Yes! a lot of white people just aren’t able to get over that hurdle. If you’re a white woman stuck in a bad relationship for example, it’s hard to leave, especially if you’re poor. If you’re a black woman stuck in a bad relationship, it’s hard to leave, especially if you’re poor, and you’ll probably be poorer because…

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Yeah, and to add to this, before the “but I have problems too!!!!” crowd gets here, I wanna say something I’ve noticed. When white people aren’t allowed childhoods, it’s for different reasons that I think are a lot easier to address.

I think that buying a new car is something, though. Consumerism drives the economy for better or worse.

wheeeew okay the 3k a month helped a little. I also didn’t have 20% down, but I avoided PMI by splitting the mortgage in two which resulted in a higher overall rate, for a grand total mortgage of... $950, including taxes and insurance escrowed (2 bedroom, technically 3 but one is in the basement). I’m in the middle of…

Yeah same except like, opposite. I don’t shave my legs but i keep the crotch smooth lol.

Okay, I keep hearing “six figures just ain’t what it used to be...” or some variant and it does kind of make me want to snap. But I also think I might not be able to imagine how expensive DC really is. If anyone wants to help me out, I’d appreciate it. Google’s not as helpful as you might expect.

“Incels also argue that women get similarly invasive procedures regularly and aren’t criticized.”

Oh, well in that case it’s about 45 minutes east of Des Moines right on i80 :D Now you are familiar with Newton!

I get my microblading done in Newton, Iowa, which I’m sure you’ve never heard of, so I’d say it’s pretty much everywhere now, but I could be wrong. I didn’t overpluck though, I just always had naturally thin eyebrows.

Oh yeah? WELL GUESS WHAT. The sixth-graders that I work with think my huge round Harry Potters are way cool

yes! yes yes yes yes yes! We already knew she’s stupid! She has a lipstick color named Underage Red. C’mon!

You’re right. I started looking for stuff to do and found an ASL class. That has the added benefit of making it easier to communicate with my mother-in-law, too. Thanks. :)

No kidding. I wish I could move, but I can’t afford my mortgage and rent in another town, and my husband lives and works here, and if he quit his job then that would mean I really couldn’t afford school and it makes less sense for him to commute than me. At work, I’m afraid to cut hours and lose my benefits since it’s…

I definitely encourage you to read DrugstoreGlasses’s response to mine. I’m really sorry you feel that way. I can talk to anyone, but I still feel really, really lonely. My husband is a lot like you, though. He’s improved a lot over the past years. I didn’t even realize how much anxiety ruled his life until it started…

I’m still looking forward to the show, but I think that your points are good ones. Maybe the show can start to move in that direction as it goes on.

Thanks, I think I needed a reminder that it’s not a good idea. Even though I already know that logically, emotionally it’s hard to resist what looks like a quick, few-minute fix. I’ve been talking to a therapist at school, but I think that I need to find someone to talk to at home, too, while my school therapist isn’t…

This might sound completely stupid, but sometimes I think about looking for things to go get addicted to. Between work and school, I’m really cracking under pressure. I go to school an hour away from where I live, because I had to go to the best school in the state, so now I’m the only nontraditional student and one…

My cousin is a classic example of this. Used to break dance in high school (that was cool and urban back then) and everything. We made fun of him all the time for being a wigger (which, wow, I haven’t heard that word in sooo long—really fucked up isn’t it? the things you don’t question when youre little o.o) but…

My friend, a public school teacher attending a state university at night for her masters in special education, also found out today that her autoimmune disorder is getting worse. She has been struggling not to cry all day.