Category Archives: Horrible Stuff

Triggers and Tarzana

  Once you are traumatized, you are vulnerable to triggers. And triggers are everywhere. Jane Birkin’s daughter, Kate Barry, jumped from her fourth story window last week. I couldn’t stop thinking about her despair, and how fame and talent don’t … Continue reading

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Where is Jackie’s Hat???

  Last night I heard for the first time that Jackie’s pink hat is missing: No one knows what happened to it after all these years. This is just mind-boggling, isn’t it? If anything in this world is iconic, it’s … Continue reading

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No Dancing

  When I saw a few moments of the Cancer Dance video on the evening news, I was dismayed. The news people smiled and exchanged platitudes about courage and healing. Wouldn’t it be wonderful, they mused, if people everywhere were … Continue reading

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Bullies

  Unlike gun control, the subject of bullying seems to be maintaining some traction in social media and elsewhere. Now we have a 12 year old girl who killed herself following a long reign of terror by schoolmates who even … Continue reading

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The Horror of Facebook

  I have been spending more and more time on Facebook, and learning how it substitutes for actually living your life. People who hang out there are losers, like me, or else they’d be doing something out in the world. … Continue reading

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A Terrible Story: Weigh In

Kelli Stapleton is in jail without bond, for the attempted murder of her daughter Issy. Kelli has documented her challenges as Issy’s mom in a blog called ‘The Status Woe.’ Issy is a lovely blonde 14 year old who is … Continue reading

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The Inner Sting

  This picture of Roona Begum and her mother says everything I could ever say about everything. I have not been able to stop thinking about it. Primarily, I see love. I see the absence of god. I discussed the … Continue reading

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Okay, I’m Sixty!

Now what?

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Sgt. Paul David Adkins: What a Fucking Cunt!™

  On day two of the Pretrial Hearing, David Coombs asked Captain Steven Lim about a 2009 email “PFC Manning wrote to Master Sgt. Paul Adkins with a picture of himself dressed as a woman…and how his gender identity affects him…[h]ow it … Continue reading

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Schoolgirl Issues

A few days ago, I went out with my husband to look for shoes. While he looked, I headed for the kids section to look for a schoolgirl skirt. Just like all normal people, I have a fetish for pleated … Continue reading

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