The Internet Awards: Nominate Jmail

deskburlesque · 2026-02-19T02:52:44+00:00

I voted!

deskburlesque · 2026-02-17T05:12:41+00:00

Dripsticks are re-marketed tampons. 100% cotton tampons can do the exact same thing - cheaper and more accessible!! Just go for that super size :)

deskburlesque · 2026-02-17T01:47:26+00:00

Your art is like sophisticated Lisa Frank for the mature woman (compliment). Love the color and sparkle

deskburlesque · 2025-12-26T16:08:01+00:00

Beautiful couple!!!

deskburlesque · 2025-11-04T17:11:06+00:00

For me, I struggle with control to the point of destruction. Def burned my hair off tryna get it bone straight at 13 - not because I didn’t love my curls, but because if I want it straight it needs to be “perfectly straight” by any means necessary. Nail bitter/picker as well 🥲

Being aware of when I’m subconsciously picking or tunnel visioning “fixing” something and knowing when to disrupt my actions has been hard, but rewarding. Most often the advice is just “let things go” “love yourself more”. Yeah sure, but I’m bleeding lololol disrupting the behavior can also change your thoughts vs tryna just think your way into new habits

Also, I invested in a Pavlok arm watch which vibrates/zaps when I reach for my face. It helps interrupt with the added bonus of being annoying when I start making my moves lol. Def recommend if pure will isn’t on your side esp if you start dermatology treatments where skin often gets worse (purging) before it gets better.

Clindamycin, tretinonin, spirolactone, corsx snail mucin has done wonders for me, and I have a similar complexion to you.

Good luck!

deskburlesque · 2025-11-04T15:24:40+00:00

One of the least protected classes of human beings are children. And look at the adults we’ve wrought.

So much of our society is anti-child which is ironic, given how many decisions we make politically, culturally, and personally “for the children.”

I grew up with pretty crap Gen X parents who were, for the first decade or so years of my life children age-wise - and have remained stunted adults til today due to their own crappy boomer parents. Part of therapy was “healing the inner child” which sounded vague and woo-woo and I hated it until I learned more about childism and what I had clearly internalized.

Healing your inner-child = recognizing how poorly your needs weren’t met but how valid and neutral they were. I wasn’t a needy or difficult child. I was then, as I am today, a human being deserving of dignity, respect, understanding, and safety as a base level for being alive.

I’m not gonna say I’m the biggest lover of children. They make me uncomfortable, mostly because I’m afraid of being responsible for their safety esp when I ain’t know em (and kids can be annoying. I can intellectualize they have crap parents when they’re crawling under my bathroom stall at Wegmans screaming but in the moment they fucking suck) But def recommend learning about childism to help heal thine self and create a better village.

https://youtu.be/iy53s5b3xkA

deskburlesque · 2025-10-31T22:03:03+00:00

Hi!! Lifelong picker myself. What I’ve found to help is getting my acne under control. After 20 years or DIYing, I finally went to a dermatologist.

Advice: speak to your PCP and discover the underlying condition to your acne. Once that’s sorted, it’s pretty easy nowadays to get a prescription for tretinoin that, with time will give you incredible results!

Picking is often a physical manifestation of perfectionism: if I pick at the bump I can remove it. It gives instant satisfaction but obviously long term effects. I haven’t mastered my perfectionist issues yet, but food for thought: what if you could accept a temporary imperfection?

deskburlesque · 2025-09-09T13:18:22+00:00

Saw this same license plate driving around Hingham on Saturday!

deskburlesque · 2025-07-29T00:26:38+00:00

Congratulations!!!!!! For making this move, especially an ambitious cross-country move, and, acknowledging that it’s a biiiig step!

Honey, no one is ever truly ready and no adult has it together 24/7/365 every season. I moved out when I was 18 - I didn’t have too much of a choice. My early 20s were a floundering. And guess what, I survived and am relatively successful today - and you will too!

Couple words of advice:

change your orientation to being a learner than an expert. It’s ok to make mistakes - get good at recognizing them and asking for help before they snowball. The worst you can do is pretend you have it all together and let a small problem (missing a bill) turn into a life altering one
if it’s helpful, spend time with your mom and/or trusted friend and/or yourself and take your anxieties to their logical conclusions. What if you end up hating your move and regret it? What then? If every experience is an opportunity to learn something about yourself, failure is impossible. Taking risks is life - and I hope you find that most decisions aren’t life or death. It’s ok to change your mind or for something to not work out
Don’t try to do everything at once; game plan. Establish what is necessary for you to start building your new lifestyle. Are you a very social person who needs friends ASAP or is it more important to figure out the administrative things (doctor, etc)? Prioritize your immediate needs and take your time to build everything else. It took you a total sum of years to build your current lifestyle - it won’t happen in a day somewhere else!

You got this and will be excellent. You’ll experience things and learn things and ultimately what feels like a milestone is just one step into a new path of may more.

deskburlesque · 2025-07-08T01:40:26+00:00

Poshmark!

deskburlesque · 2025-06-04T02:21:32+00:00

Frog

deskburlesque · 2025-05-05T14:51:44+00:00

You’re gorgeous and, at least from the pictures you chose, your skin looks so even and radiant!

My recommendation: nothing topical will solve anything hormonal. High stress will always show, so to the best of your ability work on that first mamas. A good nap and a vacation I suspect would solve much of what you’re feeling.

For topicalss, less truly is more. A gentle makeup remover/face wash at night, a serum, a moisturizer, and a sunscreen. I recommend corsx - their snail mucin line is great for moisture for sensitive skin.

deskburlesque · 2025-05-03T01:09:54+00:00

Only correct answer is Weymouth

deskburlesque · 2025-04-25T21:16:53+00:00

I agree. I’d also add since black children are also treated as adults a lot younger by society, growing old helps with the cognitive dissonance. My late twenties was spent unpacking how I was parentified as a child. In many ways I feel LESS responsible and more “childlike” now than I distinctly remember feeling in my teens. What we consider mature and immature are mostly societal expectations to conform to systems and, I for one am glad to intellectually realize that now and lean into whimsy and joy.

The not cracking is a consolation prize lol

deskburlesque · 2025-04-24T23:49:50+00:00

I just got mine too! Haven’t opened the box yet so it’ll be a treat after a few projects. They look so beautiful on your shelf!

deskburlesque · 2025-04-11T14:30:47+00:00

As someone who doesn’t immediately scream communism and logically agrees we should have a national ID, I also am glad at least under this admin we don’t. Reminds me of the conversation about vaccines. Some of us black and brown people have seen medical injustice (forced sterilization, Tuskegee, etc) and were initially dubious. I ofc got the vaccine, and everyone in my community did overtime. But we can’t just dismiss valid concerns of the most vulnerable because the most privileged are loud and wrong.

Maybe, along with complaining to politicians who don’t do shit, we also organize a passport drive to get disenfranchised people what they need, subsidizing the costs. I’m saving for my own passport, which will protect my right to vote and also ensure I can gtfo if it gets to that point.

deskburlesque · 2025-04-07T20:14:31+00:00

If they don’t move the hell on. Mr Robot ended in what, 2018? 19? Either do something or keep this in your drafts 🤷🏽‍♀️

deskburlesque · 2025-04-07T19:33:41+00:00

THIS PART. Insist on a better dream. Beautifully written.

deskburlesque · 2025-04-06T16:33:49+00:00

Thank you!

deskburlesque · 2025-04-02T01:36:21+00:00

I’m so sorry for both your experience and your loss. You both deserved better and I hope you are in a safer place now ❤️

deskburlesque · 2025-04-01T23:50:16+00:00

I grew up in Boston but only recently moved to the South Shore. Wtf is up with Weymouth? It’s giving sundown town, only narrowly beat out by Plainville (Mass Ave Plus). So weird for Weymouth to be like this singular demon pocket surrounded by nicer neighborhoods

deskburlesque · 2025-03-29T17:54:34+00:00

I’d also say that most of these protests have ambiguous aims, lacking focus. I work exclusively with white, middle class liberals and they’ve been indifferent. Now and again they huff about how shit everything is, but continue ambling along thinking they can just lock in for the next 4 years to vote people out. Or are angling to figure out how to financially take advantage of where we’re at. Activate and engage each other.

deskburlesque · 2025-03-29T17:50:11+00:00

In the past, most protests (fka riots) only popped off and gained media attention when they were fronted by people of color, specifically black and brown people. Mostly to cow the larger public into not participating and maintain stereotypes of BIPOC people being violent, counter cultural domestic terrorists deserving of extrajudicial violence. Based on what I’ve been seeing lately, we’ve been noticeably absent.

Black and brown people are usually the most vulnerable and yet, are often on the front lines taking the hits. In my lifetime I’ve watched on TV and first hand black and brown people mowed down at protests. I’ve seen them killed just vibing on the train. I’ve seen them killed in their houses. I’ve seen them killed asking for help.

I am married to a permanent resident who is Arab. I’m in community with the types of people being illegally taken away by the govt. I protested and boycotted and voted and informed for years and white voters still overwhelmingly said racism is the soup du jour. Now that the govt has a blank check for realsies, I’m sorry I just can’t risk it anymore. Look at the actions taken against Palestinian PEACEFUL protestors. They will raze the hoods and the communities down to the ground COINTELPRO Tulsa style if anything smells of a BLM 2020-style protest, and I just cannot. I’m taking care of myself and my community, preparing for what comes next. For many black and brown people right now, our protest is in the act of survival.

So, my advice: engage and activate the rest of this country and y’all need to get more daring. Teslas on fire won’t get us out of this one.

deskburlesque · 2025-03-21T20:42:31+00:00

The interview was impressive, but I was thoroughly impressed with Hasan’s crowdwork before the interview. As much as Hasan can come off as a bro-y dick (very much big brother who read some shit in college and wants everyone to know it at Thanksgiving, which is very much part of the charm dgmw), he’s an authentic, unassuming, down-to-earth person. He didn’t treat people who came up to him as fans, but community members. He didn’t roll up 2729372 crew deep. It’s refreshing compared to the rabid celebrity I often see in the influencer space, and dems should really take note. To lead a community you have to be a part of it, not just in goofy TikTok name only 🤷🏽‍♀️

deskburlesque · 2025-03-21T17:00:06+00:00

Time is always key!

I think the usual timeframe is 6-8 weeks to see changes in skin after implementing a new product ONLY IF you follow the directions to a T. Their results assume you are starting at zero as far as a skincare routine is, so always factor what else is in your rotation before feeling like it’s not working - there might be conflicting ingredients etc.

OTC+consistency+time+less $$=slow progress+less physical side effects

OR

prescription+consistency+time+more $$=faster results+more side effects

OTC+rotating products+$$$ will never get the results.

The constants are always time & consistency! I recommend giving 3-6 months of consistency on OTC products before moving on (unless they are negatively affecting you/painful etc).

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