And then once you do finally start to be able to tell people, you get to deal with the other end of the spectrum as well... it's almost more difficult for me to tell people that I know will be kind about it because the almost inevitable pity and coddling and the way that it tinges their perceptions of you as either…

You don't speak for every trans person. Marco clearly volunteered this information for the Vice article because he felt that it was important. Did you read the linked article? As SweetestPunch said, this story is about the transition - this human was physically a woman, named Erica, and now this human is physically a…

Makes sense, since rock climbing basically employs your own body as a weight - many, many strength training experts agree that body-weight strength training is extremely effective for the vast majority of people, but not all of them will admit it out loud because it's nice to make money off of people buying weights…

Yes, it is difficult. I don't think it's unreasonable for the vast majority of people... if you have small children, they will take up a lot of your time, yes, but you can work exercise into your lifestyle because you should have your kids out playing and running around anyway. If you have a job with long hours, then…

I would love to see a roster of all the non-directionless twenty-something men out there. Seems to me like the vast majority of people in my age range who really have direction are those who haven't changed much since their teens. I'm OK with being directionless if that's the case!

I completely agree, with one small caveat... or not even that, just more of a comment on how this plays into a larger context... as a woman, I find that if I appear more unkempt, I am treated as if I am not capable or intelligent or able to perform my job as well. Thus, I frequently find myself having to choose…

Oh, good, your single anecdote must mean that people with severe behavioral health issues don't actually have extreme difficulty achieving success at their jobs. Hooray!

I am a server. I average 25-30% tips on the weekdays and 18-25% on the weekends. If I make below 20% on average for a night, I get upset, because I work my ASS off - I will literally run through the restaurant in order to get to everything as quickly as possible, I am essential in helping to maintain the restaurant's…

Please remember that:

There have been. A lot. This is about bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. They are not the same thing. People with severe schizophrenia do NOT tend to become CEOs, nor do people with severe bipolar disorder - they cannot hide their symptoms enough to get that far ahead, for the most part.

People keep commenting about psychopaths and the careers that appeal to and work for them... but this is NOT ABOUT PSYCHOPATHY. This is about bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Totally different ballgame. Yes, bipolar can mimic psychopathy at times, but they are not the same thing.

I like to think that being a totally crazy freak whose IUD has caused my menstrual cycle to stop is my way of dispelling such stereotypes!

Sorry, I'm booked for not-anal-sex for several months.

Thank you! I'm so sick of having partners act like it's just inconceivable that I wouldn't enjoy having something stuck up my ass. Like, yes... a little finger/tongue play can be fun, if the other person really wants to I'm not going to say no although I never ask for it... but that is NOT the same thing as having an…

I used to have some stuff like this on my walls. In high school, I spent a lot of time researching human rights and genocide and racism, and participated in trips to a variety of concentration in camps in Europe, was offered a potential college internship at the ICC, saw trials at the Hague, met with survivors of the…

Thanks! You know, I've occasionally thought "maybe I should have a career in the sex industry somehow" and maybe I should go write a sex advice column.

Also, you have no idea what patriarchy means, or what feminist means. Go to do some research.

You really don't get it... I have no respect for your opinion. Not because you're a man, but because you clearly are trying to cover up for the fact that you made a nasty, stupid reply in the first place, that was solely intended to denigrate feminism and feminists and lumped women together as a whole into your…

You know, that was actually my first impression. But then I thought about it for a moment... as queenhobart said, it's not uncommon for people that repressed to really not know such things. Also, have you ever tried Googling something extremely basic? You get a BILLION pages that all say different things, and the…

But that has nothing to do with what you wrote in your first reply. So, why did you write what you did? Seriously, what you wrote before in NO WAY indicates what you're saying here. Also, the concept of "women are awesome and can do no wrong" (which is not something that people here believe, but whatever, let's just…