Hey, guys? The Ontario government is trying to pass Bill 115, which will freeze teacher's wages and cut sick days ( Read more... )

This is part ad and part rant, so that it will make me feel better both ways.

Does anybody here want a shirt in this style but in mottled terracotta orange-brown? I bought it custom as a tunic-style shirt, so it's shorter than the dress in the photo -- about 27" long from the cowl. Laid flat and measured that way, it's ~18" wide across the bust ( Read more... )

Dear Certain Cisgendered Men of My Acquaintance Who I Will Never Call Friend and Do Not Feel the Slightest Bit Guilty Venting About Outside of Their Earshot ( Read more... )

There is a Rumi quote being passed around some Buddhist circles on Twitter and through a mutual connection wound up in my social circle. It goes: "Don't get lost in your pain, know that one day your pain will become your cure." And I got really, really angry when I saw it, for reasons that more than a few of you can probably guess already.

( Deconstruction time! )

( I had the worst day today. )

Well, she posted a bunch, but the one I'm talking about said:

Yeah, but would you burn?For those of you who have ever told me or any other hearing-impaired person, "Oh, there are times when I can't hear what's going on either!" I have one question ( Read more... )

And here is my thing to say:

I talk a lot about what's it's like to live with my particular disabilities, and I've posted PSAs a couple of times about Stuff Other People Could Do To Help That Are Actually Helpful To Me Instead of Just Comforting To The 'Helper' and Why, When You Ask Me How I'm Doing, I Usually Shorthand The Truth To "Fine" Even If ( Read more... )

(Disclaimer: If you are reading this, you are not the person with whom I am angry, and I do not expect any of you to ever be this much of an asshole, but I am going to say it anyway because I need to get this off my chest ( Read more... )

Lately I've been reading a blog dedicated to the Health At Every Size philosophy and it's really cemented my position on weight loss. Which is to say that I think a lot of the rhetoric surrounding weight loss is bullshit ( Read more... )

They have no options for people with metal allergies except sterling silver. Sterling silver may or may not be okay for me to wear every day. I've never tried. I've only worn sterling silver on my skin for a few hours at a time. But I have tried sterling silver (everything up to and including surgical steel, in fact) in my ear piercings and it's ( Read more... )