A lot of people are upset at the hypocrisy of it, since InBev is buying up craft breweries left and right that are successful in their own right. In fact, one of the breweries they bought last week (Elysian) brews a pumpkin peach beer. So it's a huge slap in the face to the breweries they now own.

I think it has a lot to do with the fact that contemporary Western women don't actually know their bodies that well. (The reasons for this are myriad and complicated and somewhat beside the point, but nonetheless a shame.) The idea that you can observe your body and know what's happening hormonally is a pretty foreign…

Too bad you didn't copy/paste that super-legal assertion of your image rights into your status bar.

Laugh all you want, but I've used the symptothermal method for three years and counting to avoid conception, with no problems or even scares — this despite weird and unpredictable cycles occurring pretty regularly. As a bonus, I always know exactly when my period is going to start, no matter how weird the cycle,…

The point of tracking actual physical cues (like basal temperature and cervical mucus) rather than just counting days is precisely that the body doesn't trick you. There are certain inescapable, universal physiological changes that go along with the changing hormone levels involved in ovulating. So even if you…

Hahahah exaaaactly. "I see you're too busy to cater to my whims! You're definitely going bankrupt soon!" "Mmm, okay, we'll take our chances."

That's beautiful. So much of the problem is douchebags getting away with this type of behavior over and over again. Good for your manager for standing up to them!

This is my favorite response, too. Retail, restaurants, whatever: "Well, you just lost a customer!!!!" Great! A+! The best possible outcome of this situation is you never coming back ever again. Glad we had this talk.

Thanks for your reply and your civility — I apologize for my snippiness. I've had too many people on this site insist that they are experts on Catholicism because they went to Catholic school as a kid, and my multiple degrees in the subject have no relevance. So I get defensive too fast sometimes!

I thought it would be fairly clear that I am very familiar with both recent and more distant Catholic history and development. None of this is news to me. I was initially responding to your assertion that JPII is a polarizing figure. Whatever the expectations of conservatives upon his election, his actual papacy…

I'm not sure what you're referring to as the modern creation...? My point is that Western society's hang ups with sex are due not to Catholic theology, but a Protestant and genealogically Puritan legacy of distaste for the material body. The prohibition against priests marrying is a matter of discipline (the "rules…

It's not at all true that Catholic teaching views sex as solely for procreation and pleasure as sinful. As far back as Augustine (not exactly known for his pro-sex views), the Church understands sexuality [within marriage] to achieve the goods of both reproduction and marital intimacy. Pope John Paul II, in his…

Yeah, I thought that one was the sanest one we've seen so far. Basic outfit guidance, not too controlling on hair and makeup, and some cute asides. I'll give it a solid B+.

Oooh. Yikes. Yeah, that'll get you suspended from pretty much any job, frankly.

Well, it's possible it worked well for you — and I certainly hope it did! But I've heard too many horror stories from people about how terrible the match was, and this from ladies who have lots of experience judging shade matches. It just seems cruel to say to someone just starting to look at foundations, "Here, let…

I can't speak to the clothing aspect, but if you don't know anything about makeup, being told to use 1) the foundation that the "Color IQ" machine at Sephora arbitrarily matched you with, 2) the first Naked eyeshadow palette, 3) Nars Orgasm blush, and 4) Vaseline on your lips, you are going to look like a glittery,…

The strips are expensive, but a basal thermometer runs about $10 and is a one-time cost. And there are numerous methods of fertility awareness that involve no technology whatsoever, and thus are effectively free. (These involve a bit more training/teaching at the outset, but have equally low failure rates.)

Fertility awareness methods (NOT the rhythm method, which is calendar based and terribly unreliable) can actually be fantastic for dealing with irregular periods, since they allow you to track your body's physical signs in order to pinpoint where you are in your menstrual cycle. I use the sympto-thermal method and…

To be clear, the technology involved is generally as simple and inexpensive as a basal thermometer, which typically runs $10-$15 in the US. It's not free, but it's far, far cheaper than the Pill or physical barriers like condoms or diaphragms. Also, there are a number of fertility awareness methods that involve no…

Yeah, this isn't so much a specifically religion thing as it is a deeply patriarchal and sexist thing (though of course those two things often coincide) — e.g., the fault for men's sexual sins lies not with the man but with the woman who "caused him to fall." So it becomes women's moral obligation to do whatever…