Trigger warning: this post discusses issues of consent and contains descriptions of rape and murder.Examining the nature of evil in human beings is a fascination of mine. Utterly atheistic, I have never needed a reason to believe in higher powers like God and Satan, supreme forces of good and evil, primarily because I have learned through personal ( Read more... )

Whenever I find that the world around me and all the people in it can't seem to move quite as fast as I want them to, especially in discussions, I can become very annoying. I know that's what it feels like to the unfortunate souls who just can't meet my pace, because eventually they reach a point of snapping under the perceived pressure and ( Read more... )

Two days ago, I was following along on Twitter, live, when a man allegedly drove a car into a group of people who had gathered as counter-protesters to the various white supremacy groups which had started convening in Charlottesville, Virginia, since the night before. At first there were pictures appearing in my feed as the violence before the ( Read more... )

Rant warning. What follows will have plenty of profanity and a lot of rage. Quotes stolen from this article.

From Lorie Mullins, attorney, who argues that a 12-year-old rape victim is not mature enough to decide to abort her rapist's baby:

“She has been victimized her entire life,” Mullins said. “And now she’s being put in the position of ( Read more... )

I have to purge something inside me that feels incredibly toxic. There is a woman that I work for indirectly that has a similar effect on me as spiders: I definitely don't like them, I mostly try to avoid them, but can't ever really get around having to deal with them. This woman is all those things to me, and when in her presence, I get nervous ( Read more... )

And burn it did ( Read more... )

Why can't people just let a good thing be a good thing, and let a good time be a good time? Why do I have to read about four women claiming they were raped at Woodstock 99, and actually see and talk to three women who say they were attacked at the CU/CSU football game? WHY ( Read more... )

Okay, I am going to fucking punch something or someone ( Read more... )

Yesterday was my birthday. I had a shitty day, but a nice dinner with my parents. We ordered a bottle of wine, which made the event go very smoothly. Good wine, too ( Read more... )

Someone stole my car. My over-ten-years-old-and-really-not-in-that-great-of-condition car. I am getting rides to work from Nancy, out of the goodness of her heart. I cannot afford a new car. Public transportation in Colorado is fucked ( Read more... )