint could have been straight saying "good night, protesters!" and walking away. A hundred people standing in the street chanting (for the police storm troopers posted there) did not need to be tear gassed. Holy shit. This all could be ended by the cops seriously investigating the death…
Ok 1. You are so right and I have a totally new found respect for social media. As Americans we are NOT safe from our government and a night like this shows us the fine line we walk.
We didn't have those in the '70s. You ordered the books from a catalog of really cheap, flimsy paper that you took home to your parents. Then, four to six weeks later, you had books!