"There would be no trips to the grocery store until my dad got paid, our next booklet of paper food stamps arrived, or we found time and gas money to visit the pantry in the next town over."

Because spending money to feed children is being debated again. #cnf

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It’s been a long day, but in short, bullies ain’t shit! I don’t care what title you hold! This isn’t some long gone reality tv show or failed casino; it is war!

How dare a draft dodging dumb dupe humiliate an ally & berate a brave man who has actually been on a battlefield for his people?!

Me, to someone who is trying to boil a huge pot of eggs:
"Hey! Remember, we've lost that privilege here in America."
"What? Why?!"
"Because of a well-known man named Tom Green. He was famous for being weird in the 90s."

And that's the line from my dream that I woke up saying this morning.

Just going to leave this here should it become useful to anyone…

"According to the website of the very hospital that employs him: 'Anxiety disorders don’t come from personal weakness, character flaws, or problems with upbringing.'

"I took the pill because I needed it."

In case you need a little help lately (me too).

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Our next contributor is Megan Hanlon

Follow her on X/FB/BS @sugarpigblog

and read her words on

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Whether or not you're any good at this is truly the last question anyone asks around here, trust me. Just start writing!

I'm watching Macy's parade, and every other singer looks like Dua Lipa, and I'm like, "Is this one FINALLY her?!"

And it hasn't been. Not once.

I'm very old. Pls help.

"Tori Amos and I live in a foster house off of Texas Highway 321. It’s temporary in the sense that we don’t matter."

This piece is a triumph - that I wrote it, that I published it, that I survived it.

Unending thanks to @theforge.bsky.social for choosing it.

Please give it a read.

Around this time every year, I share a list of ways to support Native people. From supporting Indigenous people seeking abortion care to defending Native voting rights and keeping Native families together, here are some causes worth supporting. 🧵

If some series of terrible decisions or circumstances has left you without the only good kind of cranberry sauce, I just want you to know that you can still save Thanksgiving. Stores are still open.

"At the first Thanksgiving I celebrated with my future husband-to-be, my in-laws served turkey, mashed potatoes, and corn. That's it.

"And I said, 'That's not Thanksgiving. That's just Thursday.'

I wrote about making Thanksgiving my own. #cnf #blog

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Behold: a new leaf!

Just look at those fenestrations. #houseplants #monstera

"I climbed my way out of that tumultuous childhood. But I will never forget the circumstances I came from."

I love that Motherwell shares my heartfelt essay every year.

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Needed this one today.