I'm sad that she died, and I am sad that she wasn't able to get her drug use under control. That gets only my sympathy, not any disdain. Dying from drug addiction, in my opinion, is very similar to dying from cancer or any other disease. I don't feel the need to post on Facebook publicly about a death that was not a personal loss for me, but that probably had to do with the fact that I find Facebook problematic to begin with, and would not post about a personal loss either.
But I don't think it's invalid to point out that when thousands of other people die every day, we don't post about it on Facebook. We don't see it reported on endlessly in the 24 hour news cycle. We don't see tributes to those people at the Grammys, we don't get special memorial editions of the tabloids, etc.
I understand that is the nature of American celebrity, and that it is not everyone's personal responsibility to make sure that everyone is grieved equally. But I also think it's oversimplifying it to imply that people don't understand the concept of grieving for more than one person at once.
I think maybe you're confusing Pizza Hut with Dominos, whose owner is super Christian. I've never heard anything prejudiced about Pizza Hut.
Every single freaking Bachelor, this happens. It drives me crazy. They ignore the nice ones while the sexy, uber-aggressive ones get the first impression roses and the group date roses, etc. I just don't get it. Haven't any of them watched previous Bachelors? Don't they realize that if the girls are telling you one of the other girls is awful, chances are she actually is?
For the author's advance, the editor, copy-editor, and proofreader's salaries, for the cost of typesetting, the cost of producing a cover (and thus, the art department's salaries), the overhead of running an office, the cost of paying for pictures and other rights, if there are any in the book, etc.
When you consider all the hard work that goes in to making a book, $12 seems like a bargain. The actual paper cost of a hard copy book is one of the smallest expenses - there's no reason an e-book should cost less. #Groupthink
I experience this, and it's not something to worry about unless it's really bothering you. The pill does not always stop ovulation. But despite this, your chance of getting pregnant is very, very low, because the pill also increases cervical mucus, changes the shape of the fallopian tubes, and prevents implantation in the uterus, all of which prevent pregnancy.
No one who is pro-choice thinks that federal funding needs to be withheld from abortions - that is an anti-choice thing, where people think that because their religion says it's wrong, they shouldn't have to pay for it at all. But Planned Parenthood is fighting for its life, as it has somehow been targeted as the main provider of abortions in this country (a fact that is not true.) The priority right now, in terms of pro-choice activists in America, is to keep Planned Parenthood open, and that's far more likely to happen if you let people know that their tax dollars are NOT being used to fund abortion. Making the argument that it's a legal procedure and they should have to pay for it is going to be harder to get across, since they don't think it should be legal.
Does that make sense? No one is ceding the point, just trying to pick the right battles.
Please, please please don't feel shitty. You did something that changed a child's life today. That maybe saved their life. Obviously I don't know the details, but it sounds like your boss will support you, and that in the worst case scenario will at least help you find something new.
Be proud of the amazing thing you did today. #Groupthink
So proud of you for even taking the step to go. Hope it goes well and helps ease things for you, at least a little bit. #Groupthink
Love this. Immediately went and named one for my boyfriend. Hopefully he thinks it's hilarious and not a sign that I hate him.
I have to say, I think claiming the M&M ad is objectification of women does the genuine, legitimate criticism of the other ads a real disservice. Even if we go ahead and discard the fact that we're talking about candy, the M&M ad showed a female M&M objecting to and making fun of her objectification by people at the party. And then the red M&M, who has been characterized as sort of an idiot through the other commercials (fainting when Santa appears, etc.) acts like an idiot while the female M&M rolls her eyes. Seriously - where do you get objectification of women from that?
I think it weakens the arguments about the truly problematic ads - that Teleflora ad and the idea that flowers = sex is truly damaging and worrisome - to include something silly like the M&Ms.
I get my boyfriend gifts on Valentine's day. I always find him some cool sort of candy and then a small gift on top of that - last year it was Louis CK tickets, this year it's a nice pair of gloves.
I don't know if any of those innovations have reached the level of cultural significant that Shazaam, Words With Friends, text-to-speech, etc. have. Farmville, maybe, but she didn't invent Farmville - "I adapted Farmville for mobile phones," just does not sound as impressive. I am not very up on the tech world, so I'm interested to know, are there women out there whose accomplishments are comparable in terms of popularity to the apps used in the ad that Best Buy could have used? Because right now I don't think this list is really proving anything. Maybe that women are having a harder time getting recognition / major investors for their work that would allow them to reach the level of Words With Friends or Instagram?
It's crazy. If the tarot card reader tells you what you want to hear, it may make you feel better, but if she doesn't it will make you feel worse but won't actually mean anything - tarot cards have nothing to do with whether or not you're going to be OK at work.
Do you have a therapist? A significant other? A family you think you can count on? Ask them what they think, and try to listen and internalize it when they tell you it's going to be OK. In the long run that's going to be more valuable than the words of someone who only cares about the money you can pay them for a reading.
By the way - it sounds like you may genuinely feel you're not ready to go back to work. And that's OK too. The most important person to listen to is yourself.
Good luck with all of this!
I'm really sorry you're dealing with this. If you're not in it already, you should consider Al-Anon. It helped me a lot just to know I wasn't as alone as I felt.
Hugs to you. #Groupthink
I find it so strange that they advertise for LUVS diapers during 16 and Pregnant on MTV. Who are they advertising to? Teen moms? Adult moms who watch it to feel better about their own parenting? Certainly not the people like me who watch it and think "I am never letting a baby get anywhere near me." #Groupthink
I loved House of Carters, and I especially loved her, but at the time I knew it was wrong - that I was getting pleasure out of watching someone who was truly ill. I'm really sad she wasn't able to get things together, when I had read a few years ago that she was married and had a kid I hoped her life was going better.
Thanks, I will look into it. I am reluctant to go through the cycle of getting meds, adjusting for side effects, switching meds, etc. for a problem that generally only lasts 2 or 3 months. #Groupthink
Hah! I love the cheese idea.
What sliding scale cognitive behavioral therapy? #Groupthink
Thanks. I actually don't think that's crazy, but I can't go in tanning beds as I'm super pale and freckly and have already had some cancerous moles removed. #Groupthink
Thanks. I have two huge windows in my bedroom that I took the curtains off of, so hopefully that will help, and I am going to try to start running again in the mornings in the hopes that that gives me the little burst that I need. I unfortunately can't spend much time outside, as I'm in class from 8 in the morning to 8 at night most days. I'll try harder on weekends though, since I just spent this past weekend literally not leaving the apartment. #Groupthink
