I came here to post a (far less eloquent and extensive) version of this, and then I saw your comment. Exactly!

To me, Cleopatra and kimono princess are really different costumes in that regard - the first is of a specific person (who happens to be from a particular time/place), while the other is of an entire group of people. I think that if a kid decided to go as Lady Murasaki, spend the night telling stories, and wore a…

I think that the only way that I would not find this offensive if it were published as part of a spread looking at different body/face modifications, and if the editorial was conscious of avoiding anything evoking yellow-face representations.

I think that what bothers me about this isn't the idea of being fantasized about itself. Frankly, exceptions made for family and fantasies that made me afraid for my safety, I would find such thoughts both really flattering and really hot.

My first thought as well. I'm not advocating for this sort of thing, obviously: I think that this site is inappropriate etc., and I totally agree that telling someone is an invasion of privacy and that I would probably be creeped out if someone did that to me... but a sizeable be happy to find out that I was…

Same thing here! My doctor had me try all kinds of lifestyle changes (cutting out caffeine, migraine irritants, etc.) before suggesting that the pill might be responsible for the increased frequency of headaches and migraines that I was having. She was pretty cautious (I was on a low-dose, non-combination formulation)…

I am also finding myself much more aware of the different dimensions of my menstrual cycle than I was before going on the pill (or, obviously, while taking it). Ovulation isn't painful, exactly (though it is a bizarre sensation), but I can totally feel it happening; I also get very clear fluctuations of all kinds over…

This! Yeah, circumcision might help reduce transmission rates, slightly. Condoms (as well as a host of other options that are less effective than condoms but still more effective than circumcision) definitely do help to reduce transmission rates, and by a dramatic margin. There are many changes that need to be made…

Very similar situation here: I can see what people are on about, objectively, but I don't and will probably never really get it because of whatever collateral of the westermack effect it is that says that you can never be attracted to someone you saw much of as an awkward teenager, and who reminds you of other people…

This!

C terrifies me. I'm in Canada and have a big family history of breast cancer (among others), so I could easily get the test for free, and have good reasons to go for it. But if it does turn out to be positive, I will be unable to get health insurance, life insurance, long-term bank loans, etc. for the rest of my…

I like how much better (in the video at least) the inmates are at handling the kitteh than the guard is.

I think that the monkeys in Harlow's experiments were exposed to conditions so extreme and unlike what they would experience even in the worse-case scenario in the wild (where a fully abandoned baby would just die) that they don't really say much about how early stress affects psychological development in the long…

Apparently latex allergies can intensify into an allergy to most fruit and many vegetables (lettuce, apples, etc.) because there is a little bit of naturally occurring latex in fruit. As someone who is allergic to latex and to only one or two veggies, this terrifies me.

Yes - I think that the idea of offering the clandestine brownies is good, but only if the other students actually get to make a choice.

Interesting! I'm French-Canadian, and my grand-mother used to sing a song with the exact same tune but different words. Hearing it in the show was creepy, albeit surely substantially less-so than if the words and accent were right!

I also find the photo really unsettling, but not because I see nudity as inherently sexual.

Ha! I lived in Montreal for a few years, and still spend a lot of time there, and I can't stand the cheek kissing. I have yet to get used to it, and still sporadically end up hitting the person on the head/kissing them on the mouth because I haven't mastered the proper approaching angle.

I bled the first few times that I had penetrative sex. I had also bled (dramatically and much) the first few times that I used tampons, years before I started to have sex. And I bled when I got my first pap-smear. Hopefully my hymen is finally fully vanquished.

Pretty much this - I'm relatively light, but people usually guess that I weight more than I do because I don't wear the weight in socially accepted ways (hello saddlebags!). This site just reinforces my beef with my body shape. I'm not sure if the problem is with the website (people posting to compare) or with my…