real power is going outside knowing you look ugly and also knowing that if you chose to perform femininity in accordance with patriarchal standards you could look attractive, but genuinely prefering to look ugly and not feeling bad about it. feels good feels organic
Me: shows up to work merely clean and well dressed like all the males there
Boss: you look tired
Me: đ
I was in a job orientation once and the instructor was talking about appropriate work attire and literally said âand womenâŚ.please wear some makeupâ and everyone laughed. I, who was not wearing makeup nor do I ever, raised my hand and asked âWhatâs the required amount of makeup for men?â And that was an amazingly wonderful awkward silence.
 The San Diego Zoo is home to two grizzly bear brothers, Scout and
Montana. They were born in Idaho, outside of Yellowstone Park. But their
mother was teaching them bad habits, marauding for food in
human-occupied areas, so she was sent to a facility in Washington, and
the cubs were moved to San Diego in November 2007, when they were
10-month-old fuzzy balls of joy.
These days, the brothers continue to play and enjoy each otherâs
company, even sleeping together in a tangled heap. Montana is about 40
pounds heavier than Scout and has a more disc-shaped face than his
brother. He also likes to spend his time soaking in the pool while Scout
is always eager to play, the athlete of the two.
The Man judged her an unfit mother and put her sons in foster care, man.
âlook, itâs not like i hid anything, it just never came up!âÂ
âYou called yourself out for âstraighsplainingââÂ
the whole bi thing goes completely over charlesâ head and he keeps getting really aggro like âoh you and jake were real close huh?? too bad, sucker jake is MY best friend!âÂ
everybody else is like âcharles noâÂ
at the end john mulaney turns out to be the embezzler theyâve been looking for
pro tip: before getting serious w a man, just casually mention ur period. like, just say âmy cramps are bad rnâ or âI have to go buy some padsâ. his reaction is very telling of how mature and understanding he is. you donât wanna be dating a grown ass man who gets grossed out by the word menstruation. u deserve someone who is comfortable w u and I do mean all of u. youâll be thanking urself for doing it now and not later hun!
THIS IS REALLY INDICATIVE OF HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS. TRUST ME.
True story. Once, I dated a guy once that wouldnât let me pay for my own pads him he has with me. He wouldnât go out and buy them himself if I needed them though. I had to stand next to him, which defeated the whole reason for him going to buy me any. Was uncomfortable with period talk and letting me pay for things myself.
Once, I also dated a guy that wouldnât even stand in the pads alley with him. It grossed him out. Everything about my period grossed him out and he didnât want to touch me. Just left me alone and didnât want to deal with any of it. Wouldnât even stand next to me when I bought pads.
Now, the guy Iâm with and going to marry, he is a whole different story. I was dying of cramps and got my period while finishing up a class. (My campus can get very bad to the point where Iâm shaking in pain or unable to move) Mistakenly didnât bring pads and texted I needed him to do me the biggest favor. Not only did he buy me pads (something he does from time to time when I need them) but he marched through campus with them not bothering to hide it and brought me Advil.Â
Last week, I was dying in pain and lost my hot pack when I went to visit my mother. I asked him to buy me a new one and he forgot. So, Iâm in massive pain near tears and itâs past ten at night wishing I hadnât been so stupid as to lose it. He gets dressed and goes out to get me a hot pack even when I tell him over and over that I can wait until morning and I donât want him to go not because he needs to go to bed.
He flat out says âI love you. You asked me to get you a hot pack and I forgot. Now, you are in a lot of pain and I canât stand to see that. So, Iâm getting you the hot pack and Iâll be back soon.â Comes back with the hot pack, ice cream and a candy bar.
Not saying all men need to be this level of nice. But I am saying that bring up your period in a casual manner is a great way to see how people will treat you when you are sick, not feeling well, or just basically how they handled things.
ACTUALLY THEY DO NEED TO BE THAT LEVEL OF NICE THOUGH
You are absolutely correct, and I was a fool not to realize it sooner.
My grampa was like this. I still remember sitting in the bathroom throwing up, because hella period nausea, and him holding my hair out of my face and like ⌠not exactly rubbing my back. Sort of patting it. Like he was trying to be comforting but wasnât quite sure how, because a 17-year-old girl throwing up and crying and telling him this was normal was outside his wheelhouse, which, given that he was in his 70s at the time and married my grandma when she was already in menopause, is understandable. Anyway, he went and called his niece for advice. She told him to give me plain herbal tea for pain (since Advil wasnât staying down) and put me to bed, and he did and asked if I needed anything from the store, and went out and bought me pads and extra herbal tea, and called my school and told them I was sick and he was keeping me home.
If a man born in 1929 can pull it off, boys, so can you.
if you are a man who had sex with a woman, and she became pregnant, and decided to abort, she does not âoweâ you any say in the decision. all you did was bust a 10 second nut and suddenly you get a decisive say in whether or not she goes through 9 months of insanity and a painful expensive labour cause YOU want the kid? fuck off. your role in the creation of that fetus is minimal at best. if you really, genuinely wanted a child with her, you would have PLANNED for the conception of a child with that woman BEFORE y’all fucked. stop giving me that shit about âboth of them created it together so they get equal say in the matter!â NO a man ejaculated and THATâS IT, everything else regarding conception is on the womanâs body, she gets the final say in whether or not sheâll carry to term, NOT you. go adopt one of the 250,000 children in foster care waiting for someone to love them if you want a kid that fucking badly.
all pro lifers can fuck off my post please I still stand by this 100%
unlike a lot of angry folks, i have no real problem with people who have cultivated their assets over a few generations and have a million or two in property and investments. thatâs something you can actually do with hard work, time, and enough luck that medical surprises or other misfortune doesnât take it from you. i know actually quite a few families that could pool that much across three generations or a handful of siblings and cousins. thatâs the kind of wealth that gave rise to the story of wealth being the result of hard work and intelligence â because if there are a couple doctors or lawyers in the family, or someone bought IBM stock in the 70â˛s, some attention and elbow grease can give you seven figure results.
which is NOT to say âeveryone can do it, if youâre poor youâre just not tryingâ. there are a lot of factors that go into that, and a lucky start is the biggest one. in america, abled whites get that lucky start a lot more than everyone else, and yadda yadda you know the rest.
but the point is, people with like 1.5 million, or 4 million, can end up there by taking advantage of their luck and applying work to it over decades. if thatâs what their priority is, of course. so i donât look at someone with a lake house and an investment portfolio and instantly think EVIL BAD. i think: i donât really agree with their priorities and we probably wouldnât get along socially, but the instinct to grow your familyâs prosperity is universal, and iâm not going to condemn them without evidence of wrongdoing.
ok, that said?
the ultra-rich?
the billionaires? the hundreds-of-billions-aires?
monstrous.
you cannot cultivate money like that. you cannot grow it as a family project. it starts with an absurd windfall, and then you grow it through crimes compounding upon crimes. crimes against humanity, if not crimes by the law. you acquire billions by making money your god, and flushing your soul down the toilet.
Death By Catchphrase 