Another day, another link to an article someone is using as “source” for their argument only to discover it was not the source they were looking for. This one surprised me because it was someone who is usually savvy. This is someone who has an advanced degree too which usually means publishing papers citing legitimate…
Tag: rant
A Rant About Courage
I started this rant this morning on Twitter – and I’m realizing I’m not done with it or that it cannot be limited to 140 characters. Right after Bruce Jenner revealed himself as Caitlyn, it started. Anyone who called her public coming out as courageous was met with people posting images of what courage really…
50 Shades of Reconsideration
This week, Erika Moen put forth a comic on Oh Joy Sex Toy about her thoughts on 50 Shades of Grey. And honestly, it gave me pause. I have written about my thoughts on this book with the bend being why it isn’t a good representation of a healthy BDSM D/s relationship. And I truly…
Why Age Triggers Me
I’m pretty much ignoring Fetlife right now. Because each time I go onto there, I get pissed off by their age discussion. As I told a friend recently, it’s because it triggers me. And for my own sanity, I have had to try to avoid it. But with an upcoming event that I’m responsible for,…
Choices & Outcomes
This….. Right there – this….is the sign I wanted to tattoo backwards on certain people’s foreheads yesterday. Friend who is in a rut and is trying to get out of it by doing the same things she is doing today just with more gusto! Friend who struggles to find partnership after going headlong into relationships…
Emmy’s Pet Peeves: People Edition
Yesterday I had one of those days where every one of these tactics listed below was used somehow on me. I hit a point where I was about ready to explode (and kind of had a minor eruption of “I’m done with the bullshit”…..) Until yesterday, I had done a good job letting it roll off…
Consent and Cosplay
Sitting in the office of a director who I work with closely, we started talking about the San Diego Comicon. He lives nearby, and he had heard there were lawsuits about harassment of cosplayers at comic conventions. One of his direct reports scoffed at it – “well, if they dress up like that and go…
Post Vacation Rant
Dear Friends and Family, While I appreciate your exclamations publicly and privately of being jealous I got a weekend away with my husband at the coast, could you keep it to yourself please? I work my fucking ass off – and don’t take time for vacations for myself. I have had to consciously go out…
Philosophical Debates and Me
I’m really sick of philosophical debates. Debates that occur when the ideal and the utopian do not match the reality. The debates that result in the beating of a dead horse until there is nothing left but microscopic bits that no one can see with their eye, but result in someone pulling out a microscope…
