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About all those times I voted the (Republican) party line…
Don't just vote the party line for the sake of the party. It’s okay to uncouple yourself from all - or even just some - of your political party’s tendencies. Racism is a great place to start that uncoupling.
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Why women {mothers} can’t have nice things.
I had a conversation recently at a friend’s baby shower about motherhood. Specifically my friend and new mom, Jen, kept apologizing, saying something like: “I’m so sorry guys, I didn’t know how hard this was. I wish I had done more when you had your babies. I knew it…
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On Being Not Okay
I once had a coworker tell another coworker that she thought I was unstable. Unstable. Adjective. Prone to psychiatric problems or sudden changes of mood. “She was mentally unstable”. Synonyms: unbalanced, of unsound mind, mentally ill, deranged, demented, crazed, distracted, troubled, disturbed, unhinged, insane, mad, mad as a hatter,…