I used to laugh at people huffing and puffing away on machines until the day I realised I was one of them.
gym
good dads
At 21 days old, Joanna Schroeder had severe hip problems requiring hospitalization. Her dad invented and built a device so she could stay home with her family.
weddings
The Wedding Industrial Complex is an insidious machine that can creep into all your thoughts and turn even the most well intended bride into a little ‘zilla.
race
Angela and I look nothing alike. Yet every day, I am approached with a “Hi… Angela right?”, with my desk name tag right in front of them, or “Thanks Ange- I mean Candace, I’m sorry!”, peppered with an awkward giggle.
looking good
Apparently, you can't possibly have real problems if you're attractive.
protest
If I see/hear/encounter/smell/touch one more instance of this “we are all” bull-pucky, I swear on a stack of ice cream that I am going to lose it.
sexism
Men are universal, women are not, and books about women are niche or genre novels, rather than being serious contenders for Next Great American Novel Status.
pregnancy
I’ve been approached or touched by more strangers in the past 7 months than in my entire native New Yorker life.
science
I’m not PhD material. Not because I’m not smart enough, but because I am simply unwilling to toil away for five years to eventually maybe get a job that I probably won’t enjoy a whole heck of a lot.
thought catalog
The woman also reached for her phone and began calling the police while spouting, “Imma have them lock you up for a hate crime if you touch me.”
protest
If I see/hear/encounter/smell/touch one more instance of this “we are all” bull-pucky, I swear on a stack of ice cream that I am going to lose it.
sexism
Men are universal, women are not, and books about women are niche or genre novels, rather than being serious contenders for Next Great American Novel Status.
pregnancy
I’ve been approached or touched by more strangers in the past 7 months than in my entire native New Yorker life.
science
I’m not PhD material. Not because I’m not smart enough, but because I am simply unwilling to toil away for five years to eventually maybe get a job that I probably won’t enjoy a whole heck of a lot.
thought catalog
The woman also reached for her phone and began calling the police while spouting, “Imma have them lock you up for a hate crime if you touch me.”
yoga
This guy walked up to me and asked me what was wrong. He said, “When I’m freaking out, I hang upside down.” What?
safety
"That happens to other people!" is how I've been thinking.
being fat all over the internet
A meme on the internet is at it’s best when it’s charming and vaguely stupid. But this isn’t always the case, because, as time and trolls have proved, the internet has some dark corners.
Rebecca in
Issues,
being fat all over the internet,
being fat in the world,
bathing suits,
internet memes,
fatness
Jun 14, 2013 at 10:00am | 88 comments
fat acceptance
As a psychologist, having a patient say something out loud makes it have an exponential importance than just thinking about it. How about if I am hearing myself insult myself, over and over, day after day?
how not to be a dick
Don’t tell us you can “just Google it” or find everything you need to know on the Interwebs. We hate that.
rape culture
Like a shocking number of rape victims in the United States and around the world, she was intimidated into silence, and she chose to recant her accusation rather than follow through in response to the immense pressure on her to take it back.
s.e. smith in
Issues,
rape culture,
rape,
the justice system,
calling the police,
police,
i despair for society sometimes
Jun 13, 2013 at 4:00pm | 27 comments
laundry
This explains why they never appreciate my "relationships are a lot like the heavy load cycle" speech.
weight loss
There was something so insidious, so darkly threatening about those words: “the biggest."
diets
Wrap yourself in rubber, bring a clean change of underpants and get ready to VIBRATE!
makeup
The problem here wasn’t with the makeup, but with who was wearing it.
politics
The up side to a massive surveillance state? FUNNY JOKES ON SOCIAL MEDIA!
playlist
The expression on my “work” face never betrays the fact that I am often listening to the most ignorant rap music at my desk.
