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Artemis
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I'm a bisexual anti-capitalist, artist, & aspiring propagandist. We're not free until we're *all* free.

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My spouse (in his 40s) just showed his new Assistant Manager (in her early 20s) what it looks like to stand up to your boss & not take his shit, & she was *impressed*.

You can always look for opportunities to show your coworkers what it looks like not to be a corporate shill & not to let them walk all over you.

He's got young, impressionable employees he's training. It's such a perfect teaching opportunity.
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Me, excitedly, every time I see mention of someone with a surname of Frisian origin: "that name is Frisian!"

Is it giving away too much of my identity to tell you that my surname is of Frisian origin?
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Couldn't be me. Would never be me. Why would you think that? (Ok, it's me. I admit it.)
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What is it with stories where men "turn evil" when their wife/girlfriend is killed? It certainly seems to confirm the person was resentful, angry & amoral well before that point. If it was played as ...
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I guess if you believe that all men are filled with rage & violence just waiting to spill out, it might make sense.

Personally, I think better of men than that. It seems incredibly insulting to good men to suggest they are all one personal tragedy away from becoming murderers.
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Making Superman "turn evil" simply because someone killed Lois Lane is just so silly. He faces down violence & cruelty every day. Despite his superheroics, he sometimes has to see innocent people die...
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What is it with stories where men "turn evil" when their wife/girlfriend is killed?

It certainly seems to confirm the person was resentful, angry & amoral well before that point. If it was played as revealing who they really were all along, that would be one thing, but when it's just "oh, he got mad that someone killed his wife so now this formerly kind & moral guy goes out & rages & kills indiscriminately" I gotta admit I don't get it.
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I guess if you believe that all men are filled with rage & violence just waiting to spill out, it might make sense. Personally, I think better of men than that. It seems incredibly insulting to good men to suggest they are all one personal tragedy away from becoming murderers.
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Making Superman "turn evil" simply because someone killed Lois Lane is just so silly.

He faces down violence & cruelty every day. Despite his superheroics, he sometimes has to see innocent people die who deserved to live, but then "his" woman gets killed & suddenly he's like "no point in being good"? Really?

Really?
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What is it with stories where men "turn evil" when their wife/girlfriend is killed? It certainly seems to confirm the person was resentful, angry & amoral well before that point. If it was played as revealing who they really were all along, that would be one thing, but when it's just "oh, he got ma...
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I was begging to be loved, but instead I got disdain. The harder I begged to be loved & the angrier I got that no one cared what I felt, the worse everything got. But what was the alternative actual...
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Honestly, I'm proud of myself that I never stopped crying out to be loved. Some part of me *knew* that I deserved better. Some part of me *knew* that what I felt did matter. Some part of me just *would not* give up & say it didn't matter.

Spanking was supposed to "break my will," but my will to be loved is extremely strong.
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In our religious household, emotions were unimportant. So again, no wonder mine didn't receive consideration. Anger & sadness were things you were supposed to stop feeling as soon as possible. So wha...
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I was begging to be loved, but instead I got disdain.

The harder I begged to be loved & the angrier I got that no one cared what I felt, the worse everything got.

But what was the alternative actually? Suppose I had managed to suppress the emotion. What would have been better for me? I wouldn't have been spanked & shamed, but I still would have been enduring constant reminders that my family didn't care how I felt.

There was no option that would have gotten me the care I was pleading for.
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Honestly, I'm proud of myself that I never stopped crying out to be loved. Some part of me *knew* that I deserved better. Some part of me *knew* that what I felt did matter. Some part of me just *would not* give up & say it didn't matter. Spanking was supposed to "break my will," but my will to be ...
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In our religious household, emotions were unimportant. So again, no wonder mine didn't receive consideration. Anger & sadness were things you were supposed to stop feeling as soon as possible.

So what happens when you can't suppress it all no matter how hard you try? You become the problem. Your emotions become the enemy.

No one is supposed to have to consider you. You're just not supposed to feel things.
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I was begging to be loved, but instead I got disdain. The harder I begged to be loved & the angrier I got that no one cared what I felt, the worse everything got. But what was the alternative actually? Suppose I had managed to suppress the emotion. What would have been better for me? I wouldn't ha...