Awesome! I hope it works out for you!

I’m still on my progesterone-only BC pill even though I’ve got the Mirena IUD, on the recommendation of my doctor. It might depend on what kind of BC pill you’re using (mine is pretty much the most low-key possible), but I wouldn’t recommend the copper IUD mentioned below to anyone. I had a horrible experience with…

I recently went to Planned Parenthood and got a Mirena IUD - currently having my period, and for the first time since probably my first period it’s not a week or more of agony. F*ck endo, F*ck republican lawmakers, and F*ck anyone whose pro-life philosophy prevents anyone else experiencing the overwhelming relief and…

This is relevant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Starvation_Experiment

I think more women (in general, not just WOC) wear wigs than you would imagine. Here in the US a lot of white women are really quiet and ashamed about it, but hair loss is a real thing that affects a lot of women, not just men, and some women also just enjoy being able to switch things up without making drastic…

White lady here who can attest to the fact that a lot white ladies lose their shit aesthetically over WOC rocking natural hair, and it’s usually just because it looks really very good and it’s still not that common a practice (though I’m sure for some people it’s more complicated or problematic). Part of it is just…

That’s really exciting! I am all for doing what’s comfy for your body and your pocketbook, and it’s really cool to hear you’re doing something new even if it’s scary for you.

Also I think someone elsewhere in the comments made an interesting point about how our cycle of consumption/disposable fashion leads to a lot of donation/drop off centers where stuff gets shipped of across the world where less wealthy nations then have to deal with what is actually a surplus of clothing donations. I…

Are you just trolling, and if not, can you elaborate? I really don’t follow.

I have not, but now I’ll have to check it out! Thank you for the heads up - this quote is perfect. I ended up using it in another reply to someone, ha.

I was making two different, but related, points. Both things bother me. I don’t think I’m doing it particularly “altruistically”. I don’t think there should be a maximum income for shopping second hand - I do kind of think you ought to go out and do the shopping yourself, though.

I was making two different, but related, points. Both things bother me. I don’t think I’m doing it particularly “altruistically”. I don’t think there should be a maximum income for shopping second hand - I do kind of think you ought to go out and do the shopping yourself, though.

I felt that way when the previews constantly came up for it months ago (also sick of watching shows about rich white people, also dismissed it as a show about rich white people), but thankfully a friend pressured me into watching it. I was really surprised when I couldn’t stop watching!

Does anyone else find the practice of flipping clothing to be kind of gross and also maybe unethical? I have a few friends who’ve done this part time or professionally, and it’s just not something I could ever get behind. Maybe people are just using Goodwill and other thrift stores as dumps for their unwanted…

Yeah, for sure. Sometimes the oddly placed apostrophe will put a little twitch in my eye, if it’s on some kind of official correspondence/copy that I KNOW was proofed. But I have to laugh at myself. Usually it’s on a menu and someone has pluralized with an apostrophe, and instead of screaming ARAAGHLGGH like the…

I think I may just always beg to differ there. I would once have agreed with you, but I think I’ve met too many smart, interesting people who can’t spell. From my perspective there are a lot of factors that prevent kids from being engaged in school or with the written language, and most of them are not stupidity. A…

I’ve never liked Klimt, and I don’t really like her work, but then I think I’ve only once stood in front of a painting and felt truly moved (Jay Defeo’s “ the Rose” which pretty much hit me in the gut, and then made me cry in that rare fashion: easily and without any panic or sound, and with full ease of breath, as if…

More responding to the many comments saying it’s sexist in reply to this one - I meant to respond to one of those but accidentally replied to yours. Sorry!

I did not know that. Makes sense, though.

I was into this until she went on her “I don’t believe in starving artists/there are no /true/ barriers to entry” spiel, at which point I was just like - jeez, that’s some privilege. I know plenty of hard working, brilliant artists who never made it big, who struggle to make rent and pay their bills even with a day…