I am waiting on word from lawyer that my divorce is signed, sealed and finally offical...they anticipate it will be this week. Never looked forward to an email more!

If you didn't know this is a holy war to start the Armengeddon you weren't paying attention

Curling

They don't have to hit you to make you live in fear and disappear into an abyss of isolation

But being a victim of abuse does not absolve you of responsibility for your actions/behaviors that were a reaction to the abuse. Taking responsibility for yourself, then learning to give yourself grace and forgiveness is the path to healing

Learning it's ok to say "I'm a victim of abuse" and not enabe my abuser by denying reality anymore. Abusers accuse their victims of 'playing the victim' as a highly effective form of gaslighting. There is power in truth, not denial. Domestic abuse survivors ARE victims of their abusers

Perhaps a picture map would work better? With clues included? The clit can be found above the slit could be a useful one

Is that way so few men can find it? They can't read directions?

The fear that comes from being emotionally abused and manipulated is so weird...it's only been as I get further and further from the mind-set I lived in for so long that I am realizing how much fear I held inside.
#Fuckhim #Stuckfornow #Laughingagain

It's the fear. The insidious fear. It never got to the point where he was physical but he had started to physically intimidate me. Chase after me if I tried to end an argument and crowd me, mocked me when I told him he was making me feel unsafe. #Fuckhim #Stuckfornow #Laughingagain

The right's opposition to IVF is confounding for anyone who believed they ever cared about life or babies. But IVF not only helps queer couples start families--it also allows cis women to wait longer before having children. Banning IVF is about forcing them to have children earlier.

Currently sitting in a University of Kentucky Board of Trustees meeting with a HUGE faculty turnout.

That's not a coincidence.

The first item on the agenda is a Deloitte consultant recommending that the Board strip the University Senate of much of its authority over academic regulations.

Is Your Partner Gaslighting You? Here's How to Know, According to Experts #2 is a major red flag.

www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/relatio...

I haven't even had the emotional space to turn to this nightmare but the utility of fetal personhood to the state is it gives them a voiceless victim they can always claim to be acting in the interests of to control if/when/how you start a family. It's the crowbar prying open your right to privacy.

PLAN C: Abortion pills by mail in every state Plan C is an information resource for self-managed, at-home abortion with pills. Learn how people in the U.S. are accessing abortion pill options online.

A host of providers are doing this. They all have somewhat different terms and rates. You can find out which is best for you at Plan C ( www.plancpills.org ) -- a list of providers, rules, FAQs, etc. It’s a good place to begin if you need this. 2/6

Nex did not see themselves as male or female,” Ms Benedict said. “Nex saw themselves right down the middle. I was still learning about it, Nex was teaching me that.” “When you’re old school, you don’t always understand it,” her husband Walter told The Independent. “But it would be very boring if we were all the same. It’s on the inside that matters the most.”

An interview with Sue Benedict, mother of 16-year-old transgender student Nex Benedict, who died after an assault in the bathroom of their Oklahoma high school.

Finally did watching Wrath of Khan under a cozy blanket with a hot water bottle, but now we're all afraid of the ear worms

Can't. My brain worms and pussy worms are still frigid from last week's snowball fight.

I come with good intentions and joy even if I bear tales of woe.

It's a year ago this month that I woke up in the middle of the night and realized that I was slowly killing myself for a person who wasn't worth it. That I deserved better, my kids deserved better and he was never going to change. But I could.
#Fuckhim #Stuckfornow #Laughingagain

Breaking the habit of self-isolation is really hard. That's it.
#Fuckhim #Stuckfornow #Feelslonely

I do my best hurkle-durkling while snerdled.

It wasn't until an old family friend, who worked as a social worker including at the local retreat for abused women, told me over and over I should get an order of protection(I can't at this time for a few reasons) that I could face how long I've lived under his abuse, or that I was abused at all

Tweet from zeldin: "As the world reflects on the murder of Alexei Navalny at the hands of Putin, it’s worth remembering that Democrats are actively doing Biden’s bidding as they also try to imprison his chief political opponent, Donald Trump, remove him from the ballot, and ensure he dies in prison."

In case you weren't already aware that Lee Zeldin is vile

Tarot kept saying they weren't truthful. Oh well.

They're just really concerned about women's sports you guys

A year ago my life was a mess.
I was a mess.
Life continues to be a mess.
But I do not.
However it may seem to them standing outside.

Close-up of a scruffy grey? blackish grey? dog's face.

Her best look is up-close.

Tx to @davidseaver.bsky.social: Mugler’s acknowledged inspiration was the influential Japanese illustrator Hajime Sorayama, making it Metropolis once removed. Lots of cool “gynoid” (as opposed to *andr*oid) paintings here. FWIW some of them are fairly porny, though worth seeing sorayama.jp