It would've been nice.
Regardless I think the small portion of the article visible on the main page is upsetting enough.
It's not about being "cuddly and soft" it's about respecting the notion of safe space for prior victims of assault. I don't think it's unreasonable to say "trigger warning" and putting the explicit details behind a link/cut.
Could you put the explicit details behind a cut or page break, just so they don't show up on the main page? I'm not supersensitive to stuff like this but I'm feeling pretty ill, just after reading the headline & first paragraph. And this is just from scrolling down the main blog page. I can only imagine it's much less pleasant for people who have survived sexual assault. Really, it's not so hard to write "trigger warning" and fiddle with the code a bit.
Dear Bey-Z,
Well, for next time, my uterus is available for rent, prices negotiable, complete confidentiality guaranteed!
xoxo
Ms. Meghan
Well, for next time, my uterus is available for rent, prices negotiable, complete confidentiality guaranteed!
xoxo
Ms. Meghan
I don't like and/or get holiday proposals.
As someone who has written advice columns....people really just want you to tell them to do what they already know they need to do.
That being said, it sounds like you just blew $150 on bullshit. But that's just me.
You know what would be equally as cool? If beauty bloggers would do that too. It is, imo, more dishonest when a blogger does it, because beauty blogs are a way to see this stuff in reality, and get the real scoop. But when a blogger's skin looks like plastic, how on earth can I trust her foundation reviews? (for example) So yeah, blogging = implied honesty, which is why piles of photoshopping make me so angry!
Do you need the user name still or are you good? #trollpatrol
Does it really matter? She's gonna stay dead no matter how much you speculate. Not too be blunt, my father passed away very quickly from a long term illness he didn't know he had; but you can speculate and say "what if" all you want but it doesn't change the past.
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I almost fed the troll but I resisted.
#trollpatrol
I almost fed the troll but I resisted.
#trollpatrol
I lost my edit window, so I am posting more books in a new thread. Yay books!
The Gingerbread trilogy by Rachel Cohn is very good, but it might be a little mature.
Devilish by Maureen Johnson. I have a soft spot for this book because it is set in my home state, mere miles from where I live, but I thought it was pretty delightful.
Everything Holly Black touches turns to gold, but her Curse Workers trilogy is pretty magnificent thus far; Tithe/Ironside/Valiant are a trilogy that have interwoven stories, strong female characters, and are pretty excellent. She's also edited a couple of anthologies as well.
It might skew a little young, but I really enjoyed The Mysterious Benedict Society, it's definitely age appropriate, and even though it's a little young, it's a long, interesting engaging read.
Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book is perfectly delightful and age appropriate, and I would even recommend Good Omens by Mr. Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, as even though it is not YA the protagonist is a 12 year old boy, and it's really a great story.
China Mieville's Un Lun Dun, another badass girl heroine with a remarkable setting and fantastic wordplay. I can't recommend this book highly enough.
The Gingerbread trilogy by Rachel Cohn is very good, but it might be a little mature.
Devilish by Maureen Johnson. I have a soft spot for this book because it is set in my home state, mere miles from where I live, but I thought it was pretty delightful.
Everything Holly Black touches turns to gold, but her Curse Workers trilogy is pretty magnificent thus far; Tithe/Ironside/Valiant are a trilogy that have interwoven stories, strong female characters, and are pretty excellent. She's also edited a couple of anthologies as well.
It might skew a little young, but I really enjoyed The Mysterious Benedict Society, it's definitely age appropriate, and even though it's a little young, it's a long, interesting engaging read.
Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book is perfectly delightful and age appropriate, and I would even recommend Good Omens by Mr. Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, as even though it is not YA the protagonist is a 12 year old boy, and it's really a great story.
China Mieville's Un Lun Dun, another badass girl heroine with a remarkable setting and fantastic wordplay. I can't recommend this book highly enough.
The Leviathan series by Scott Westerfeld! WWI era steampunk, so amazing, and the main character is a totally badass girl
I loved those books!!!
I've totally been the girl who arrives late to class clad in v. little clothing. Very strappy built in bra tank top and shorts. (it was 90 degrees in May, okay?) worse? It was a final! Worse still? In a lecture hall seating 100+ students. I COULD HAVE DIED. Mostly the late to a final in front of a giant room full of people part though. I was fairly unself-conscious at that point in my life.
Maybe it's just this version of the story, but something about the facts as they are presented here does not seem right to me.
It's so so terrible if it's true.
But it's the 2nd story in as many weeks that I personally have seen, and I do not keep up on these things.
It's so so terrible if it's true.
But it's the 2nd story in as many weeks that I personally have seen, and I do not keep up on these things.
I'm not project anything, and I read the article twice. Hypothetical violence is still violence, and I still find it questionable/counterproductive. And I don't condone what the police have done at all, but I just don't condone the idea of physically attacking someone because they represent an institution or idea.
Also I don't think you actually read my comment...while I did open with "maybe you shouldn't be punching people I did say further down "threatening their personal safety". And I don't know about you, but if someone asks me "what would you do if I punched you?" I would take it as a threat to my well-being.
I also obviously don't condone police actions at various OWS protests across the country which is why I called them "despicable acts."
Also I don't think you actually read my comment...while I did open with "maybe you shouldn't be punching people I did say further down "threatening their personal safety". And I don't know about you, but if someone asks me "what would you do if I punched you?" I would take it as a threat to my well-being.
I also obviously don't condone police actions at various OWS protests across the country which is why I called them "despicable acts."
I pretty much said the same thing, but I completely agree with you. I am not impressed by this at all.
Am I the only one who's thinking "maybe you shouldn't be punching people?"
Like, I'm not saying at all that the police haven't been committing despicable acts in the name of public safety at OWS protests. I also understand the power dynamic between a younger male police officer and an elderly woman.
All I'm saying is it is very counterproductive to be threatening their personal safety and frankly, it's not cool. And the tone of this seems to be "how delightful, she wants to physically assault another human being!" Fuck that.
Like, I'm not saying at all that the police haven't been committing despicable acts in the name of public safety at OWS protests. I also understand the power dynamic between a younger male police officer and an elderly woman.
All I'm saying is it is very counterproductive to be threatening their personal safety and frankly, it's not cool. And the tone of this seems to be "how delightful, she wants to physically assault another human being!" Fuck that.
I've been diagnosed twice by 2 completely different professionals, in completely different facilities 10 years apart with the same results. YEAH IT'S REAL. *harumph*
