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Community College English instructor in North Carolina. I make ~$50k for working 9 month out of the year (summer classes are optional for extra income). Absolutely no opportunities for merit-based raises, though -- only if the state legislature decides we deserve a measley raise,… Read More

We'd been renting our house for 6 years, and one day the owner mentioned that they were planning to sell it in the next year or two. Fortunately, during the pandemic (I was able to teach some extra classes since I had 2 extra hours in the day without the commute) and student loan… Read More

My ex and I were living together -- until I found out that he had cheated on me with multiple women. On the day that we both moved out of the apartment, he had taken apart his huge Ikea-type desk, and then left to get lunch before putting the desk into the moving truck. I took a small… Read More

Community college English instructor in North Carolina. Masters degree, ten years teaching experience.... $47,000. We're getting a state-wide 5% pay increase over the next two years, which is the first raise I've had in 6-7 years....

We all suspected it was my coworker's girlfriend, but I had no way to prove who was doing it! Then I started getting anonymous threatening messages (on MySpace, of all things) that mentioned very personal information about me... Long story short, the harassment only got worse, and… Read More

I was fired because *I* was being harassed. I worked in a used bookstore in the mid-2000s, and I hit it off (as friends only!) with another queer woman -- who happened to be in a relationship with a woman who I knew by reputation was a bit, shall we say, unhinged. I had only been… Read More

I honestly do not want pockets on any clothing that isn't super structured -- like yes, they're great for pants and blazers, but when it comes to dresses or tunic tops, they just add bulk to the widest part of my body... I can't believe no one said bodysuits -- hard to pee in, way… Read More

I wanna know where that particular community college professor works, because apparently I only make half as much as they do for doing the same job...

As an overachiever, I am my biggest critic, which means I would beat myself up for being lazy, weak, unmotivated, etc. when I wasn’t able to perform perfectly. Now I can cut myself some slack -- understanding more about how my brain chemistry can influence my behaviors has allowed… Read More

the middle of the diagnosable range. When I told my mom about my diagnosis, her immediate response was “Well, duh!” She said that she had tried to have me tested when I was a child, but my doctor told her that “girls rarely have ADHD” and “she’s doing great in school, so there’s no… Read More