Yes, transplant recipients can have children while taking anti-rejection drugs. There may be some risks that aren't fully understood, since it's a hard thing to study, but there have been many cases where healthy children were born to transplant recipients.

I didn't say that I thought anyone was being discriminated against here. I just think that it's a problematic figure of speech and that using this kind of imagery can contribute, in a small way, to the public's misinformation about the condition.

Are you really saying that it's okay to view people who have seizures as "other" because lots of people have historically viewed them as "other"? And that it's totally fine for a progressive site like Jezebel to reinforce the otherness of people with this disease, because it's part of our cultural vocabulary? Would…

THANK YOU. Epilepsy is a disease, not a fucking personality quirk. I hope that's not how Doug was using it here, but it's such a harmful trope that it's worth addressing either way.

I mainly use nutrition labels to compare products. When I'm at the store I'll take a couple brands that look good (based on price and the front label) then use nutrition labels to choose which one to buy. So it's not about some magic threshold for any given section, it's about the relative nutrition of different jars…

He said that, but then he immediately contradicted himself by saying that middle income was 200 or 250K and less. When the beginning and end of a sentence disagree it's a pretty good sign that the speaker just flubbed the wording or misheard the question.

I don't think it's a regional thing, I think some people just don't do it. My old roommate was from a financially comfortable New York family and she never brushed her teeth. She just sucked on tic tacs constantly- it was kind of gross.

In my family it's peanut butter and jelly omelettes. I didn't realize it was weird until I was 19.

Most dogs will adapt to booties eventually. When we had to get booties for my dog we put them on her for a half-hour every evening until she got used to them. And gave her lots of treats and reassurance while she was wearing the shoes, since she was so anxious. Trying to introduce shoes right before a walk would have…

Some cities might require it, and I'd imagine that McDonald's would try out the new menus in a few areas where it wasn't required. That way they could see what happens to a store that displays calorie counts in a town where the other fast food joints don't.

There are some semi-legitimate mass selling companies, like Avon. Basically, if a company requires you to recruit other people to profit, it's a scam. If you're just selling product, it may not be very profitable, but it's not a pyramid scheme. So your friends may be working for one of those companies. Or, as others…

Nevermind, I saw your reply to another poster and understand your initial comment now.

I don't understand your objection. The NYT article says he moved to the US in 2000 and recently became a citizen. 11 or 12 years sounds like a pretty long time to me, especially since the guy is only 25 and probably moved here as a child with his family.

The best advice I ever got about relationships was not to commit to someone unless you knew what was "wrong" with them, and what they thought was "wrong" with you. I'm probably not phrasing that quite right, but the friend who shared this with me did so by asking "What's wrong with him/her?" anytime someone's…

Did you follow read the article? I don't think Ms West is mistaking origins of behavior with excuses for that behavior. I think she, like many scientists, is annoyed with evo psych research that identifies a certain behavior and claims that it is an evolved trait without providing any evidence for that claim.

Now I feel less crazy about buying my cat a 6 foot tall cat tree as an apology for moving to a new apartment.

My late-30's coworker pretends to be a student so that he doesn't have to pay tax while buying his lunch at the on-campus cafe. Except I'm pretty sure the cafe workers know he's doing it and just don't care enough to ask for ID.

Depends on where you live and whether you're renting a room or an entire apartment. If you share living space with your landlady, then you have very few legal protections. But if you have a complete apartment (bathroom, kitchen, separate entrance) then you have a lot more rights, and your landlady is probably in the…

I hate the cute sparkly stuff too, but it doesn't mean I'm more mature than my hello kitty obsessed friend. It just means we have different tastes. "Mature" stuff like cocktail parties and twinsets aren't superior to cupcake parties and peter pan collars. Maturity isn't about your clothes or hobbies, it's about…

I wouldn't use that exact wording, but I'll often ask my partner for his opinion on a certain outfit. I don't get offended if he tells me that the colors are clashing or that a dress is unflattering, I just go get changed. He asks me how he looks all the time, so I don't know why it would be inappropriate for me to do…