If you thought 2020 couldn't get worse OMG WE HAVE TO SAVE OUR BEER!!!!!
I apologise for the all caps but y'all, THIS IS SERIOUS!Whether you love or hate microbreweries and craft beer, this is an injustice that we cannot let stand. I say this only partly in jest.Back when...
View ArticleOde to Joy (or, Notes on Taking Breaks)
We recently lost a long-term, well regarded member of this community. This happens periodically for a number of reasons, but the community is often anguished by the departure.I don't have any answers...
View ArticleI was also gender dysphoric as a child. Here is why it is irrelevant to Trans...
There’s currently a diary on the trending list about a gay man who suffered from gender dysphoria for many years. I am completely empathetic to his story because we share a lot in common as far as our...
View ArticleThe worst and most definitive night of my life is punching me in the face...
[Deep Exhale]I was maybe ten years old the first time I heard my father beat the shit out of my mother.I don’t believe in the supernatural but that house was haunted and when we moved into it we were...
View ArticleWe have a worker shortage in the US and you - yes, YOU- can help.
Depending on one's yardstick, I am either a baby Gen Xer or an elderly millennial. This means that I was born at the beginning of the Reagan Revolution and so my working life has been up and down and...
View ArticleI'm a patriot
When my grandmother died, my aunt and I somehow became responsible for cleaning out her house. This wasn't an easy task due to her tendency to hoard stupid shit and the fact that she kept items she...
View ArticleJust a story that came up today.... (Or- on relationships with food)
While having my morning coffee and browsing the internet this morning, I came across a discussion about how parents can instill in their children a healthy relationship with food. I’m not a parent but...
View ArticleLet's just take a moment to honor John Denver
I wish I could do this story more justice- do a deep dive into what really happened and why- and some day I will. But this morning I’m just going to write about it how I remember it, which will of...
View ArticleConfessions of a TERF
Trans Exclusive Radical Feminist: Self explanatory but, to expand, a radical feminist who excludes trans women from their mission or vision.Kind of a passive definition, isn’t it? For example, my...
View ArticleConfessions of a racist
This is going to be a lot harder to write than my last post (“Confessions of a TERF”), and that last post was really hard to write. BUt…. There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a...
View ArticleThere will be no "Confessions of a Misogynist" (Part One)
It was by accident/happenstance that my last two posts (Confessions of a TERF andConfessions of a Racist) had an obvious theme. Neither were written because they were necessarily timely or relevant to...
View ArticleThere will be no "Confessions of a Misogynist" (part 4?)
I want to first thank you all for the amazing response I got to the previous posts in this “series” (it wasn't meant to be a series).In hindsight, I thought I was prepared to write the “misogynist”...
View ArticleTop Comments: In other news edition
I don't know about the the rest of you, but I’m all trumped out. I spent a good month after the election actively avoiding news, and I only dip my toe in here and there on occasion. I just have to...
View ArticleIt's a great time to be alive.
I am only sharing here what I want to share. Please don't flood me with messages or comments asking questions or offering advice. Thank you in advance. Back in March of this year I almost died. I...
View ArticleMy abortion story
It surprised me when my voice caught in my throat. Just one second earlier my planned response seemed important; now I was silent, watching her cheerfully peel an orange. She was beaming with pride. In...
View ArticleToday
I used to work at the Veterans Home and this was the worst day. Men missing limbs trying to run. Violence increased, meals went untouched.Management increased workers so everyone had only a few people...
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