family value

September 3rd, 2008 by Jessica | No Comments

family value

I’m regretting something I did before I went into the city today. This morning my dad forwarded me something a friend had forwarded to him, an email with the subject line “THIS OUGHT TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT’S HAPPENING.”
My parents are both really conservative, like, Fox News on during dinner time, Rush Limbaugh in the [...]


Taking all takers

April 12th, 2008 by Jessica | No Comments

Taking all takers

Seeing Ryan/Man Man1 this weekend started me thinking about family, given or created. I’ve also been watching episodes of Intervention, a TV show about addiction and family. In particular I was impressed with Cristy’s family, a group of people who still love and support her (and enable her, but that’s another thing) despite her ten [...]


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