I don’t think calling them “cool drugs” is the same as saying “drugs are cool,” though. She’s describing her own experience, not making a prescriptive statement about all drugs.

fascinating — thanks for writing this! does this surgery basically accomplish the same thing as postpartum physical therapy, or is it distinct? i know that in france, la rééducation périnéale is free for all women, covered by the government.... does american insurance cover something like that?

I am willing to do the service of taking Kat Dennings off Groban’s hands for you. She can date me!

Wait, so this dude is trying to defend himself by comparing himself to Hitler (via Chuck Johnson).... in a good way?

A classic from the international side of sports twitter, Argentinian forward Gonzalo Higuain attempts to use twitter to hit on a girl, forgetting that direct messages are a thing:

I had quite comprehensive sex ed in school, which I’ve always been grateful for. But what I really would have liked was better physical anatomy ed — what different women’s breasts look like, what’s “normal” for vulvar shapes, etc. Teens are so self-conscious about their bodies anyway, and it’s ten times worth when all…

This post fails, because it doesn’t include literally the single-best option I’ve ever found: airbnb / other rental options.

This idea of female sexuality developing within a framework of the male gaze is super relevant to my life. As a young bisexual woman, I spent years trying to figure out if I was really into women, or if what felt like attraction was just an aesthetic appreciation, passed through society’s default sexualization of…

Last night a random middle-aged lady told me to keep my legs closed on the G train (the G train!). Apparently sitting with crossed leg — which was actually a piriformis stretch for my sciatica — in a knee-length skirt was too much for her 12:15 am sensibilities.

Just because the publishing industry is heavily female, that doesn’t mean that they can’t be deeply sexist when it comes to their impressions of male versus female writing, and what will sell.

EMPHATICALLY YES.

It is inconceivable how one could be anything but Team Zayn, considering he looks like this:

“when it’s time to step up and follow protocol, for the most part, we do a pretty good job.”

Did any of the people holding those signs go on to have a successful TV show and be considered a serious candidate for president?

Ironically for Huckabee, Iran is home to the largest population of Jews in the Middle East outside Turkey and Israel itself.

Does anyone have a sense if these sorts of issues are just as rampant in nail salons in the wider New York metropolitan area? My parents live in a town in Bergen County, NJ, which has literally twelve nail salons serving a population of around 10,000 people. My sisters and I always used to go get our nails done when…

Thanks — I thought about changing it, just because Iker’s saga made me so fucking sad lately, but I’ve decided to keep it as a remembrance of better times. :(

Ah, ok. I’m doing a PhD in History, and I’ve had some issues as well, which is why I was wondering. Mine are usually with students that I teach, though, and less with the department itself.

Are you in a STEM graduate program, or in the humanities/social sciences?