Idk… a good therapist can do a lot of good. But I can’t in good faith blame you for having that perspective.

There are some really shitty ones out there, and then there are the ones that seem to try, but just aren’t very good. I’ve experienced both myself.

In addition to what’s already been said, he was also accused (by a former body guard) of grooming Usher :(

Based on everything I’ve heard , that claim doesn’t exactly sound far-fetched.

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Unlimited carrying capacity

Assume that a woman isn’t just a man with different bits.

Emotional intelligence, empathy, and maturity; knowing when it is more beneficial to be gentle or to just observe/remain quiet; understanding how to take advantage of others’ gender-based assumptions/underestimation; and a deep solidarity with other women.

Hey Arnold!

You are allowed a voice, yes. Haven’t you just used it?

Your right to use your voice doesn’t protect you from potential criticism from those who hear it. You do not have the authority dictate what is acceptable/unacceptable regarding trans issues as a cis person (nor what we should call trans people), just as I—another white cis person—have no right to claim what is or isn’t okay when it comes to issues unique to POC.

I don’t have the background and life experience of non-white/trans people, so I’ll continue to follow and amplify the words of those in any marginalized group that I am not a part of. There are enough people ignoring and talking over them already.

Are you a transgender person? If not, why would that determination be up to you?

It isn’t binary or nearly as easily defined as transphobes claim; there’s more to it than just chromosomes and genitalia.

Yeahhh… thank you. The thing is, I’ve been desperately pining for a wfh job for a long time, and I’m actually still in training. This all happened on the second to last day of “in-office” work before they planned to let me work 100% remotely.

It’s a small company, and the people seem really great so far, but I doubt they’d allow me to not work for probably closer to two months as a trainee. I also can’t really afford that.

The delay is caused by my needing both an MRI and a follow-up appointment with an orthopedic surgeon, so sadly an earlier surgery isn’t likely to happen.

I’m feeling frustrated because last week, I learned that I won’t be able to schedule my surgery for my broken shoulder for at least a month. 🙃

Feeling a lot of anxiety about the whole thing… the potential long-term effects, the amount of extra pain I’m experiencing while actively working (at a job where I literally just type), the fact that I think I probably also have couple of bone (or at least deep-tissue) bruises that are making it painful to walk, simply existing in public spaces in and around vehicles, and of course the incident itself. Ugh.

Anyway, I’m at least grateful that my job is remote. I also just finished the base game of Horizon Forbidden West, which I really enjoyed.

I like how gender works for the Gethen in Ursula LeGuin’s The Left Hand of Darkness.

The Dragon Prince, by far.

Great advice. I’ve been using flossers lately because of a broken shoulder, and I can definitely tell that the quality of my flossing is lower than it is with regular floss. It’s also harder to be gentle.

riiiggghtt… they did it just to inflict senseless violence against their own poeple, not in response to Israel’s brutal, decades-long occupation of Palestine. 🙄

at this point it’s part of the tapestry of my childhood.

Mine too. I haven’t read them in a long time because of obvious reasons, but a part of me still wants to. I was truly obsessed with them for several years as a kid.

yinz

Nah, but just because it’d also reverse the effects of freezing them. but next time I get them, I’ll try toasting them first!

When it comes to things like chocolate bars, cookies, brownies, pop-tarts, ect., I almost always pop them in the freezer for a bit because it changes the texture.

Cookies/brownies with chocolate chips/m&ms are the best for this, because the chips get crunchy, while the cookie part is chewier.

There are countless full-time jobs that pay so little that it is practically impossible to “live within your means”, at least unless you have multiple jobs or still live with your parents.