So, so much sense. There’s a divide and a great difference between academic, supposedly “cold” discourse, and the lived experience of being so many types of Other. I have lost (and found, then lost, and found) the strength to deal with this, and I’m not entirely sure how. You articulated this perfectly.

I’m so, so sorry you got called a twatwaffle.

Oh god; I needed a job very, very badly, and I almost applied there when I was in Washington. I had some friends who were operating on their own as high priced escorts. I gave escorting much more consideration.

Yeah, I struggle with this a bit too. Like, sometimes I wonder why people are laughing. It’s been hard to be a black woman without people placing all of these negative assumptions on myself, like IMMEDIATELY. I love that she is unapologetically herself(?), and has success and visibility, but I still have misgivings…

She was supposed to be a surprise show at the venue that I work at. But then Whitney Houston had to go and die, so they cancelled.

You, essentially, are more safe by virtue of the fact that you drive a car (so long as you’re insured). A bike careening into your car will do a fraction of the damage and have little effect on your body (save for some shaken nerves). Generally, folks on bikes have to maintain a heightened awareness of the vehicles…

I'm really really impressed by your parenting skills and excited that people like you and your family are in the world.

A tangent, I suppose; but me and my ex kept trying to watch Shortbus. She's really anti porn, and it's not really appealed to me. But we never finished it because we'd always start fucking and turn it off.

The tropes really disgust me pretty often. Even if it’s “professional” and consensual they still fetishize racial stereotypes and sexual violence quite often.

Old ass iPhone, sorry. Didn't watch.

Is it a boy? I assumed because baby in question is squishy and adorable (and looks like me when I was wee) it was a girl:)

If I could give you all the stars, I would.

Starred for solid point

I went to county jail for a few days (dui, was wasted) and 4 of the 5 women in there were in for being accessories to a crime that their respective partners had committed. What was notable was that all of the men charged with the actual crime were out on bail. The 4 women (who all had children by these men) were being…

*sigh* Years of awkward ponytails, poorly secured barrettes in this one’s future.

He’s one of my theoretical man crushes of all time (queer lady here). Also on the list with Jeff Goldblum.

Ugh. It's like a terrible, all-day hug. For tits and lungs and diaphragms.

I think it may be... easy? to become deeply paranoid when you have lived through rape. Especially because it is an experience that robs you of control over the only thing that you actually own, which is your body. And given the amount of power and wealth and publicity that supports this particular rapist, I would tend…

The political complexities of HRC are more twisted than any season of Scandal. I can’t even fathom the emotional ones. She can’t win, or be seen as whole in the media’s gaze no matter what she does. I feel immensely for her, and admire her strength to continue even more. At the same time, Broddrick is clearly…

In college, I brought ramen soup w/ veggies to my first potluck ever. Was promptly, repeatedly laughed at.