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This is my interstellar craft of truth and wit. Buckle up. If you want celebrity gossip, this is not the blog for you. If you want comfortable postings that’ll fill you with happy fuzzy thoughts about the world at large, or self-help guru shit, this is not the blog for you.
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Category Archives: Consumerism
Dear Toilet Paper Manufacturer: You lied. You said your paper was soft and pure. It is, you claim, a “premium” paper. Sadly, my clitoris disagrees. I don’t know if you realize, but girl parts are sensitive. Nice soft fleshy bits, hypersensitive to touch and even sensation? Very? My clitoris feels your product isn’t premium. That [...]
Sep
16
2008
The Business of Unhappiness
Body image. Stand any one of us in front of a mirror, ask us to reveal what we dislike about ourselves, and an unhesitating list would be quickly forthcoming. Industry knows this. They count on it. All the way to the bank. If you’re happy about yourself, why would you ever spend all that disposable income [...]
Also posted in Best of Steff, Journalling, Modern Feminism, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Self-Love & Self-Esteem, Society Tagged advertising, Consumerism, media, self-esteem, weight perception 7 Comments
There I was, desperately locking and re-locking the bathroom door in the back of a Subway sandwich shop, panicking that I might be heard, or maybe the Catholic in me felt the location was just morally wrong for that sort of thing, but I didn’t give a shit. The time was nigh, now or never, [...]
Also posted in Best of Steff, casual sex, Dating, Humour, Journalling, Modern Feminism, Sex, Specifically Steff, Women's Department Tagged being shameless, doing it in public, home pregnancy test, missed periods, nerves, paranoid 9 Comments
Jul
25
2006
RANT(ish): Fuck that Couch!
My couch is gone. My piece of shit, black vinyl couch is gone. In its place is a new, black-and-blue cloth (presumably piece of shit but thus far unproven as such) couch that I was given as a warranty replacement. Also gone is its history. All those nights spent cuddling with cute guys, the dirty [...]
Also posted in Autobiographical, Being me, Being single, casual sex, Dating, Depression, Dimestore Philosophy, Journalling, keeping it real, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Psychology & Moods, relationships, Self-Love & Self-Esteem, sexuality, Society, Specifically Steff, Steff Rants, writing Tagged Being single, Dating, exorcism, getting over him, getting over it, getting rid of demons, moving on, new furniture, single, singleness, Society, stuck in single, stupidity, wtf 10 Comments
I get a lot of emails from readers from time to time, and for some reason, this past week has been filled with emails. Some are easy answers, some are ones I don’t want to tackle, some involve giving instruction (which I dislike doing, so I take my time), and some are just total mind-fucks, [...]
Also posted in Advice, Battle of the Comments, Best of Steff, Dating, Dimestore Philosophy, keeping it real, Life 101, Marriage & Other Commitments, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Psychology & Moods, Questions From Readers, relationships, Religion, Sex, sex tips, sexuality Tagged Advice, asking, celibacy, debt, girlfriend, god, help, need sex, no sex, oath, prayer, promise, question, reader, Religion, suggestion, tip, withholding sex, won't have sex, won't sleep with me 4 Comments
The Annual Anti-Valentine’s Posting: 2009 Edition