Is she from Dallas?

I live in Oregon. I am not surprised at all. This place is racist as fuck.

I have PTSD and also love horror movies, but I prefer the “people doing fucked up things” variety to ghosts. The fact that usually at least one person lives in slasher/gore movies is weirdly cathartic because, hey, I’m still here, ain’t I? With ghosts and shit, I don’t even want to contemplate living with that. I’ve…

Thanks for commenting! That’s a great way to look at the mentor-end of those kinds of relationships. I worry about being a bother, especially because the job is very emotional labor intensive, but next meeting I’m going to try that. I love the idea of asking for a business card/contact info to segue to more…

Oh man, that is a lot of heavy and incredibly sad stuff to deal with. I have a difficult family and I get it. I’m sorry, and hopefully your weekend will bring you some joy. <3

For people who work in fields where it’s common to have mentor-mentee relationships, can y’all give me any advice? I’m in my preprofessional program and am meeting all sorts of people working in the field and I’d love to pick their brains and possibly form some kind of more formal mentor-mentee thing, but I don’t know…

My in-laws are here. Please kill me now. My father in law is fine, but he brought his wife who hates gay people (why are you visiting your stepchild and her wife, then?) and works in a field that is the exact opposite of my future career with a lot of (some justifiable and not) bad blood between the two careers. There…

Thanks to the Patch, I experienced lactation during my periods (and morning sickness the first week of the new patch) from age 13-15 without knowing that that isn’t a normal thing for birth control to do. Thankfully switching to a lower dose pill fixed it. Sorry about your brain growth and weird leakage!

I’m a bystander (hearing interpreting student) so I don’t have any opinions about her other than that she’s an amazing actress who has done so much for the community. She’s so passionate and funny and unafraid to confront the hard stuff, and I really admire her for it. I know we wouldn’t have Nyle or SAB or Deaf…

God, she is so amazing and such a class act. I know that she’s had to defend herself from a few different sides during this election season (like when the Daily Moth mentioned her in connection to Trump a few weeks ago) and she’s a damn saint about this. You’re completely right about that—no one should have to deal…

I think it can be a good part of comedy... but for a group that has been ignored and derided for years, I’m not blaming anyone who isn’t down with Marlee because of her association with him. Like, most people have never had a deaf friend due to the majority of the US not understanding ASL, so the deaf community is…

I love her role in the Deaf Talent movement and she’s been so important in breaking down those walls for deaf and hard of hearing actors.

A lot of it stems from when she used her voice to announce the Best Actor nominees at the Oscars the year after she won for Children of a Lesser God, but her close association with Seth McFarlane is another thing that makes a lot of deaf people I know not feel great about her. She’s voiced character(s, I think…

As much as the Deaf community is torn about Marlee, I can’t wait to see the response from her and NAD. Shit is gonna go down.

So ridiculous. Our email included language about menacing, disturbing the peace, and stalking. It was basically “Hey, it’s legal to wear a mask and just walk around. But please, for the love of fuck, don’t chase people or brandish weapons, okay???” I don’t like clowns either, but this shit is out of control.

SAME HERE. I’m not at your school but our campus safety sent out an email about clowns and it was pretty fucking funny. All I know is that if a clown comes up to me or tries to scare me, they might get shoved into traffic.

Oh my word, I am in awe of you! That is so many languages! Did you grow up bilingual/multilingual or pick them up later? I’m in love with the fact that I get to explore language for my future career. Like, I can get paid for this?? It is so underappreciated but I hope the hedonistic pleasure I get from language makes…

Congratulations on starting outpatient! As the spouse of a person who struggled with heroin addiction, that first step is the most crucial. Keep with it!

Thanks for the rec! I haven’t seen it but it sounds awesome so it’s going on my list!

Yay, a fellow signer! The whole “am I good enough to interpret?” thing is so hard to navigate. All the interpreters that I know says that never really goes away, which is fascinating and scary. Thanks for the advice! The biggest town close to me has Deaf coffee every week, which is awesome and I’ve met so many cool…