Oh physio. You and I aren’t having a good time. At least I’m not. I can’t imagine you’re greatly enjoying our banter either. I don’t seek out these conversations with you – I just don’t lie to you when you ask me direct questions. It’s how you respond that’s the huge problem. I didn’t walk into your office shouting, “I… Read more →
The Stains Of Our Past
CW: Abuse and violence, slut-shaming No matter how far in years I get from my grandparents’ and uncle’s abuse I still have dreams where either my grandfather or my uncle are hovering over my face calling me a stupid little whore and telling me that I’m worthless. But they’ve changed. I used to wake up hyperventilating, still feeling… Read more →
The Burden Of Women
I’ve been crumbling a lot lately. I’ve been finding myself on the floor, hands covered in cat pee as I try to clean it up, sobbing and feeling as though I can’t breathe. Because it feels like there’s a crushing weight on me. It’s possible that I’m falling apart because I have a mental illness. It’s possible that I’m just… Read more →
How DARE You Call Me Names, You @*&!(@#!!!!
I posted a conversation yesterday on Facebook between myself and a gentleman complaining about political correctness in which I attempt to explain to him the benefit of not being an oozing dickblister to those around you – while also attempting to glean what about the idea of political correctness so upset him. I hear the same things over and over… Read more →
Rosita
Rosita, my 9 month old Golden Spangled Hamburg pullet and member of my breeding stock, was attacked by a dog yesterday. Someone’s Wolfhound (cross?) had gotten into my yard through fencing that was designed to discourage birds from leaving the yard – not for keeping dogs in or out. It then knocked over another section of fencing and got into… Read more →
Fat People Should Wear…Whatever The Hell They Want
Despite what fashion magazines, billboards, and basically the entirety of media would like you to think – the average woman is a size 16/18. That’s right. The average woman is what falls into “plus size”. The average woman is told, inherently, through her clothing – that she is more than just one woman. She is one woman PLUS a bit… Read more →
Virtual Spaces And The Men Who Demand Ownership Of Them
For those of you who have been following my continued harassment on Facebook – I want to share something with you. “Beard said she would not block her opponents because “it feels to me like leaving the bullies in charge of the playground. And it’s rather too much like what women have been advised to do for centuries. Don’t… Read more →
Rationalizing Emotions
I’ve been really depressed lately. Like really depressed. Like barely wanting to live depressed. Don’t freak out and call the authorities* – I’m 100% fine right now. But I want to talk about a thing that frustrates me a lot when I’m depressed. I talk about my problems with mental illness pretty openly. I’ve always refused to be intimidated into… Read more →
Burning Bridges
I’ve had to let go of a few old friends recently. Nothing was inherently wrong with the friendship itself, per se. More or less, I hadn’t seen some of them for fifteen years. I was a very, very different person than I had been when we were bffs back in the day – because I’d been, you know. A child.… Read more →
That Damn Pecking Order
BTW, y’all, it’d be reeeeeeal nice if the Instagram peeps stopped picking at Tino of @rooandcrew every time he posts a video of his birds fighting, with demands that he make them stop or reporting him for cock fighting. Recording a chicken fight that is happening near you is not, in any way, cock fighting and you devalue the fight… Read more →