Temporarily stepped aside? Like a TV show goes on hiatus?
Take me, sir. Take me hard.
Zoe ,'War Stories'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
Fred Pete - Mar 22, 2012 11:13:23 am PDT #27712 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Jesse - Mar 22, 2012 11:21:53 am PDT #27713 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'll join Jesse in the crying at work corner. Man I just hate the constant emotional drain. Therapist says I need friends, intimate, dependable, lean on friends. I consider it a win that I did not throw anything at her when she said that.
Ugh ugh ugh to all of it! I was thinking I should go back to my therapist, who I totally use as a fake friend.
Gudanov - Mar 22, 2012 11:23:58 am PDT #27714 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
But... but... but I thought we were your fake friends.
Amy - Mar 22, 2012 11:29:16 am PDT #27715 of 30001
Because books.
I'll join Jesse in the crying at work corner. Man I just hate the constant emotional drain. Therapist says I need friends, intimate, dependable, lean on friends.
I cried all the way through therapy today. Yay?
§ ita § - Mar 22, 2012 11:38:19 am PDT #27716 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
they would argue is isn't counterproductive, but claim yourself to be "anti-sexist."
What is the value of a gender-specific category?
flea - Mar 22, 2012 11:39:12 am PDT #27717 of 30001
information libertarian
I mostly just focus on not biting people at work.
Last day is tomorrow! I've never been so happy to be facing unemployment. (I realize I'm in a huge position of privilege here, since mr. flea is making a nice salary and we will be fine.)
Jesse - Mar 22, 2012 11:47:52 am PDT #27718 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
But... but... but I thought we were your fake friends.
No, you're my real friends!
I cried all the way through therapy today. Yay?
That is totally how I roll, and why I think I should go back -- I don't need that shit leaking out at work, so I should get it done in my free time.
JenP - Mar 22, 2012 11:48:46 am PDT #27719 of 30001
Yeah, I need to make some friends here in PA. My hang-out and talk peeps (Edit: as in -- cause me to leave my cave; noting taken away from the glowy box people at ALL) are mostly in DC and a couple in Baltimore. Also, I need to get to those places more. Also, I hate talking on the phone.
In better news, I'm making homemade chicken noodle, I'm going to call it stew since I just put some thickener in it, from the stock I made a few weeks ago. Man, I can't wait. It smells soooooo gooood. I am also baking a cake. Food as comfort. Yup.
Ginger - Mar 22, 2012 12:07:02 pm PDT #27720 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
We're right here, msbelle.
I do not understand the "I'm not a feminist but" people. They are often women who are saying something like "I'm not a feminist but I think corporations should have more women executives." They're stating opinions I would consider feminist, but don't want the label.
Does feminist mean large unpleasant person who'll shout at you or someone who believes women are human beings? To me it's the latter, so I sign up. ~Margaret Atwood
§ ita § - Mar 22, 2012 12:12:12 pm PDT #27721 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I do not understand the "I'm not a feminist but" people
I think it's the 80-20 rule. Or some approximation thereof. The feminists who make a lot of noise are the ones that have strange rules or say unpleasant things, and people who haven't bothered to educate themselves, or think through the basic axioms don't go much further than "I'm not one of them!"
Well, neither am I. The question is--do you have to be one of them to be feminist? Who said? And why are you taking their word for it?