This makes sense. Good luck with your own finals!

Heh, that's what worries me about the not talking. I really want to just say, hey, I am sorry that I hurt you, the guy and I are just friends, and you're too important to me for things to be weird over this. The longer I'm not allowed to talk about it, though, the more I want to tell her that I didn't actually do…

I value her friendship a lot, which is why I'm so stressed! Normally I would talk to her about these things, and she's been there for me through some really crappy stuff over the past couple of months.

I've never been in a situation like this either! It sucks! She has, however, so I think it's extra-sensitive for her, and on top of that, her love life has been pretty crap for awhile (to be fair, so has mine, but I had a boyfriend for awhile that I hated, so that somehow means I am winning or something). It is super…

You guys, I am a giant ball of stress because of finals and, you know, life. But I need advice about a continuing drama in my life. Or maybe I just need to vent, who knows?

Seriously, FIX THEM. Guh!

My undergrad did this every Tuesday! It. was. Awesome.

The HPV vaccine prevents against the types that cause 75% of cancer and 90% of genital warts, so those four strains are pretty important. Other strains simply aren't harmful.

For clarity:

True! If you're exclusively breast feeding, you're in pretty good shape for about six months. After that, or if baby is sometimes eating solids or other foods... welcome back to the fertility lottery!

It's definitely related to access! But I guess all that abortion restriction and terrorizing providers is effectively reducing rates of abortion. To no one's benefit. Thanks, Mississippi and friends!

Hmm, I didn't really get a slut-shaming vibe from this. To be fair, at this point, women have the most contraceptive options and abortion surveillance data doesn't capture anything about the, uh, paternal agent.

I giggled for a good minute about that one. Love it.

That's why I'm okay with it. Actual douchebags are irritating to vaginas, so it's a satisfying analogue for irritating humans.

For me, being called a dick and being called a douchebag don't have quite the same connotation. Being a dick implies being sort of a terrible human being to some degree (cruel/aggressive/inconsiderate), whereas being a douchebag implies inflated self-importance and a lack of self-awareness, which isn't necessarily…

But now that it's been said, he has replaced Mance Rayder in my mind. Cruel world! I want that!

I've been catching the women's gymnastics online as well, and was pleasantly surprised at how much I learned from Shannon Miller's commentary and how supportive she is of the gymnasts and the sport. I even appreciate how patient she is with her co-commentator, a really pleasant British man who knows even less than I…

This is probably true. Just looking at him would probably get me off the once (only once!) though, as long as he didn't talk.

Seconded! Theon probably spent a lot of time smoking up in his room in Winterfell too, so I guess it makes sense.

I really enjoy the show, too, and the hate is a little confusing. The characters are flawed and frequently downright asshole-ish, but I don't think we're supposed to think they're paragons of young adulthood. Clearly, they're not. They are, however, hilarious and you can see that they're growing as the season…