That's good info, Kat.
I get confused. I remember everything. I remember too much, and... some of it's made up, and... some of it can't be quantified, and... there's secrets.
River ,'Safe'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Allyson - Sep 21, 2011 6:23:36 pm PDT #27683 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Kat - Sep 21, 2011 6:25:44 pm PDT #27684 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I think it's depressing that I knew those stats off the top of my head. I read 82 essays on the subject in the course of a week (that's only two periods, fwiw). At least the AP class was writing about a Joyce Carol Oates excerpt and then a Jhupar Lahiri short story.
My student load this year is NUTS. I'm getting gun-in-mouth about it.
Allyson - Sep 21, 2011 6:25:52 pm PDT #27685 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Chuck D is pissed. His tweets make me feel incredibly sad. And I was already incredibly sad.
Allyson - Sep 21, 2011 6:28:22 pm PDT #27686 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I keep calling her my niece, she's my cousin. My older cousins do that to me, and it makes me bananas. I need to stop.
sarameg - Sep 21, 2011 6:35:22 pm PDT #27687 of 30001
The thing is, it's my boss doing the hiring. Eventually, it will be me, more schooled in the social network thang, but also more jaded. And while I might be more forgiving of what I find than my current boss, eventually it will be their peers. And will they be so ready to write off the teenage postings?
Honestly, just start over with college. And then again at maybe 25. Or whenever you start worrying about employability.
dcp - Sep 21, 2011 6:36:11 pm PDT #27688 of 30001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
...given that it's relatively easy to manage your online presence...it seems really stupid not to.
And yet so many don't.
I can't even persuade my 13-year old cousin or her parents to hide their dates of birth on FB. They nod and smile when I bring it up, but they don't do it.
Allyson - Sep 21, 2011 6:39:46 pm PDT #27689 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I'm glad that all my crazy posting happened in poorly photocopied punk rock zines back in the day.
Allyson - Sep 21, 2011 6:42:48 pm PDT #27690 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
We even got a good review in maximum rocknroll back when Kathleen Hanna was still in Bikini Kill and chicks were scrawling RAPE on their abs at queercore shows.
Allyson - Sep 21, 2011 6:44:07 pm PDT #27691 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Dear god I am old.
Kat - Sep 21, 2011 6:45:41 pm PDT #27692 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Honestly, just start over with college. And then again at maybe 25. Or whenever you start worrying about employability.
I think that this seems like an overreaction.
If I told you that you had to delete everything here every 4 years to start over, in order to remain employable, you'd probably think that you had enough cover that it isn't necessary. Or that it's too extreme. I'd agree.
And if someone were to say that to me, I'd be offended, as if you want me to always be a tabla rasa in a way that erases my history.
What is more troubling for me about Allyson's cousin is not that she posts this shit and needs to lock it down, but that she feels compelled to come across as a bimbo instead of intelligent. That need to downplay actual aptitude that teen girls sometimes feel is just fucking depressing.