I waited for a couple of years past when I should have had my first, and it turned out I had pretty severe cervical dysplasia due to HPV. I really regret not going sooner. Seriously: find yourself a doctor you like and are comfortable with, and please, please get one soon! Chances are everything will be fine, but you…

I live in the Floribama part of FL, and until I moved here I had NEVER experienced this from other white people!! I was shocked the first time it happened, but now that it's happened more than once, I just can't wait to move the hell away from here. Like, do you really just assume I'm also a shitty racist asshole and…

I like this article just for the excellent rundown of period related lyrics and imagery!

My family ALWAYS took shoes off before going inside, but my dad is OCD clean (not an exaggeration- this is an undiagnosed illness. Everything is alphabetized.) Most people I know keep their shoes on, which is dumb and gross, imo.

My old roommate was from PA and used to talk about Shady Maple in the most reverent way. I have always wanted to go.

I commented above that I have a friend named Queen- she's white though!

I have a good friend named Queen. She went by her middle name as a kid (it would be so great if she were on here and could identify herself by this comment), but now totally embraces her unique name. I think its' pretty great too.

Oh my godddd I wonder if we know each other!!!

This is going to sound SUPER STALKY but I think I've seen you mention it elsewhere- are you from JP?? I am, and yours is a pretty accurate description of my childhood. I had enough friends with two moms that I actually had to learn that it was out of the ordinary to have gay parents, not the other way around.

SAME! I'm trying to do the math, but I think for 4 proms my total was probably just over $500? Which includes splurging on my senior prom with a $120 dress, hair and nails (like $30 total) and a limo with friends. This was only in 2006-2008.

If those small companies/any companies don't care enough to close the wage gap, then that's exactly what they deserve. We don't need more companies who don't care about people.

100% agree with your comments (as a fellow Christian with big a problem with hypocrites), but I really came here to say that I love your handle.

Then you are part of a huge problem and are also fucking disgusting.

Yeah... actually surprised about the lack of a TW before those lyrics. I knew they'd be gross but holy moly.

noooooo you can't be serious

THIS is definitely this problem a lot of commenters aren't seeing. Yes, the baggage handler wasn't a native English speaker, and I'm sure once it was explained why this was offensive, he stopped saying it. But, the point is, that this is how he learned it. And this is how many people (including myself) learned it, and…

Oh my goddd this is the best collection thank you for sharing. I have an internship offer from the Harvard Museum of Natural History for this summer which I'm probably not taking, but this is tipping the scales in their favor...

You should read up on the history of American Apparel for some context.

This is like comparing a placebo pill to an actual medicine-containing pill. The energy healing is a placebo effect for making you feel good. The energy healer has no actual ability to make you feel good, so anything you feel is placebo, just like the placebo pills. And just like you'd be getting ripped off if you…

I don't disagree! I was just repeating what I think Vanessa was saying- I thought (and clearly I was wrong, so my apologies) that you were thinking she meant white by light skinned. I agree with you, but I think Vanessa Williams disagrees with us.