i ran for 40 minutes straight!!! (and then 2m walking and 10min more running). thats the longest yet!!!! only 4 more runs left in the program (although i am pretty far from running 6 miles as i am v slow). i love these stupid badges
at my current pace it will take 85 minutes of running straight to hit 6 miles. fml
fat and strönk
Also yes a member of the "you're so inspiring" brigade opened their mouth again. I straight up asked, this time, if she was saying it because I'm fat. She said "no, it's because you're working so hard!" Absolutely mortifying, drown me in a lake, you have stolen my joy
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ok i just read the first chapter of "to train up a child" for research and i want to crawl out of my skin. one of the most profoundly upsetting things I've ever read; no wonder the book is linked to children's deaths
the book advocates beating INFANTS 3 separate times in the first chapter alone, it has sold over 1.2 million copies, i am so sad rn
James Dobson's books The Strong Willed Child and Dare to Discipline seem to have been more influential but not really less violent. Apparently he talks about beating up his tiny dog and extrapolates from there! Don't beat your kids. My heart is with the survivors of this abuse.
i am now watching the diana musical on netflix and its one of the worst things ive ever seen. this interview is accurate. diana just sang about regretting marrying a scorpio theguardian.com/film/2021/oct/…
"nights like this, i envy the poor/their parties can't be such a bloody bore"
"it's the thrilla in manila/with diana and camilla"
The Sword and the Sandwich is at almost 2,000 subscribers at the end of the first week!!! This week has been a mix of funny and dark and sad and strange. I am proud of this deep-dive into Christian apocalyptic belief and the anti vaxx movement: theswordandthesandwich.substack.com/p/apocalypse-n…
The biggest and most ambitious project I'm tackling on Substack - alongside chronicling American extremism - is going through @Wikipedia's mammoth, evolving List of Notable Sandwiches. Today's lunchtime read is the very first on the list: American Hero. theswordandthesandwich.substack.com/p/the-real-ame…