I know about service dogs, not seeing eye dogs specifically, and ten is on the outside for sure, but some dongs work when they're older than ten. It depends on the activity level of the handler and the physical condition of the dog. I have a golden retriever/lab mix now, and she's in great shape, but I doubt she'll be…

Well the trick is to get a healthcare law on the books and then add to it over time and defeat special interests one at a time. If you try to put everything in one law its almost impossible to get it passed, but its easy to make additions to a law once it is passed.

Stuff like this reminds me why the Affordable Health Care Act doesn't go nearly far enough. For a brief moment I thought we were on the historical brink of changing healthcare in the U.S. forever when the rumblings for this began. I had great hopes for a healthcare program that was for everyone. When my beautiful…

I think people making accusations like that and silencing those who have experienced extreme things like this is a self fulfilling prophecy. Because you throw shit at it every time you hear it, you keep people from speaking up. Even when you say "I will give her the benefit of the doubt" you do so explicitly in order…

Because boys and men aren't told the same thing with the same amount of emphasis that whatever happens to them while intoxicated is THEIR FAULT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM.

If you're telling them not to get drunk with strangers, I don't think that's misogynist in itself, because it's sound advice. Even if it's a woman surrounded by other women, getting pissy drunk in a group of people you don't know isn't a good idea.

It's victim blaming.

Whoa.. I don't think I've ever seen a TERF in the wild before.

Well if nothing else it proves that feminism can't be reduced down to yes and no answers about relatively arbitrary things with no context. Much like everything in life.

I'm impressed by the PSA and the young women who produced it— it's pretty spectacular work for 13-year-olds. I don't blame them for this— given what they've probably been exposed to in terms of education on the subject— but I have to say I'm also disappointed to see eating disorders AGAIN represented by a girl who is…

On another note entirely, I'm having a very hard time imagining how a tale of a woman defrosting and preparing sixteen frozen meals could be fun to read.

Yet another white guy that's part of an institution with SERIOUS problems, don't forget.

That headline was a little confusing. I read it and thought the rape was directly tied to the burglary charges. But the headline worked...click.

I'll probably get a lot of shit for this, but I completely agree with you. I've known far too many people who have been through the same hell, and the common factor is always much older guys who prey on teens. There is a immense amount of maturing that happens between 16 and 24, and there is no reason why a man in his…

Word. My own TMI is upthread, but I also had a 22 y/o boyfriend when I was 16, and to this day I still have bitterness about that guy—who should have known better at 22—entering into a relationship with me, isolating me from my friends because he "didn't like to hang out with immature kids", and basically just…

Perhaps she feels uncomfortable being friends with people who do things she finds immoral? I agree we can debate whether this is immoral all day, but there are certainly flimsier reasons to end or limit friendships than objecting to your friend's moral behavior.

Intoxication kind of fucks up all kinds of issues regarding consent so I like to stay away from drunken sex.

Ha! Thanks on the no judgment. :)

Look at how differently seriously ill celebrities get treated. Owen Wilson tries to commit suicide? Sympathy and serious, respectful treatment. Britney Spears? Amanda Byrnes? How long did the papers treat these women as hilarious jokes? Even better, the tabs blame it on their women readers.

Uh, there are plenty of things that doctors advise pregnant women not to consume, like sushi and alcohol. They CAN, just know that there are risks involved.