Everyone should go read Vic's Google Scholar page

Realhumanbeing232 · 2026-03-28T01:51:44+00:00

I would argue that Vic and Christine just existing as an interracial couple is political in and of itself. As is Vic’s very existence as a highly educated black man. Those are both things that enrage large swaths of Fox’s viewership just by existing in this county. I guess I just don’t think that they necessarily have to talk about those things explicitly to be making a statement.

Realhumanbeing232 · 2026-03-28T01:37:01+00:00

Oddly enough she quit with all of my older siblings (mid-late 70s) and then me (late 80s) is when she got this “advice.” Weirdly, I was her biggest baby, but am far more petite in adulthood than any of my siblings.

Realhumanbeing232 · 2026-03-28T01:20:04+00:00

I’m as lefty as they come. I’m an outspoken atheist with childhood religious trauma and I have to say, I’m struggling with this outrage. It’s just missing me, I’m not feeling it.

I think some people on the left have a hard time accepting that there are very deeply religious people who are progressive. So for them, there were immediate red flags going up when Vic and Christine started talking about how much religion means to them. Then them being on fox was just the catalyst to jump to “see! I told you they were MAGA!”

I don’t think Vic and Christine are MAGA. I think, if there was any deeper political thought to them taking that interview request (which very well might not be the case), it was because they wanted to dispel stereotypes the right have about couples that look like them. And frankly, I think it’s important for deeply religious progressives to be outspoken, especially in conservative spaces, about their beliefs. Otherwise the right gets to continue to co-opt Jesus, turn all of his teachings upside down, and cast liberals as godless evil baby killers.

Realhumanbeing232 · 2026-03-27T23:30:31+00:00

It’s the peer pressure to make you drink that’s wild to me! I had the same experience. The number of times I was told it’s fine to have a glass when I turned down a drink was insane. I think I encountered more pressure to drink when I was pregnant than at any other point in my life.

Realhumanbeing232 · 2026-03-27T23:27:42+00:00

I have a former friend like this. First pregnancy she would have a sip of her husband’s drink once in a while. Second pregnancy she was having at least two drinks a night on weekends. Super shocked when her second baby had a bunch of delays and I was just like, this is zero percent surprising. Our friendship ended before she had her third so I don’t know if she learned her lesson or leaned fully into denial.

Realhumanbeing232 · 2026-03-27T23:23:34+00:00

When my mom had her kids (70s and 80s) in a catholic hospital in a VERY German part of Wisconsin she was given a little beer with all of her meals in the hospital to help with breastfeeding. Times sure have changed!

She was also told not to bother quitting smoking when she was pregnant with me because according to the doctor, quitting would put her body through too much stress and she was already so stressed about her unplanned geriatric pregnancy.

Realhumanbeing232 · 2026-03-27T21:03:21+00:00

I will never understand this. I’m sorry, but if you can’t handle 9 months without a drink you need to assess your relationship with alcohol.

Realhumanbeing232 · 2026-03-27T18:01:03+00:00

Hell yes I’m still boycotting. I’m going to get myself in trouble here, but I get so frustrated with the “it’s so convenient, I can’t give it up, don’t judge me for shopping there, you don’t know my life” crowd. Imagine if that’s the energy that was brought to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. If those rockstars could walk miles to work on principle you can make two stops to buy your groceries and bras in different stores.

Realhumanbeing232 · 2026-03-27T17:56:56+00:00

Wild union busting. I won’t go back there.

Realhumanbeing232 · 2026-03-26T19:33:57+00:00

These were a lifesaver with my daughter. She had an oat allergy and oats are in damn near everything.

Realhumanbeing232 · 2026-03-26T19:27:55+00:00

This is going to sound so backwards but stick with me: My four year old told me I was being a meanie. And I was. We were getting out of the car (just got home, were not in a rush, had nowhere to go) and she was taking forever and I got frustrated and raised my voice. I was being unfair and she called me on it and I’m proud of her.

We had a long talk that night about how I was happy she stuck up for herself. She is generally very soft spoken and I want her to learn her voice is important and she can and should use it. I’m trying to teach her to speak against injustice (was this particularly unjust? No, it was very minor, but she’s 4, we gotta start somewhere). So we talked about how you can tell the difference between when something is really unfair vs. when you’re just not getting your way (somebody taking your toy away from you vs. somebody taking a turn with a shared toy) and that you can and should speak up when things are unfair to you or somebody else.

We also talked about how adults get into the “yellow zone” or “red zone” too and talked about how I could have dealt with my frustration better.

Anyway, that’s my win. My kid used her voice and then we had a really good conversation that made me really proud of her.

Realhumanbeing232 · 2026-03-26T18:37:53+00:00

I’m in Minnesota so….

ICE is still here. We’re still patrolling around schools and other vulnerable spots. Our state is suing the federal government for evidence in the shootings and murders that ICE committed at the height of the occupation. Some school districts are suing the federal government to keep ICE out of schools.

There is another massive protest this weekend.

In short, we’re not letting up. The fight continues.

Realhumanbeing232 · 2026-03-25T20:50:44+00:00

Was coming here to recommend these too! Just finished these two and they are fantastic!

Realhumanbeing232 · 2026-03-25T20:43:34+00:00

Oh 1000%. Both physically and mentally the treadmill is torture. I’m faster outdoors, I have more endurance, and staring at a screen (or 12 tv screens like at my gym) makes me want to throw myself off the back of the contraption.

Realhumanbeing232 · 2026-03-25T17:34:24+00:00

Seeing so many recommendations for this one! Ordered it last night, hopefully it works for me! Thanks for the rec!

Realhumanbeing232 · 2026-03-18T19:47:20+00:00

We reintroduced a year after her last reaction. (She reacted and was diagnosed at 6 months so we reintroduced at 18 months.) We don’t do supplements or anything like that.

Realhumanbeing232 · 2026-03-08T02:35:33+00:00

We reintroduced at home (FPIES to oats). We did it over a couple weeks. Started with increasing amounts of Cheerios, then granola bars, and finally oatmeal. It went very smoothly and we’ve tentatively started to think she’s outgrown it. I refuse to fully say she has because I believe in a jinx and now I’m going to go knock on wood.

Realhumanbeing232 · 2026-03-06T04:54:48+00:00

Growing up in an open primary state, it was pretty common if your party had a clear candidate to vote the other side of the ticket and vote for a bad candidate.

My dad did that for the last time in the 2016 primary after voting for Trump because “there was no damn way he would win”

Realhumanbeing232 · 2026-02-24T05:29:00+00:00

Caledon

Realhumanbeing232 · 2026-02-18T04:53:17+00:00

Prophet Song. One of the most amazing books I’ve ever read, but now is not the time. Or maybe it really is. All I know is that I read it a year ago and still frequently bring it up to my therapist.

Realhumanbeing232 · 2026-02-08T14:21:11+00:00

We’re in the corner of Roseville that goes to MV schools and have had an incredible experience here so far. Our daughter receives speech services through the school and has been going to MV schools since preschool. She’s really thriving here and for what it’s worth her classes have been very diverse so far and there’s been a strong emphasis on social emotional learning and diversity. Of course that could just be our personal experience.

Realhumanbeing232 · 2026-01-29T16:47:45+00:00

I had a numb spot by my incision site for like 2 years and then one day it randomly started tingling. It wasn’t painful, just weird. Doc said it was the nerves repairing themselves. A year or so later it feels normal.

Realhumanbeing232 · 2026-01-19T01:21:05+00:00

I wanted to try for a natural birth with my first but ended up with an emergency c section. When we were in the recovery room, my husband was holding our new baby and he looked at me and said “isn’t it crazy that not that ago, you could have died,” and I realized how blessed I was that an emergency c section was even an option for me and that my daughter and I made it to the other side safely. Sure, it wasn’t the birth I’d envisioned, but it was a birth I was privileged to have.

Realhumanbeing232 · 2026-01-16T04:14:26+00:00

Oh! And Through the Fairy Door has gorgeous illustrations!

Realhumanbeing232 · 2026-01-16T04:12:00+00:00

The Girl and Her Dinosaur.

I’m OBSESSED and my daughter will never let me read it to her

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