because internalized victim blaming is a real thing. so i find the “pretend it never ever happens” to be a very bad idea. i read and write fiction to explore consent ideas, trauma, and survival sometimes.
I closed and locked the door, went into the closet while my ex-wife called the 911. I quickly threw on some clothes and my contacts, and headed outside again (a terrible move by the way – I shouldn’t have gone outside, but I wasn’t thinking clearly). I headed outside, and af...
Step 1: How the hell does a furnace work? When you get right down to it, a gas furnace is just a box-shaped heater connected to some tubes. These days, they have added more internal complexity to make them more efficient, but all you really need to know as the installer is this:Co...