Speaking of faulty reasoning: you seem to be saying that because a medical team also failed to listen to your white grandfather, this somehow proves your underlying thesis that medical staff are just as likely to ignore males as females, and whites as POC.

But of course the medical team didn’t listen to her! She’s not only female, she’s African American! Everyone knows WOC are always over dramatizing everything.

As long as it’s not chunky, it’s good.

Seems like this should be true, but it assumes a constant base metabolism. What actually happens to a lot of people is that the fewer calories they eat, the lower their energy needs go. They face feeling like they are starving all the time —not easy for many people to live with. It seems like a better strategy is…

As someone who has had many of the “interesting” parts of her genome sequenced, I can say that my weight in the 7th decade of my life is the same as it was when I was 45. Fortunately for me, I am genetically predispositioned to weigh less than normal and have never really dieted. And of course I knew this before my…

I believe the preferred technique when you are flying a long haul is called “crop dusting.” It involves a stroll up and down the aisle.

Wait — you can sign up as a straight “woman”??? Not a “lady,” or perhaps a “fox”??? (Or just “a female”??) Color me surprised about this edgy, progressive language.

I ran track in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, before there was much Lycra or Spandex anywhere. (Nylon and Lycra running tights did not come out until the late 70s or early 80s IIRC.) Even back in those distant times, though, sweat pants were for keeping your legs warm before or after the actual event. And that was…

Shouldn’t the title of this article be “May I ask?” Or “What will happen if I ask?” Of course you *can* ask to be seated in a booth, if you don’t mind your server’s possible eye rolls as she leads you to a broken-spring bench seat with unbused table right next to the restrooms.

It took all the gumption I’ve got for me to build up the nerve to “like” your post.

Great for this Alaskan, who flies almost exclusively on AS when I travel. With the addition of SEA as one of the “wine ships fee” cities, that means I can also avoid paying sales tax on any wine I buy there to ship home. WA does not collect sales tax from nonresidents who live in sales tax free states, territories and…

What about calling someone a “sissie”? Or a “douche”? Not racist, but misogynist, because anything associated with being female is automatically an insult when said to a man. Being a girl instead of a boy — oh, the horror!

It is the ugliest flag by far (my state’s is the best) and it is waaaay past time to get rid of it. Do whites really have that big a majority in Mississippi? If South Carolina can finally take down the racist stars and bars for its capitol, why is MS lagging so far behind?

It’s the wild hairs.

Still waiting for a way to *permanently* disable the stupid Bixby feature on my S8. I keep hitting the button when trying to take photos. Every time I shut it down, it resurrects itself. At least PC bloatware is (generally) deletable!

VULVA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Some of us (especially younger non smoking women with a history of motion sickness) have a hard time with opiods and sometimes other drugs used for sedation and anaesthesia. In my case, I will never knowingly accept fentanyl again. After a day of drinking “go lightly” resulting in extreme dehydration, the last thing I…

This is almost as much fun as Chris Christie’s legendary obsession with Springsteen, who also won’t give him the time of day due to his hateful politics. It’s just too bad for these bigots when their stars turn out to have a better grasp of human decency than they do.

Scented candles, essential oil diffusers, and their ilk are just plain silly. The former pump oil distillates and other hydrocarbons into your indoor air. Many essential oils are toxic. Who in their right mind thinks that just because something smells nice, it’s safe to inhale, or use on your skin, or eat? After all,…

Will goose-stepping be required?