I could not get through 'Metamorphosis. Something bugged me about the main character.

And on Oedipus the King: "The incest part and stuff bummed me out." :(

I'm glad she was okay, sounds like she will have a difficult time with an idiot for a parent tho.

Rosa Parks: My Story (Original Draft)

Yet another problem that would be solved if only we could do away with corporate personhood.

I don't know. My sister's husband's neighbor's wife got her kid a vaccine, and it gave their kid ebola. It's not really the same as autism, but if they can give a kid ebola, y'know?

I'm only letting my kids get organic vaccines just in case. Because it's my kids.

people shouldn't have to grow up not having the language to understand who they or other people are.

I've said this before and I'll say it again: there is no acceptable breast size - you're either told to get padded bras/push-up bras/water bras/etc or to get a minimizer bra/separating bra/etc. Your breasts will always be too small or too big. It sucks for everyone.

This is good - thanks for sharing. We all need to learn to accept our assets. As someone who has had the opposite problem all her adult life being landed with industrial crap sports bras that look like some kind of Communist architecture and friend's fathers mentioning my cathedral bosoms aged 15 (like I KNOW) -…

Hello all. I go to Fond du Lac High School and actually did the artwork for this story. I worked very closely with Tanvi Kumar when she wrote this piece and can honestly say there is nothing she could have possibly done better. (I'd also like to give the highest praise to our wonderful instructor, Matt Smith. He…

Intro: A close up of a woman's ass— she is wearing a tight business suit and walking through a dusty field where well oiled wildcatters put work on a fracking rig.

Limited sleep is incredibly damaging to the body.

The problem with the "what's your excuse" tag line is that it pre-supposes that every one wants & values the same thing (or that they should want or value the same thing)- i.e. achieving their personal version of Fit Mom's body. It follows from that presumption that if one is not actively pursuing that goal, then one…

No, I'm a scientist and I actually think that the misuse of antibiotics is a huge public health issue, and along with anti-vaccination idiots, the sort of nonsense that's probably going to end our civilization. But trying to teach the American public science is harder than teaching a dog Cantonese, and so faced with…

To be fair, I think there were some females toeing the line on that one, too.

You know what I use to "detox"? My liver and my kidneys. You know what I don't use? Anything involved with the words "homeopathic" and "detox"

Such an under-appreciated movie.

It strikes me this is probably the only site anywhere on the Internet running this item where it's safe to read the comments.

The only people who don't get why representation matters are people who have never wanted for it.