If an abortion doesn’t affect you, why do people make it a big deal?

First, something doesn’t need to benefit me individually in order for it to be the right thing to do.

You fight back against them every single time they encroach on the bodily autonomy of anyone, because if they can get away with doing it to women, they can, and have gotten away with doing it to gay people, to forced sterilizations of black people, and disabled people, to anyone and everyone they consider undesirable.

No, sodomy laws are not some abstract, victimless, mostly-unenforced statute that just “reflects local community values.” And, of course, their buddies on the court have been dog whistling a willingness to “revisit” Lawrence ever since the court struck it.

Why does my mom never wear underwear?

History has repeatedly shown that you do not give these assholes an inch. Ever. Not ever. Under any circumstances. Ever.

They absolutely will criminalize my own bodily autonomy, if they can get away with it. I know this, because within my lifetime they have. So you fight back against every single encroachment on somebody else’s autonomy every single time it occurs.

Second, while it’s true that not every instance of a possible slippery slope is, by itself, evidence that a slippery slope is occurring, it is nevertheless unavoidable that christian nationalism is a for real, no-fucking-around threat to my personal wellbeing.

I’m wondering about attachment and transference with the therapist and the idea of escape and fantasy? How much do you think your strong feelings, constant thoughts, desires to be with your therapist are a way to escape from your present life? I wonder if the transference serves another purpose than to show us our wounds and/or past experiences, but is a present coping strategy for managing what we don’t want to face (even if unconsciously) in the present—-current relationships, life circumstances, etc. Can anyone relate to this concept of escape in relation to their therapy relationship? How does this play out for you?

In my specific case, two things.

Within my lifetime these assholes have made consensual sex between me and my husband a crime that would have landed either one of us on a sex offender registry.

You do not concede even an inch to these assholes. Ever. Under any circumstances.

I’m 26 years old and a married woman. My husband hates my flat chest. What is the permanent solution?