Well, I don't know how the culture differs in Japan, but as someone socialized as a girl/woman in the US, it isn't that strange. Girls and women here often play with each others' hair and style it and teach each other different ways to do it. It's one way of lady-bonding.

Yeah. I'm also very very pale, and I haven't seen a bb cream pale enough for me, but the difference is that while it sucks for us, it isn't really a sign of racism/oppression . . . just an inconvenience.

Maybe this can be a way for you to bond and make woman friends!

Can you have a girlfriend teach you? If you don't have any close women friends, you could try watching youtube videos. I'm cisgender, but I missed the boat on a lot of the girly stuff, too, and I just learned how to braid my own hair last year! Now, it's kind of my go-to on a bad hair day — I do a side part, then do…

Tuna melt (extra sharp cheddar cheese on multigrain sourdough with tuna salad made out of one can of tuna, one avocado, a handful of quartered grape tomatoes, onion, paprika, salt, pepper, garlic, and cumin) with a bowl of creamy tomato soup with parmesan cheese and a glass of vanilla soymilk. Followed by one of those…

Two piece bathing suits make sense for little girls. As an adult, I have a hard enough time getting in and out of my one-piece when it's wet. That said, I'm not a fan of this top on a child. There's a difference between a two-piece bathing suit and something with strings . . . and more to the point, it is already…

Oh, I should have tried being helpful. I was on Zoloft and it killed my sex drive completely. If you're interested in getting yours back, you can talk to your psychiatrist about adding on a small dose of another drug — wellbutrin or ritalin, for example — to help. I tried Ritalin, and it helped a bit, but t he only…

zoloft? yup, that'd do it. major libido killer.

No, I work in forensic mental health. I actively read research on a daily basis. The term "psychopath" is stigmatizing and, plainly, it's just not used.

Yeeeeeah, no, not in 2013 they aren't.

Hey everybody, listen to Jan74 because she is the only person in this thread who knows what they are talking about.

I don't use drugs recreationally, so I don't really know.

Cocaine is MORE expensive than crack.

Crack is whack, because people of color use it more, so it's more illegal. Cocaine is fine, because it's more expensive and white people use it and it's carries lighter penalties.

I am very connected to this. Turn off the news, and eat. You'll feel better. Also, if you're physically capable, please consider donating blood.

I'm very pale, and I have not found tinted moisturizer that is pale enough for me, either. In fact, the only affordable foundation that I have ever found that is pale enough for me is Covergirl True Blend followed by the Covergirl Clean pressed powder. Sometimes in the winter, I just use baby powder, 'cause fuck it.…

Reference, please?

They are not an officially recognized campus group, and they have been doing the work-arounds (distributing juuuuust off campus with a city permit, for example), but the administration is still cracking down.

Interesting. You know, I don't mind when people want to have fun. I would be irritated if someone ASKED me for my meds more than once or twice, but I am happy to share on occasion just for funsies. And I need my medication to function.

They are sympathetic if you share your klonopin.