this is about figuring out how to allow people in places with less-stellar medical care to give birth safely

So if you get a c-section that somehow helps a woman in Africa get one? Is this like those Toms shoes where they donate a pair for every pair that they sell?

“Restaurant food was decent but I had to provide my own bread and wine. The next day I was nailed to a plank of wood and died. Would not recommend.”

I’m so sorry to hear about this. Suicide is such a confusing event. A prior colleague of mine committed suicide a few years ago and it still occasionally pops into my thoughts. We worked together just out of college in the late 90’s and stayed in touch intermittently over the years....then one day about three years…

I never thought I’d lose a friend to suicide till it happened this winter. She too was the best, brightest, most charming and beautiful person in any room. Perhaps that is what made it impossible to bear the pain and assault on her self image when her marriage fell apart and work got bumpy. Her grad school friends…

I was just talking about this with a few of my fellow grad students the other day. Graduate school is the perfect storm for depression and yet nobody ever talks about it. It’s so frustrating.

I totally agree. It’s worse to let people think they’re alone and that there’s no support or resources. Even if you’re going through the worst fucking experience imaginable, sometimes it just takes one person or one exchange to pull you back from that ledge.

I am truly sorry for your loss. I just had one of my grad students come to me and admit she is in the midst of testifying against domestically abusive boyfriend. Student is a bright, attractive, strong young woman who fights for socially just causes. She is also extremely depressed. I spent time searching for services…

I'm disappointed by Netflix all the time because they constantly take movies and shows off their rotation with no prior warning! You know how sometimes you have a person you sleep with sporadically, and you might go a long time without calling each other, but he's always around when you need him? Until one day when…

I don't think he's better looking, but I do find him sexier and more attractive. Theroux's been on my freebie list since Romy and Michele.

I slow-cooked French Onion Soup for NINE HOURS today so my house smelled amazing all day and it was agonizing but I finally just got to eat the finished product and it was amazing. French Onion Soup is underrated, y'all.

I'm still not convinced that "Featurette" isn't just a shaming word we give to trailers to sexualize and objectify them.

Alternative theory:

Two "used" items I would never consider returning: makeup and panties. I'll eat the cost of my mistakes.

I'm not sure what you want them to do, particularly if you're not "about wearing someone's dirty panties." If we found out they were cleaning them an returning them to floor, what then?!

If I get a poodle I will name it 'Iris Apfel.'

I am so conflicted about the publication of this novel. I was so excited when I first heard the news, but now knowing that she might not have given permission for its publication is really disappointing.

I should have topped you more. :/

Am I the only one who would really prefer it if no one talked to anyone at the gym? We should all be sweating and suffering in solitude. If that doesn't work for you, then get thee to a tae-bo class (or whatever you people are doing now)