I might agree with you that it is "too inspirational" if it were a work of fiction. Like, if someone just made this story up to force down our throats the idea that "anything is possible!", I would be gagging and calling it out as ridiculously unrealistic. But it happened. He actually lived through that shit. You…

Most movies with Christmas release dates are things that would appeal to a wide range of tastes, because families who have come together for the day don't necessarily have that much in common as far as what kind of movies they like. A historical epic with an inspirational happy ending fits the bill pretty nicely.

Of course she realizes that being a victim of a horrific crime is worse than reading about it. If she didn't have a high level of empathy for the victim, why would the story even be so upsetting?

Okay, I'm not very familiar with start-up culture, so I wasn't really familiar with that usage. It just seemed like an odd choice, but I'll believe it makes sense in that context.

I'm sure they don't mean anything by it, but I can't get over the weirdness that this supposedly empowering career for a woman involves the word "Incubator" in the title. Am I alone?

I agree that sort of thing is rather obnoxious even when it's not offensive.

Except that the hangers and shirts are randomly combined. If you look behind the first monkey shirt, you'll notice that the other baby heads in that row are not black.

The idea that wearing bindis is offensive is mostly just an issue here at Jezebel. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anjali-joshi/w…

No need to feel guilty. You're supposed to eat Jesus and drink his blood in remembrance of him.

You're ignoring the fact that home-schooled kids are not selected at random, as if they were participating in a controlled study to determine which pedagogical methods are more effective. There are particular demographics that are more likely to home-school, which throws a ton of additional variables into the…

For fuck's sake, hysterical fear-mongering doesn't help anyone. Most public schools are not anything like that.

I had a math teacher in 10th or 11th grade who was really into sneaking financial lessons into our word problems. She made sure we realized how difficult it is to pay off even a small loan once it started racking up interest; we discussed all the things to consider when judging the cost-effectiveness of two options,…

I think she meant that statement as something like: People want to pretend that those girls were just crazy outliers who are totally different from normal girls, but really a lot of us could be driven to such extremes under the right circumstances. You can't just dismiss it as pure 'evil' and stop there.

OK. yes. I was over-thinking it.

What does 8M mean?

OK, yes, that makes sense.

Right, but bringing up the fact that the condition in question is "organic" was totally on point.

I'm going to assume that in this context you mean 'organic' as in 'relating to bodily organs,' in this case, the penis. But what is your point? Are you trying to imply that all female sexual dysfunctions are purely psychological? And if so, then we therefore shouldn't expect any advancements in treatment? Huh?

I do agree with some of your observations, but I'm not really clear what it has to do with this conversation?

When I said that some aspects of female sexuality are neglected, I wasn't referring to the number of layman's nonfiction books being published on the subject. I was referring to actual scientific research, for instance to understand the causes of various sexual dysfunctions and how to treat them. There is medication…