Awomynous

Anonymous Woman

[awomynous]

The former TV star's latest regressive thoughts on partnership

I think of all the pissed-off-liberal articles discussing Kirk’s comments (and I count myself as a pissed-off liberal) I think this article gets it the most right. No one, even someone who follows God and His teachings, should be treated cruelly and unfairly by another human being, regardless of whether it’s your husband, wife, mother, father, pastor, whomever! God should never be an excuse to be mean, neglectful, or harming to others.

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Republican Demands Women Stay At Home, Opposes Bill For Funding Girls' Education

Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert has made it clear that not only does he oppose women advancing in STEM fields, he also opposes them leaving their homes.

What. The. Fuck!

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A scientist calculated the cost of not being a straight man, and she wants a tax cut

How much harder do you have to work as a woman, or as a gay man, to get the same jobs and promotions as a straight man?

About a year ago (??) an article came out reportedly written by a transitioned woman who experienced discrimination in a new way. That article turned out to be bogus, but this is not.

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Not a good fit

I am not meant to be a project manager/client services person. Manager, yes. People manager, yes. But apparently as a project manager/client services, I am ineffective with clients, say the wrong things, don’t defend my turf enough or know when I’m supposed to versus when to let a fight slide, annoy the fuck out of people randomly, can’t keep track of all the right things for all the right people at all the right times, am detail-oriented but not ENOUGH, and overall just don’t get a “win” feel when I make a client happy or deliver on time. That’s what is supposed to happen all the time, and NOT doing that just makes me feel like a failure. I applaud all project managers out there... BRAVO! And the worst part is I feel so bad for complaining about this when I’m sitting two chairs away from a woman who’s fighting a rare blood disease, and panic attacks just to keep life interesting. I see my kids at night (for two hours, max), I have a job that pays the bills (if I can remember, which I normally do unless I’m totally stressed out like I currently am), I’m slowly rolling off of the PM stuff at work, and my marriage doesn’t suck anymore. So why do I want to curl up in a ball and cry so fucking often (maybe not daily, but close)?

[awomynous]

The perfect job

Learning about and reporting on cool technology, science, and cultural phenomenon.

Problem solving with a team. Working towards a common good/big goal/etc. Could include urban planning, AI, Big Data, education, children’s rights, conservation, or similar topic.

Gets to sit with other teams working on other cool stuff and learn about what they’re up to. Does not have to be all the time, but on regular cadence preferred.

Opportunity to get outside for walks during lunch and travel to other locations for work occasionally (conferences, team meetings).

Enjoys playing with art, Lego, may need to produce something out of these or use them as part of training exercise.

Works 35 hours or less a week. Paid enough money to support family of 4.

Can live outside small-medium sized college town.

If you have this job to fill, please contact me.

[awomynous]

Headlines like this need to grow up

“New Research says your thoughts have a HUGE effect on your unborn baby” OK, stop. This is NOT what the research says! The research indicates that if the woman suffers from depression or has some horrible traumatic thing happen to her during pregnancy - think 9/11 - then it impacts the fetus. Seriously, people need to stop. Just STOP with the guilt and “you have to be happy all the time and wonderful or you’ll mess up your kids before they’re even BORN!” Grow up, grown-ups! Seriously.  http://www.higherperspectives.com/unborn-baby-1605544727.html

[awomynous]

How Some Men Fake an 80-Hour Workweek, and Why It Matters

A look at how the professional world differs for men and women, and an implicit critique of a corporate culture that values long hours above all.

I read this a year ago and it STILL pisses me off. Maybe even more now.

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My Wife Divorced Me Because I Left The Dishes By The Sink

It's about way more than just the dirty cereal bowl.

My first thought, “I hope this really was written by a man, because it’s true and I’m glad he can translate women’s thoughts into guy speak.” It’s also a great piece about how it really really truly is the little things, which both my husband and I have gotten better about.

[awomynous]

Shameless plug for BrowseU

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[rickieedd]

Barbie Vlog #9

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Hate Barbie, love this point.

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CDC Reports Alarming Increase in Serious Birth Defect Gastroschisis

Doctors aren't sure what's caused the alarming increase in cases of gastroschisis in the past two decades.

More scary baby stuff that potentially has to do with environmental toxins (totally speculating on that; the study said they had no idea but advised against the usual bad stuff. However its rise in the last 20 years indicates to me there is some build up or other recently introduced outside problem).

[hitrecord]

“Every Day”

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Some days are easier than others.

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Climate dystopia is here: Zika virus prompts calls for women to stop having babies

The virus is spread by mosquitoes — mosquitoes whose range increases as the temperature does.

I am sure this is totally overblown, but still terrifying. Especially because women will not stop having babies. They may slow, but baby production is surprisingly hard to slow down or halt, even during wars or economic crashes.

[rachelhalper]

“The Relevant Elephant”

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:)

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Staying up too late

I’m tired. I should got to bed. It is late. And yet it is not that “sleep inertia” that keeps me up. It is more a yearning, that something is out there, something to make me feel better. I stay up too late many nights looking for it, and only get more depressed when I don’t find it. I am lonely. I feel like I am the only one who understands. I feel like there must be a simple solution. There must be joy or an easy fix. There must be an action I can take, a video I can watch, an email. It is a vicious cycle, one I’ve written about before, but one I don’t know how to stop. Other than go to bed early. But I need my downtime. Away from work, from people, from my family. Nobody. Just quiet. And I only find that in the late night hours. After they’ve gone to bed. And it is comforting. It is serene. It is independent. But it is also lonely.

[awomynous]

Sometimes we may not even know it.

Sadly, even as a grown-up the monster is still all too real a feeling. Not just for me, but other grown-ups I know who still get that pit in their stomach feelings when they have to deal with their alcoholic parent.

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Friendly UI, or Tired User

I opened up a Word document to finish some edits, and a little window popped up that says “welcome back.” I don’t know what it says about my week that I actually found that surprisingly welcome, and even mentally thought, “Why, thank you!”