Freshman orientation. My husband and I sit together – never a good idea in situations that require decorum. But… this was for the fifth kid and, quite frankly, we were over it. But my ears perk when the speakers turn their focus on the subject of dating violence. It’s been an issue at this high school, […]
I have an 18-year-old who just graduated high school. He is awesome. Smart, talented, and funny with a beautiful heart. And he is not going to college. He will spend the next year or more in what will probably be a series of crappy jobs. He will be an entry level, barely educated, minimum wage […]
Here’s the letter the Stanford victim read aloud to her attacker, Brock Allen Turner: Your Honor, if it is all right, for the majority of this statement I would like to address the defendant directly. You don’t know me, but you’ve been inside me, and that’s why we’re here today. On January 17th, 2015, it was […]
RBF Resting. Bitch. Face. This is a real thing. It is not a particularly nice thing to say about someone – or really, even a thing that needs to be said at all. Seriously, why is this even a thing that is commented upon? It says resting right in the title – being concerned about […]
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