That makes sense. I still think it was worth the hype but I did have an advantage not having any preconceived notions about it.

A co worker of mine who was black was shocked when I told her that I (a waspy strawberry blonde white lady) didn't wash my hair every day because it's not good for it. She said "I've never heard a white person say that!"

What is "entertaining" about serial is not the death. Or her murder. There is nothing exploitative about it at all. What was riveting about it was the process, the journalism, and the fact that any of the facts are really really really hard to come by. I liked that I didn't know what anyone looked like, there were…

I don't listen to pod casts either. I stumbled across it on a road trip when my step dad didn't want to listen to music. It's REALLY great in the car. I listened to almost every episode in a road trip. We actually missed a turn off because we were so riveted... it was worth it.

You know what I think is boring? Not liking something because it's popular.

"I haven't listened so I have no idea why you guys like this crap... that I haven't listened to."

I just can't agree with this "one-sided" thing. Serial was one of the most objective and interesting things I've ever listened to. Investigative journalism at it's best. I thought of it as a pretty thorough and systematic objective research about something EXTREMELY interesting. It was entertaining but she was just…

My friends who have had them recommend getting the non hormonal one. They liked it so much more because ... well, it doesn't mess with your hormones! I am petrified of them but I think they're the future of birth control.

10 months is definitely the majority of a year.

especially since you're basically pregnant for 10 months it almost is a year.

Well... she's not actually that big. Yes she is small etc. and about to pop but this is what women tend to look like when they're 9 months pregnant. We're just not used to seeing it.

Americans are strangely terrified of natural birth and have been made to think that midwives are voodoo doctors. It's slowly changing though.

I've cut down a lot but I think I may have to cut pig and cow out all together. It's going to be really hard but I feel so guilty when I eat it. Maybe just a couple times a year...

I promise you that it F'ed ME up along with many other things in our culture that loves the long tall and lean proportions.

I don't need my doll to have acne but having human proportions are a good start.

I think you're buying into the "Girls like it so it must suck" schtick. Dolls spark the imagination and help with learning social cues. Little girls and some boys too love dolls and there's nothing wrong with that. They're very important. More important that they look like a realistic ideal not an impossible ideal. I…

when his wife is she's the horniest she'll ever be in her life?... sure.

Wow. You're right. That is perfect. It even gets funnier the second and third... and maybe fourth viewings.

Oh my gosh I am having this exact problem now with my boyfriend and it has been killing me! Don't know if I can get along with someone who looks at me blankly or incredulously when I talk about my point of view of what it's like being a woman, or talk about politics/feminism/my job. It's strange but I'm so glad I'm…

It wont be like that forever they're just completely immersed in the early years. I imagine if someone was getting their masters degree or Doctorate they'd talk about that all the time for a few years and it'd be annoying too. Hopefully for you they branch out a bit soon...