That's one of my favorite excuses to hear. (I jest.) "I need time to relax!" Yes, asshole, you do. Pardon me while I whip out the vacuum and scrub that toilet, as you are relaxing.

Except that EVERY ADULT knows that "rape" also mean "sexual assault". It's not like an archaic word that nobody knows. You can't say "I'm gonna rape her" to a woman and believe this is acceptable.

There will be more studies like this about high-powered/promising women, one of which I'm part of, and they'll implicate husbands and the usual suspects in business, though perhaps more forcibly than before.

My husband tried to pull this shit on me after talking a long bullshit 50/50 child/home-work line, and for the…

I thought I needed to do this. With five children I was looking at part time work so I could continue to do everything at home as well. But part time work is hard to come by and you hardly ever get to choose what *kind* of work you do if the hours are paramount.

Single mom here, with a perhaps unpopular opinion. My life is actually easier post-divorce. My ex thought he did enough of the house work and child care, but to him that meant giving the baby a bath maybe once a week, doing the dishes once in a blue moon, and running to the store when we ran out of something. I find…

...okay, so you are suggesting that we don't 'need' either?

The fact that you, claiming to be a scientist, would ask that, I think illustrates why the sciences need not just women, but more minorities. The truth is that women are, on a societal level, discouraged from pursuing professions in technology or the sciences. If seeing this spot or this article from the Science…

"#wannakillmyself"

Exactly, especially when I always found Jacob to be *intensely* frustrated. That guy could not be bothered to show concern for people, or even to give them the teensiest reasoning behind why something must happen in a particular way.

I unfortunately suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder when the winter hits and I'm usually able to curb it with some Saint John's Wort. Don't get me wrong, I'm not one of those "nature cures all" new age nut-cases, but the mild mood stabilizing effect of Saint John's Wort does seem to do the job.

Great write-up. I feel that people who don't suffer depression or know anyone who do, have a tendency to confuse a couple of bad days with depression. While it may indeed be called "depression", it's hardly a clinical diagnosis. Nor is it as crippling as true depression can be. It's very easy for those who confuse it…

Tied to that, MIB also wanted desperately to leave the island, and the writers wanted us to think that was a bad thing. Except who WOULDN'T want to leave that s#!%hole?! They tried to claim that if he left then things would get bad, but they never explained what that meant. Making this guy your bad guy never really…

[Eddington has joined the Maquis]

Albus Dumbledore: "If you loved Lily Evans, if you truly loved her, then your way forward is clear. You know how and why she died. Make sure it was not in vain. Help me protect Lily's son."Severus Snape: "Very well. But never — never tell, Dumbledore! This must be between us! Swear it! I cannot bear... especially…

They kinda already did a long time ago.

I know! :-(

The podcast is coming back!

Not everyone knows why they're depressed. Youre "lucky" I guess. Plenty of people just ARE depressed, and sometimes there isn't even a reason outside of "my brain chemistry is fucked up." For those people, drugs may be the only thing keeping them SANE or ALIVE. So no, it's not "cheating." Maybe for you, and maybe…

"Pussies," really?

SAD is a specifier of major depression, meaning it can be an early sign of a much more dangerous condition. Calling some who is experiencing SAD a "pussy" only highlights your ignorance. It is the kind of ridiculousness that has kept mental illness stigmatized. This isn't something they choose to be, and it can all…