I suspect one reason I let myself get so fat was because of the catcalls.
I hate to break it to you, oh impotent one, but you're not the big bad anymore, you're not even the kind of naughty.
Xander ,'Showtime'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
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.
Connie Neil - May 19, 2012 6:39:38 pm PDT #5887 of 30001
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Zenkitty - May 19, 2012 6:42:28 pm PDT #5888 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I suspect one reason I let myself get so fat was because of the catcalls.
I've suspected the same. I don't like being fat, but I liked unwelcome male attention even less.
Nora Deirdre - May 19, 2012 6:43:46 pm PDT #5889 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
We may be getting one, possibly?
I heard this too, I think someone at work was talking about it.
smonster - May 19, 2012 6:48:38 pm PDT #5890 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Over on Carrollton, but all I can find is info about the presentation. I don't think they've started construction, don't know if it's even for sure.
Steph L. - May 19, 2012 6:54:49 pm PDT #5891 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I suspect one reason I let myself get so fat was because of the catcalls.
I've suspected the same. I don't like being fat, but I liked unwelcome male attention even less.
That's something I've been running around in my brain lately. In a vague sort of way, since I don't *actually* want to deal with it, but eventually will. Probably.
§ ita § - May 19, 2012 7:02:48 pm PDT #5892 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I didn't get the life stories of everyone that came to the krav school, but I did meet at least one woman who'd dropped a lot of weight, and now that she was no longer invisible in the way she'd become used, she felt she needed to be able to fight. I'd take martial arts training and a concealed carry permit to handle this shit myself.
Ooh. Dinner was spiced pound cake, and dessert is egg nog ice cream. Mmmm.
Zenkitty - May 19, 2012 7:09:37 pm PDT #5893 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I'd take martial arts training and a concealed carry permit to handle this shit myself.
Which I have considered. But have not done.
§ ita § - May 19, 2012 7:14:22 pm PDT #5894 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Never got as far as the permit, because I was waffling so hard over the gun. Leftie gun, rightie, which way to go?
Okay, that ice cream needs to eaten with something, clearly. This pound cake is perfect for that, Win. But for all that, I missed the window to call home.
It is time for me prepare for my early morning ER trip. I don;t believe I have it in me so stay up much longer.
shrift - May 19, 2012 7:17:57 pm PDT #5895 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I've suspected the same. I don't like being fat, but I liked unwelcome male attention even less.
I wonder how many men don't realize that a lot of women interpret catcalls as a veiled threat of sexual violence. Gavin de Becker's The Gift of Fear should be required reading.
I'm still a bit overweight, but twenty-five pounds ago, I didn't get creepy guys proposing to me on the street like I do now.
Hil R. - May 19, 2012 7:21:27 pm PDT #5896 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
For me, anyway, street harassment was way worse in DC than anywhere else I've lived.
I took a long nap this afternoon, and now I can't get to sleep.