( cut for medical grossness once again )

( cut for medical ick )

[Warning: child abuse, mental illness-related fail ( Read more... )

1) NO. Marriage equality is NOT something that falls under the heading of "very complex matters". Seriously, it's not. Religious entities don't have to marry anyone that they don't want to NOW. You do NOT need to carefully craft "religious exemption" clauses - just enforce what currently exists. You know what's a "very complex matter"? The ( Read more... )

SHUT UP.

Or if you can't shut up, leave the ad hominem attacks out of it.

Or if you can't leave the ad hominem attacks out of it, take 'em to YOUR OWN PAGE.

That is all.

With all this talk about First World Problems, I thought I'd take a moment to point out the flip side:

First World Solutions.

You know the ones. The ones that sound absolutely brilliant on paper (on monitor?) but tend to fall apart because humans who have problems tend also to have limited resources for solving the problems. Pretty much ( Read more... )

Welcome, welcome! I'm so glad that you're here, so glad that you've decided to join us.

You've done the right thing. You've come to the right place. I just want to make very certain that you know that, right away. Because it's important. It's important for you to remember.

Oh, there are other things you could have tried, other places you ( Read more... )

( trigger warning for eating disorder-related content - also, breastfeeding-related TMI, in case you want to avoid that )

[Trigger warnings: people being stupid about mental illness, child abuse, near-misses with suicide, self-harm, some unpleasantness related to sex.]


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( trigger warning. duh. that said, I hope you do read, because it's important to me. )