Ok, so I know this isn't my shitty boy name (which would have been "John David" and is not that bad, if a little Alex P. Keaton-y), but with others talking about family naming traditions, I cannot help myself.

I know this is a simplistic statement, I know there are mitigating factors that keep this from occurring and I know that other measures are absolutely necessary for enacting widespread change, but my seriously-what-the-fucking-fuck brain is just screaming:

Sounds like dyshidrotic eczema. I had an experience with it just before my partner had to leave the country (his visa expired) and I had to propose my dissertation, apparently intense stress can be a trigger. Little to medium-sized skin bumps, when/if you pop, filled with liquid? Itchy? Get worse/hurt under water…

Have you thought about doing your actual wedding separate from a family event? My guy and I want the party part, but don't like much about the traditional wedding system, so we're going down to the courthouse a few days before, making it legal, and having a "show" for others, that we're basically planning to be about…

I know that feel. It's really confusing and difficult to process and I'm sorry you have to deal with it. There's no way to explain that something that goes into a weight loss decision making process is how awful people can make you feel about your body. Losing the weight doesn't undo that trauma, nice words now don't…

Sure! There are tons of ways to get into the counseling world (an MSW or DSW are also counseling degrees, but the social work curriculum is different), it just depends on your passion. Clinical programs can (and do!) turn out first class researchers and therapists, but the field is totally widening and there are ways…

For a psychology-related discipline, specifically, or some other? I can only speak to the psych stuff; I'm in a research program at a large, state university. My program requires that you complete an M.S. on the way to your Ph.D. (this is not the case with all programs, some only offer to the Masters level, some feel…

I am absolutely no expert on intervention for sexual assault on college campuses. I do study contributing factors to and attitudes about sexual assault, usually in a college population, but unfortunately, my discipline (social psychology) is very good at identifying problems and contributing factors, but does not…

Is it just me, or does this woman look like Carmen Carrera? (Former RuPaul's drag race contestant, current trans* activist/model/actress). I think it is the makeup that might be fooling me, but somehow I thought "huh, that seems about right, she'd totally wear giant fake eyelashes in the desert."

I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's at 17, I've been on synthyroid/levothyroxine (I think these are just brand vs. generic, may have slightly different filler materials, but hormonally identical) since. I haven't noticed symptoms specifically related to my thyroid (full disclosure: I have other autoimmune conditions, so…

I think I mean "move on" in a couple of senses. Some of me hopes that, if I talk enough about where I know some of those scars come from, they'll become easier, more fluidly integrate into my life and sense of self, and when I think about then I won't automatically respond with pain. I have been a major depressive…

I think I've always hoped that someone would see me and want to save me, without me having to say it. It's hard to balance what I know to be true about life and people (that is that they will help, but they're not mind readers and need information about what you need) and what I want to be true. I am also of the…

Is it a "no, I will not ever be comfortable with this toy," or a "I am not currently comfortable with this toy"? If it is the second, I would really highlight that. My fiance and I are pretty experimental, but I'm usually the one who wants to pull it back a bit and I think we've really benefited from blanket honesty…

Indeed. What is this nonsense? :P

This sounds a little like a job for "The Professor Is In": It's Ok to Quit

If I'm not mistaken, that is Jennifer Hudson, not Kelly Rowland.

It's a murky methodology; I'm familiar with data that comes from the Bureau of Justices Statistics (like the National Crime Victimization Surveys) here's a link to their methodology section, which describes how they get the data: http://bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/ncvs_methodology.pdf

I use makeup as an escape/hobby, so I've ended up a "collector" when I didn't intend to be. Here's what stays in regular rotation:

I realized this week that I feel like myself at...maybe 12 years old, so I should not be allowed to make adult decisions. My brain ceased to age somewhere around middle school and seriously we're just gonna have Reese's peanut butter eggs for dinner. So far, I know I can accept the illusion I have created that I am an…

Dermablend is an intense formula, it will cover tattoos and heavy birthmarks. Kat Von D Lock-It tattoo concealer is also a heavy, creamy formula designed for maximum cover. Make Up Forever Full Color Concealer is my go-to for every day, since my major issues are more like pinpoint concealing; it is not quite as heavy…