Oh man, don’t even get me started on my anti-crunchy rants when it comes to kids. Adults are one thing - I get frustrated but I just ignore them. but inflict that anti-science shit on a kid and I flip my shit. Crazy-ass crunchy folks with their garlic oil for ear infections....

I’m honestly just waiting for the New Civil War. There are two vastly different visions for America, and with every passing day I just don’t see how you reconcile them to any kind of neutral or positive ground.

Damn. That’s sucky all around. So much misinformation and anti-science and general misogyny wrapped into this issue.

Possible silver lining: eventually, there’ll be a Democrat in office who will take joy in undoing everything this fucker did, and that person will look amazing.

This exactly. My medical staff was clear and patient with me, and they made sure they explained it to me - as well as my husband, who had the benefit of not being drugged or in physically intense labour, and thus was able to talk with me about it as well. Everyone involved wanted what was best for my baby, and best…

I wonder if she had a labour partner (husband, partner,friend, sister,whoever) with her- someone to be an advocate for her, but also someone not going through a life-changing physical experience and thus more able to hear what the doctors are saying. I’m not saying that her version of events isn’t true; I’m just…

Kids being sick SUCKS. For all kinds of reasons. I hope your kid feels better again!

I don’t think I can do tonight; my little guy has a cold and it promises to be a long and restless night :/ But, let’s either try tomorrow sometime, or I will make a burner email and we can chat old school.

Canadian here,and yeah - our famous “niceness” is real but also layered with passive-aggression shite. We’re a friendly people, but we’ve got a lot of white privilege and most of us are sneaky about it.

Is there a way to DM on Kinja? We should chat. :-)

There are some good basics out there in book and blog form; but the main thing is to have a clear message and decide how you want to get it across. Doesn’t matter if you’re not on a specific network, you’d want to set up new accounts for the campaign. Go all out!

You know, that’s a great campaign idea. It would work so well on social, you’d be guaranteed to get tons of younger voters too just by the exposure to the idea....oh,this has to happen.

Completely. The thing is, I’ve had 3.5 decades to be used to my narcissist’s games, and they bother me slightly less every time; I’ve accepted that they can’t be better, and I gain nothing by dwelling on the pain. I think with Trump I’m re-living the phase about a decade ago when each time made me sit around aghast…

Ok wow, fuck them. But also, good on your husband and you for knowing how to stand up to that bullshit.

Ok this is an aside, but I really hope they don’t let that child get any plastic surgery before she’s an adult, because oh my goodness North is a beautiful little girl! The older she gets the more I love her expressions. And her eyes, jeez. What a cutie.

Ditto. I’ve realized that so much of my anger about Trump is how much it reflects the narcissism that raised me.

Huh, TIL again! Thanks.

Yup. I am vegan, I get 135-150g of protein a day. More than double the daily recommendations, I tend to go this high only if I’m cutting, but I can easily get 70g/day. It is really not that hard. Like all healthy eating, it just takes a bit of planning.

Canadian here, and your point absolutely still stands. Our famous “politeness” is really passive-aggression: we’re a nice people, but we’ve got some nasty white bs lingering beneath that veneer. When I’ve talked with my friends who are POC, they explain how racism here is very very often hidden in the “nice” bullshit…

I hear you. I’m also privileged and I appreciate it, because I have a good deal of comfort despite most political manoeuvres.