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One of the things that I am learning, slowly, is that it is okay for me to not want to interact with toxic people, or passive aggressive people, or mean people, or people who are unwilling to respect my boundaries, regardless of whether they believe them to be valid. It’s thanks to people like Melissa [...]
Lessons from the Rape Culture by Shaker SugarLeigh There are a million ways to try to make a woman shut up. And they’ve all been used on me. Now suddenly I’ve been given the gift of those who are willing to listen and I barely know where to start. I’d like to start with what’s [...]
Historiann started an awesome meme entitled Lessons for Girls. There are 10 lessons posted by various authors, and I highly recommend going to take a look.
I received a response: Dear [Erin], Thank you for contacting United Airlines Customer Relations Department. I am sorry that it was necessary to apply our current seating policy. Effective April 15, 2009, for the comfort of all of our guests aboard United flights, we decided to align with other major airlines in adopting a seating [...]
F.U.nited – another great post from Kate Harding, exploding the bullshit ideas around charging fat people extra to fly. My email to United: I flew a few times last year with United, and I was really happy with your “Economy Plus” option. I was still waiting for knee surgery and having that bit of extra [...]
I recently discovered a new blog that I am loving – Tiger Beatdown. In her most recent post, she discusses rape, consent, and the movie Observe and Report. I want to quote the whole damn thing but I’ll refrain and just quote the one paragraph that hit me so incredibly fucking hard: But what happened [...]
Last night I dreamed that I was at a Weight Watchers meeting. The leader was going around the room, greeting each person, but we were all listening. A few people mentioned that it was not their first time attempting to lose weight, and the leader laughed and said, “I know how that is!” She got [...]
First Valentine’s Day, and now Steak and blowjob day? Give me a fucking break. First, it plays on the idea that Valentine’s Day is all about the wimmenz, what with the men being forced to show appreciation for their girlfriend or wife by buying her cheap tacky shit or clichéd flowers or chocolate. It plays [...]
Life, death, and hypotheticals. By the Boston Brahmina