Simple photographs like this are better at convincing me true love is wonderful and powerful than all the Julia Roberts/Meg Ryan movies combined. I was getting teary yesterday over a picture accompanying a DOMA article with two ladies getting married while holding their daughter. The world can always use more love.

I feel you. I have some family history of endometriosis and worrisome periods. My last two insurance plans would only cover testing for it as part of fertility treatment if I was actively trying to get pregnant. So, I wait and see, I guess. But I worry, because I am one of those women whose known without a doubt she…

I have to agree. Sure, I remember being really annoyed by that line in the Mindy pilot, and, yes, Lena Dunham's character can be painfully self-loathing (but I'd argue she is just as often smug and over-confident, a dichotomy I find endlessly endearing.) BUT I would never say that Retta on Parks & Rec has been defined…

You're so strong. I'm sending some positive thoughts your way. Hope all goes well.

As an older sister, I can vouch for this statement. Actually, I just texted my brother earlier tonight calling him out for not being registered to vote (I took the liberty of looking up his status with the registrar) waxing poetic about responsibility and adulthood, yada yada yada. I'm sure he'll ignore it but I just.…

That's f-in' monstrous!

"Shaming behaviors make us feel superior to that other person, as well as communicate to them that we wish they'd be or act differently, without us having to actually talk to them in an adult way and take responsibility for our own feelings. The same way teasing is so often rooted in hostility, shame takes its energy…

I came to the same conclusion when I decided I needed to stop eating when I was bored (not that I am overweight, but because so, so many publications and people told me that it was a very bad thing.) I quickly realized this means I just don't eat for days and then when I realize I need to eat something right now or I…

I enjoyed this immensely. Thank you to you and your beautiful family for giving me a genuine laugh on such a loooong day.

Oh, and their comment got deleted. Rightfully! Yay!

Beans, you're lovely. This person with the foul username is lost, confused and apparently not capable of reading more than a sentence.

I once had physical done by a really great latino physician and while he had the stethoscope on my back he asked "Do you have a dermatologist?" "No, why?!" I asked, shocked he might be seeing some sort of throbbing cancer mole on my back I'd have never seen. "I don't know if you realize," he said with serious concern,…

I'm sorry, it sucks you feel taken for granted. Dr. Betchen, Ph.D didn't exactly make a strong argument for seeking help from professionals, did he? Stay strong!

Guess what Dr. Betchen? When I go to the grocery or Walmart (ugh, especially Walmart) when not on my way to or from work, I purposely wear the plainest, formless clothes I own BECAUSE I DON'T WANT STRANGE MEN COMMENTING ON MY BODY. Those times I have to run in in my work clothes are the worst; I guess my sensible…

I have quite a few friends who struggle with this same problem (one of them always just answers "American".) Then again, I have other friends who love the opportunity to talk about their unique heritage. I guess you really need to get a feel for the person before you ask something so personal.

One of the most talented nude models for my college's art department had a limb deformity. She could hold the most dramatic poses for hours.

Great story! Thank you for sharing.

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