Just in the last two weeks, I stepped into the world of Harry Potter for the first time in my life!

I was much too old for the books when they started coming out (I’m almost 40), and as a result never saw the movies either (personal rule, I don’t see movies based on books I haven’t read). I knew both were extremely popular but I basically just ignored all mention of them for decades. I figured when the time came, I could get into them with my kids. So now I have! I read the first book with my older two kids (elementary school age) a couple weeks ago, and then we had a family movie night and watched the first movie. It was all very cute and sweet and wholesome! Now on to book 2. I quite seriously don’t know what happens in any of them, so don’t tell me! 😄

Can I just rave about this community as a whole for a sec? I love how supportive and genuine everyone here is. I love the insightful discussion. It just keeps reminding me how important women only spaces are and how they need protected. I love all the women here and I can never thank the mods enough for fighting for this space. <3

Worried about the coming electricity price hikes. I’ve changed suppliers and bought LED globes but there’s only so much I can do.

Halloween costumes?

The seasonal change affects me really negatively. The days haven't even stopped shortening and I'm already wishing for the daylight to come back. Not that I did much of anything with it this year. I don't have any friends anymore and I feel lonely.

Morning all! Making another post in here because I'm resisting the urge to make a separate post that is just me chattering.

I'm under many deadlines right now and the stress is getting to me. I want badly to do everything well that is on my plate.

If you're reading this, all I ask of you is that you take a moment to wish for the best for all people in your life who are striving to achieve goals! Maybe we can get some collective goodwill going.

i genuinely feel like i’m at the complete bottom of my life. i stopped taking my mood stabilisers a week ago bc i wanted to see how i did without them, and holy fuck it’s been a nightmare. i have so many graphic suicidal thoughts and i can’t seem to get out of bed or reply to messages or do anything. i’ve also been feeling so completely hopeless abt the state of humanity, not to mention i have an awful cough and i can’t breathe often. idk i just feel like i’m such a burden on everyone around me and i’m not sure what to do. just needed to complain :)

I made a study plan and I'm sticking to it, I was one of these kids that never needed one before university. I want to pass the accounting exam but it's huge (lots of theory + accounting exercises) and I'm also working on this semester's subjects which are hard.

Moreover, I won't graduate in time which is 3 years for a total of 21 exams and these exams aren't multiple choice written exams, a bunch are written + oral, then there's only written (open questions and exercises) and only oral.

I'm behind because I threw away the first year due to undiagnosed anxiety. I managed my time better the second year but I had to work full time during summer, working until midnight. I need to take 17 exams total.

I also figured out I have gastro problems, I'm under treatment but will need further investigation as to per the gastroenterologist.

I'm overwhelmed, afraid and suffering.

Thanks to the lovely community here I borrowed Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure novel from my library and recently finished it.

I see that it's reputation for 'everything goes from bad to worse' (as in the fates of the characters) was well-deserved. Unlike Tess of the D'Urbervilles unfortunately I did struggle with it; maybe because it felt like a very slowburn work with abundant messy twists and turns - but am glad I persevered with it. Poor Jude and Sue and their children. Ready and willing to take on more literature heavy in pathos... I need it!

Not that long ago I saw the highly recommended fantasy book The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon at my library so really want to read it. Seems like it's been borrowed by someone else at the moment which is a pain. I could reserve it but given the number of unread books I own (and should read first), I'd rather let someone have a leisurely read of it before I request it.

Also although I only watched my brother play Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem so many years ago now (it's 20 years old with no sequel!), I recently had my interest in it rekindled when browsing cutscenes and playthroughs on YT.

Cosmic horror + freaky malevolent godlike entities with too-enjoyable spell sounds + a diverse cast of playable characters with differing abilities and weaponry spanning two millennia + one of my favourite villains of all time because of his design, voice-acting and antics: Pious Augustus, a dutiful Roman Centurion forcibly turned into an ambitious evil lich with a penchant for shapeshifting although his illusions mean he can resemble a living human man almost none of his disguises can make him look like a particularly healthy one lol to carry out his agenda... aaaand occasional maniacal gloating with the odd low malicious chuckle. The game has some fantastic voice acting. Love it.

So glad to see fanfic for it on AO3. I haven't written any fanfic for years but feel like writing something for the franchise. :)

I'm shattered. Thought I had PND, and maybe I do as well, but now wondering if actually the problem is PMDD, as yesterday I had the thought, "Oh thank god, I'm not crazy, I feel normal" and an hour later started to bleed - and realised that happens regularly. Literally was suicidal 2 days before that. Re-reading Alexandra Pope's work on the subject as I hate SSRIs for myself, I don't want hormonal BC (I get migraines), so I guess I'm all out of conventional treatment options before even starting - it's ok, I don't think I need medical treatment, I think I need care and rest and some life(style) changes to take all this into account rather than just pretend it doesn't happen and then getting caught out every month. Her books say crazy mood stuff might indicate some latent psychic abilities and I always used to think that was nonsense, but the older I get the more uncomfortable second sight things happen to me and I guess maybe this is when I finally accept that this is happening (there's a theme here). I have no idea where to start, feel quite overwhelmed and also now I'm bleeding, but in 3-4 days I'll be "back to normal" and busy and I will forget all about this and how do I do this? The mindset changes are so extreme when I'm "normal" I re-read diary entries from before my period and it's like reading something someone else wrote. Anyway thanks for reading my stream of consciousness, I'm going to go and make tea now and contemplate all my life choices with a certain level of fatigue and déjà-vu.

My teen cousin's best friend appears to bind now and started going by a male name. My friend from my (us southern) hometown moved to a big city and is now dating a guy who wears makeup and nail polish but they claim they aren't a heterosexual couple. None of this shit should even be my business - in fact it's none of my business at all - but I'm just... worried about them.

I want to share things reguarding feminist activism and happenings with my boyfriend sometimes. It is something I am interested in. But when I try, he cuts me off saying he is a straight white male therefore has no horse in the race, and no opinion, and isnt allowed to talk about it. Like he wont let me even confide in him because it isnt something he personally has any say in? Idk just caught me off guard. I told him I am not asking him to go protest or anything I just wanted to share an article or fact with him. But he doesn't want to even hear that? I get not being interested in something but I also expect at least a 'wow thats insane' generic response to something I share instead of 'how does this relate to me? It doesnt' type of response. I feign interest in all sorts of redundant stuff for him and even go to meetings with him n bake things to take and such- for things I myself have little intetest in because my interest lies in his happiness and our togetherness....

I'm a little too spooked on writing a post about cutting men romantically out of your life. I dunno where this post could fit, but I'm sure a lotta ovarettes would want to read it.

I just worry about the backlash, seems to be a running theme here for myself lol 👉👈

I just wanna have a productive conversation without getting downvoted, but I'm not sure how to go about it with a topic like this! (I miss the old LDR subreddit when I used to read it as a non-reddit user).