I don’t think they are using “slate is wiped clean” to mean what it actually means though.

This right here...

Fuck, I find it retraumatizing to get a god damn pap smear every year, and sometimes have post-traumatic symptoms after getting one. The past few times my husband has had to come with me and hold my hand. And I was assaulted decades ago and have been through years and years of therapy. Having to talk in detail about…

Ash Wednesday references always make me laugh. My husband is from a very catholic family. Youngest of 7 (his mom was pregnant 10 times, YIKES). Parents go to mass every day even, even when his dad worked 3 jobs to support their 7 children. Non-questioning belief in anything the priest says. All their kids went to…

for him wealthy, entitled men, being treated fairly is like being mistreated.