index | archives | notes Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015 5:25 a.m. << [ I'm A Fucking Grown Up ] >> I sat myself at the table with my kiddo, her mother, and one of the therapists I supervise. "Amanda is indeed the boss," kiddo's mother explained to kiddo "she's the therapist's boss. Amanda tells her what to do." Fifteen minutes after that, after my kiddo's four brothers and father had joined us at the table, I explained to this conservative Muslim family that the word faggot originally referred to a bundle of sticks, as in, the bundles of sticks used to burn homosexuals alive at the stake. Fifteen minutes after that, I got an email from my boss that they're giving me the raise I want. Adulting. << | x | >> whatiscopyright.org