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C’mon, Just One! Why Are We So Judgey Toward Non-Drinkers?

Society loves a drinker.

Where the Candy at? An Argument in Favor of Adult Trick-or-Treating A brilliant movie once said that Christmas is the event in which the entire kid year revolved but ya know what? I’m not so sure I agree.

Trigger Warning At the risk of sounding like an asshole, I hate trigger warnings. Actually, that’s not true, I think trigger warnings themselves are perfectly fine, though studies as recent as 2020 have shown that trigger warnings don

GIRLS Problematic or Groundbreaking Television? I swear I didn’t intentionally plan on having back to back posts about HBO shows this month but, ya know what, here we are.  GIRLS is a series that always seemed to cause a lot

Essay, Feminist, Real Talk, Rants, TV, WomenJodiFebruary 19, 2021GIRLS, HBO, HBO Max, lena dunham, adam driver, donald glover, abortion, racism, bipoc, feminism, naked, problematic, groundbreaking, 2010s, binge watch, kitty genovese, hannah, marnie, jessa, shoshanna, criticism, critics, new york city, sex in the city, millennials, tv, television, February 2021 Comments

Real Sex Why is HBO trying to hide its erotic past? HBO, what the fuck? Okay, maybe that’s an aggressive way to start this post, but hear me out.

Essay, TV, Women, Strong Opinions, Streaming, RantsJodiFebruary 12, 2021February 2021, Real Sex, HBO, HBO Max, streaming, Taxicab Confessions, Cathouse, erotic, adult programming, nudity, pioneer, documentary, Vulture, Molly Langmuir, The Wrap, Tim Baysinger, women, sex appeal, sex, punany poets, tantric sex, masturbation, kinks, penis puppetry, phone sex, swingers, sexual fantasies, sex education Comments

Let Them Read Thanks to my 2021 goal of reading at least two books a month, for the first time in a few years I’m back to reading on a regular basis and it’s done a lot for improving my general daily joy! But while I’ve been in the

Books, Essay, Rants, Strong OpinionsJodiFebruary 5, 2021february 2021, books, reading, novels, gateway books, reading community, joy, goals, reading goals, rules, audiobooks, comic books, comics, fiction, thrillers, young adult books, ya, classics, trash, snobby, fifty shades of grey, the catcher in the rye, jd salinger, el james Comments

2021 The Road So Far Oh hey, I’m back! I had initially planned on taking a week or two off from posting to chill out, enjoy the holidays, and spend time doing a revamp of the blog. LOLOL, dear reader, things did not go as planned. S

Essay, Health & Wellness, Holiday, Personal, Rants, Real TalkJodiJanuary 8, 2021new year, 2020, 2021, covid, covid-19, science, wash your hands, distance, oxygen, scary, health, wellness, coup, division, insufferable, social media, christmas, essential worker, mom, symptoms, new years eve, hospital, side effects, fuckeryComment

Strong Opinions Holiday Song Edition I have this thing. Every year, I wait to hear my first holiday jam until I’m in the car with one of the local Christmas stations playing. Whichever Christmas song I hear first is the one to set

Rant Ladies, Gentlemen, and readers who don’t prescribe to either of those labels: it’s time for a rant week. So what’s that mean? This week, instead of keeping my topic singular, I’m opening the floodgates, baby. And since this