Congratulations on your new addition to the family, and I'm so glad you had a depression-free pregnancy and post-partum period! I'm sorry that you are experiencing symptoms again, but don't let anybody shame you for taking care of your mental health, especially with an infant to care for as well. (I don't know if…

For anyone on an SSRI or other libido-dampening medications, it may be the case that unless one is willing to occasionally (or regularly) engage in maintenance sex, the sexual relationship could well wither and die altogether. It's not ideal, it's not convenient, and the situation can suck a lot, but for some of us,…

No problem! I, too, find early Christian history to be fascinating. (Obviously.) The process by which religious communities produce, use, acknowledge, interpret, and/or canonize texts is incredibly complicated . . . and never finished! I think it's also worth noting, however, that the process generally isn't just…

Well, there's no univocal "they," so that's not really a question that can be answered. Early communities had different traditions and often different texts that they considered canonical, especially in the first centuries after Christ, before an official canon of scripture was decided upon. Mary is consistently…

Basically the Imperial Russian Fappening.

Actually there's nothing about Mary Magdalene being a prostitute in the Bible at all. It was solely a later tradition (like, centuries later) that grew up around her, based mainly on extrapolation from other unnamed women who appear in the gospels (e.g. the woman caught in adultery, which is still not prostitution!).…

This is a really great point. Everything gets smoothed and blurred in the ads and catalog, so they vaguely resemble people with a normal percentage of body fat, just...smaller, with less circumference (except for the boobs, natch). But when you see them live, it becomes clear that maintaining that tiny circumference…

Really enjoying the back alleys of Santa Monica's starring roles here. More music videos should prominently feature car ports.

Nah, I'm with you. #intoit

Our 11 year old Golden has teeth all broken off and worn down because she used to dig up and chew rocks in the garden. Just straight up chomp away at them. Why? Why?? It remains a mystery to this day.

This looks generally terrible and beardless Robb Stark looks, like, weirdly predatory with his blindingly white teeth. That said, Her Majesty Cate's looks in every single clip — hair, makeup, wardrobe — are GIVING ME LIFE.

A good friend of my husband's was on the calling end of an almost identical 911 instance, except it wasn't from home — it was from the shoulder of the freeway in the middle of the night, where he had pulled over when his wife insisted "PULL OVER NOW, IT'S HAPPENING, WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE IT TO THE HOSPITAL." He said…

It's one thing to read instructions and another to communicate calmly, clearly, and reassuringly to a woman who is (understandably) freaked out and panicky. I'm sure she made everybody, mom including, feel less terrified about the totally unexpected situation of delivering a baby on the living room floor! Someone…

I saw this comment so I was braced for it and I still welled up the second I heard that little wail. Damn you feelings!

That's the beauty of it! There's a perfect match out there for everybody, just waiting to be loved. Hurray for rescues!

Look at this lil cutie! Someone adopt her immediately!

Poor babies!!! I hope they get adopted by loving, SANE families who will snuggle them all day long.

Here's the link to the bra from the shoot, if you're interested! http://www.secretsinlace.com/product/Coquet…

I think vaccines are one of the most important human discoveries of the past several hundred years. They are vital to human flourishing and healthy societies. I've defriended and blocked acquaintances on social media for perpetuating anti-vax myths and misinformation, which I find deplorable. That's one more reason…

Thanks; I've read the Snopes piece, and it doesn't entirely put my fears to rest. (Check out my replies to ISpeakJive for my responses.) I strongly agree that rumors like this can cause needless deaths, which is abhorrent. But I also think that we need people willing to stand up and expose possible abuses in medical…