I'd be furious at the doctor and her mom for enabling and encouraging her illness when they should be helping her, or at least getting out of the way.

couldn't help thinking of this clip (don't mind the Spanish subtitles!) Pretty crazy how young Nicholas Hoult and Dev Patel are here, eh?

presumably, those it applies to find the term way too much like it's some funny, incidental quirk about them, rather than an integral part of their identity. Also, my guess is that we assume the trans community has gone a lot further towards reclaiming the word than they actually have. If they say it's still…

damnit—I knew you all were up to something, and blatantly hiding it from us Mudblood- halflings, in plain sight, too! Please excuse me while my WASP half goes off to pout about not being the center of the universe for once...

we *all* know that Joan Rivers is a senile bitch who induced her own brain damage with all that head surgery :p

oops! I should've known something was up with the cleaver. I just imagined Morello as the perfect Snow White in my head, so I overlooked other details. Still doesn't seem a good fit for Mendoza. She needs a more recent character who's got a bit more agency and opinions to express. As someone pointed out before, this…

what's the dark coloration on Morello/Snow White's arms? She really is the tragically perfect old school Disney princess—she already looks like Snow White—no hair or makeup changes, just slip on the dress and we're good to go! If she went blonde, she could also be Sleeping Beauty-the perfect image of a princess in an…

she was getting married right after graduation? o_O

there is something to be said for being routinely exposed to a variety of germs in small quantities, as nail biting might do, for building up antibodies, no? I recall articles here and elsewhere not long ago warning us of the dangers of using too much soap/hand sanitizer, or otherwise being just too clean. I wish…

I've been guilty of picking/biting cuticles and not the nails before. Even the times when I didn't bite my nails for months and let them grow into inch-long claws (mwahaha! At least they stayed stick-straight, and didn't start to curl) the skin around it was never completely safe.

is that sortof like the sensation you get from smearing Elmer's school glue on your hands, waiting for it to dry, and then peeling it off? That feels amazing!

no side-eyeing here, but that does sound terribly painful! The few times I've cut my toenails too short, it's hurt like holy hell, and I had to wear socks full of moisturizer around for days. I generally go barefoot or in sandals as often as possible during the warmer months, so my feet are really rough and dry-a…

if I'm unable to bite them for a long time (working in the dirt, playing with long fake nails, etc) I find my teeth chattering or knees shaking instead. In other words, my mom says I look like a junkie.

pick your lips with your fingers or teeth? If my hands are literally covered in dirt, I just used the toilet, or some other circumstance when my hands are just too dirty to put near my mouth, I'm definitely guilty of biting my lips or the inside of my cheek, which looks just lovely and feels like a charm later :/

it really is an insanely hard habit to break! I'm pretty sure the only way I could quit in full is to take up chain smoking instead—I remind my parents of that whenever they give me grief. If and when I ever have disposable income available (hah!) I may attempt hypnotherapy, and see if that does any good.

just to clarify, is the general assumption that "millennial" and "adult" can't coexist in the same person? I'm 30, which makes me an early millennial. The only people really in a position to call me a kid are those at or near retirement. I'm not an especially responsible or mature grown-up (and like to think I still…

thanks for the clarification—my knowledge of protocol is rusty at best. I recalled the part about full knowledge, full consent, and do no harm, but forgot the part about the spell being directly related to you. Like many [groan] I read a bit on it in high school, and not much since. No disrespect intended at all. I…

apparently that's not unheard of with neo-pagan spell casting. However, I'm pretty sure witches are only supposed to use their own menstrual blood, or that of someone they're already deeply close with—the personal bond to the source of the blood is supposed to hold some metaphysical/spiritual significance. It ain't my…

don't tell me, he was in med school specializing in gynecology and needed a sample for lab?

was never that organized. It did make the occasional croissant or scone I bought next door that much more satisfying, though :)