Sarra Bess

Sarra Bess

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10 years ago @ The Toast - The Best, And Perhaps ... · 0 replies · +4 points

Oh my god, this thread is just a treasure trove of hit pieces. My night is made.

10 years ago @ The Toast - Ask Bear: You Need to ... · 0 replies · +19 points

In my personal experience of stalking (note: n = 1), it was increasing levels of guilt-tripping followed by increasing threats of violence.

10 years ago @ The Toast - Ask Bear: You Need to ... · 0 replies · +35 points

EXACTLY! It's already been referenced below, but The Gift of Fear (Gavin DeBecker) has a really good chapter on this. The only way to respond to stalkers and potential stalkers is: do not respond. If you respond after 48, or 408, or 4,008 messages, all they've learned is that it takes that many messages to get through to you.

10 years ago @ The Toast - Many Waters · 0 replies · +7 points

Yet another book I loved when I was around eleven and now side-eye so hard.

10 years ago @ The Toast - Helen Cho, Age of ... · 1 reply · +18 points

It looked like the upper right chest/shoulder, though, so as long as it missed the subclavian artery it should have been perfectly survivable with real-life medical treatment (let alone if anyone had popped her in one of her own cradles).

10 years ago @ The Toast - The Sequel To The Jedi... · 0 replies · +22 points

I'm not going to lie, I had the biggest crush on Kyp Durron when I was 11.

I WAS ELEVEN, OK.

10 years ago @ The Toast - Women Trying To Polite... · 0 replies · +42 points

I've found "that sounds terribly difficult" DOES buy you at least half an hour. Unfortunately the downside is that the man usually interprets that as "she's totally into me", because nothing says "I want to bang you" like completely failing to contribute to the conversation.

10 years ago @ The Toast - Children's Stories Mad... · 0 replies · +3 points

Yeah I'm going to go reread it to make myself feel better.