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This is the 10th Anniversary Edition of "It's Not A Race." Originally released in August, this version is months late because the prospect of adding pages to what is easily my most read works was particularly daunting.

Chop 1 onion and put it in a pot.

Add 1 or 2 cans of diced tomatoes. Whatever makes the ratio of onion look right.

Add a ridiculous amount of frozen peas. Peas should make up a notable portion of this sauce.

Add frozen corn also if you wanna be real fancy. If I have bacon, I'll add that too, but I very rarely have bacon.

Cook on HIGH.

While sauce is cooking, grab the nearest bottle of mixed spices that isn't obviously for desserts. Add some. How much? I dunno, enough that you feel like you've added seasoning so it's technically cooking. (For me this is most often a mix called Moroccan, but it could be anything. I've reorganised my kitchen recently so tonight it was something called Pizza Topping.)

If you happen to have green herbs lying around, add those too. Whatever you have on hand that's green.

Let the sauce boil on HIGH until all the water is gone. Stir occasionally so the saucepan will be easier to clean later. Serve on cooked spaghetti noodles with no cheese.

I am also not one of those "cooking purists", who believes that everything must be done in a specific/ traditional way (unless you are making a cooking video with the title "how to make x" in which case if you don't specify mid video that your way is not traditional god help you).

I am a firm believer in "If it tastes good, then it is correct for you".

Except in this case.

This hurts every cooking bone in my body. The latent ancestors in my soul. The judgmental elf in my brain just bit a cyanide capsule.

^another version of the phenomenon described here, people raging at “erasure” in article headlines / summaries without thinking of why they might be that way

In the CNN article the student is called only by her first name (which could be a pseudonym idk). I think it is safe to say she does not want the attention right now. If she wanted it I’m sure it would be hers. She’s 22 years old and just experienced an extremely singular trauma that is going to affect the rest of her life, so like.

A corporation can ask 7, 10, 28, 200 times. They will outlast you, they have the power and money to erode you to nothing.

Someone that never gives you a permanent "no" option when asking for permission to do something with your body, your things, your mind? They may understand consent, but they are deliberately choosing to not give it.

The only way to regain autonomy in these scenarios is to deny them the opportunity to ask again.