The Mindsticker ads strike me as doubly skeevy and weird because—for me at least—they evoke the image of ME (the woman) sticking something into HIM (the man). And we all know that manly hetero men cannot be penetrated EVER!

@la.donna.pietra: Yeah, that makes sense. And there's the patriarchial bias of "men must support their children!" which might cause problems for sperm donors but which wouldn't hang over egg donors in the same way (and especially because, as you point out, the biological children of egg donors likely aren't the…

@la.donna.pietra: Does that also happen with egg donors? Seems inevitable that it might....

@sequined: I can no longer donate blood through the Red Cross because I've spent more than 3 months in the UK since the late 1980s. They're sure I'm a mad cow just waiting to happen.

Wow indeed. Sang it, Aretha!

Yet another way in which biology is REALLY unfair to women.

@CremeBruDont: I already think they're in legal trouble and that's WHY they're doing this. They must have hired a lawyer who gave them decent advice, for a change.

@CremeBruDont: Saying they're taking the Fifth because they're guilty doesn't disrespect the Constitution in any way.

I believe Dave Chapelle said it best:

@dergugelhupf: If her daughters are ever raped, one hopes they'd turn to someone else for help.

What's shameful is that these girls are seen as prostitutes instead of what they are: rape victims.

@rodmanstreet: That little comment you made? It would be a shame if something happened to it. Know what I mean?

@PilgrimSoul: As you know, I have a rather high tolerance for bad reality TV. But even I couldn't stomach more than 3 minutes of this one. I just wanted to yell "DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SOUND LIKE? SERIOUSLY? DO YOU?"

@AlmostZooey: Thanks. I've just vented my spleen all over the Tribune's homepage, so this is also good!

@TurtleWexlerKickedMe: Exactly. It's the same "you were a victim of your own bad judgement" that she dished out the first time. As though she and not the rapist was responsible for what happened.

@TurtleSpeak: After saying in advance that I was happy with life, I died.

@Penny: Amen. We've all said things we wish we could take back. Just say "I wish I hadn't said that, I realize now it was wrong" and get on with things.

And after saying in advance that she didn't want to have sex, she did have sex.

I certainly didn't intend to offend or blame her for what happened,

@morninggloria: I know you are, but what am I?