Yup. My nine-year-old neighbor was jumping up and down on his trampoline in the yard behind me (normal), when he felt the need to tell his brother, "Hey, hey, are you having a period? Are you? Do you need some Kotex?" (not normal). I am assuming he just found out what those Kotex things his mom keeps buying are, but I…

Blergh. Yeah, that's pretty annoying. Traditionally masculine aspects of a female character: celebrated. Female body parts and menstruation: must be mocked and degraded.

Yes, I was being a bit generous there :)

Nor do they ever mischaracterize the findings the findings of scientific research!

Yes! I had much more problem with the picture of the, what, 12 year old (?) in front of that pink castle than with anything else. I thought I was going to read about a childhood vacation gone terribly wrong. The real story was a truly appalling case of an workplace nightmare, and Jez suggesting it the title was just…

I think it's good to allow for individualism within marriage/partnerships, even if some people would label that as self-centered. The idea of sacrificing all your dreams, goals, and desires for the sake of the family is still highly revered worldwide: the parents who work extra hours to keep the house, the parent who…

I no longer accept this as valid arguing point: "Well, it's traditional. Everybody has done it that way for a long time, so you should just do it." I've had that used against me too many fucking times. When you ask, "Huh, why do you think that tradition got started?" and the answer is just, "Why bother worrying about…

I am sometimes jealous of my friends who come from laid-back enough families to be able to just live together without a constant barrage of rude comments and general drama at any family gathering—seriously. Unfortunately, this was not the case for us. Living together without a piece of paper would have made for an…

Thank you—you said it better, and more concisely, than I could have.

Didn't he also kill an endangered species of deer or something? I remember that. He is a piece of shit as a person; that's true. I tend to just cringe at SRK movies SO MUCH. I liked Swades OK, but he generally only ever plays one guy. Pardes was one of the worst pieces of crap I've ever seen (oh no! the woman is all…

Of all the Khans in the world, Shah Rukh is my least favorite. I love Aamir Khan. Don't think much of Salman. But Both Ricardo Monteban and Benedict Cumberbach make for some great Khans.

If you go to any lab, there will be large signs that say "no sex testing done here" or something similar. Some wealthy people get around it by flying out of country for testing, though.

When I first saw this at the grocery store, I accidentally said, "Bitch set me up," out loud:

Something like that, yes. The most important thing that you do in your day, in the face of all the odds and all the self-doubt and dismissal, is often viewed as little more than than a hobby ("They give degrees for writing?" *snort* "I read an article one time about how worthless those MFAs are, you know"). If you…

I think that to find the actual content, you have to go to the NPR article this is cribbing from.

I'm not sure that was the point, really. I think the point is calling out the author of the paper on going back to 1934 to back up her hypothesis with dubious evidence.

Cue the trolls typing the words "coal mines and the army" in all caps in 4,3,2...

Marion Berry's Marionberry Liqueur.

It's loosely based on the life of a 19th century female saint. I've been at it for a while, so fingers crossed.

Remember when the RCC brought out a female spokesperson to talk about the censuring the nuns last year? Everybody saw right through that. Same deal here.