OK folks, to make us all happy, let’s say “with (generally) two X chromosomes,” or “with clitori,” or “with a vulva.” While I realize there are folks out there with fewer or more Xs, or who have had their external genitalia altered to conform to what are to me incredibly sexist notions, my point is that we shouldn’t…

You mean people *with* uteri. I don’t consider myself to lack anything.

I grew up in Australia. This was not photoshopped. Hunstman spiders potentially lurk behind every picture on the wall and every piece of furniture, and tend to suddenly appear on the ceiling directly over the bathtub as you recline, relaxed (until you see them). They particularly like to lurk under the sun visors in…

“-oid. a suffix meaning “resembling,” “like,” used in the formation of adjectives and nouns (and often implying an incomplete or imperfect resemblance to what is indicated by the preceding element): alkaloid; anthropoid; cardioid; cuboid; lithoid; ovoid; planetoid.”

Can we stop using the word “douche” to describe men behaving badly? Because the only reason it’s an insult is that it has something to do with “dirty” female anatomy. That’s about as sexist as it gets, guys, and I’m calling you on it. I’m fed up with your insults about my body.

Came here to make the same point.

I’ve NEVER carried a balance on my credit card. Why would anyone use a debit card, unless they couldn’t qualify for credit? Debit cards give you no advantage over cash — once you pay with one, the money is gone, with no chargebacks and very limited protections from other forms of fraud etc.

I’ve NEVER carried a balance on my credit card. Why would anyone use a debit card, unless they couldn’t qualify for…

You mean apart from reversing eight years of progress on renewables, in favor of coal?

In part because all the other Waze users are following its directions and cluttering up the alt. routes.

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…