Have you ever talked to someone about rape, though? Someone who doesn't frequent feminist blogs. There was an incident a while back and I was talking to someone in my lab. He said, "I don't know, I think she was just embarrassed and said she was raped." I took a deep breath and replied, "Well, there's a whole lot of…

I posted about it upthread, but my sister's college tried to implement a program like this. It was met with pure hostility.

And then there's my little sister's college, that tried to hold an anti-rape education program for young men during freshman orientation. What happened? Conservative media outlets flipped out, started blasting the college online, and most of the men walked out when they realized their ID cards weren't being collected.

Obviously, it's a horrible costume. She's an idiot. No question. I just find it ironic that sooooooooo many people defend their right to make rape jokes**, but this is where the NOT OKAY line is drawn.

Yeah, I grew out of my baby fat in high school and the change was astounding, but also super depressing. It's why I'm still a little too focused on looks and weight and always deeply insecure that I'll be thought of as ugly.

1. This song is pretty much "Birthday Sex" but worse.

I was thinking about this on my way home from work today (medical researcher), and went through the same thought process. As a news story, it's very easy to sell the immediate conclusion of "someone's not getting treatment, so they will die" aspect, but the whole process of clinical trials, regardless of individual…

"You're like the second person I've ever really been with."

This study makes me so happy. Finally a way to reconcile people's anecdotal HAES stories and the anecdotal evidence of obese individuals suffering from ill health effects. Science!

I've actually heard that grade inflation is insane at some Ivy League schools.

WHAT IS THIS I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!!!

She was wearing an Equipment blouse in Haiti too. Whuuut.

I grew up in a small town in PA and I can see some of the similarities. It's souped-up, but still familiar. The biggest thing I would note is that Pawnee seems to be more the size of an entire county, rather than a town, based on how much stuff there is to do.

It's not impossible—Go Fug Yourself writes about clothing with shaming women's bodies all the time!

Lolz, 300 sandwiches =/= love.

Hey—questions about intersectionality ahead!

Oh this is absolutely the way my SO and I talk to each other when we are having disagreement. I don't really see the problem? It helps me express how I'm feeling without directly implying blame. Example: "I feel like you don't realize how much stress I'm under" vs. "You don't understand the stress I'm under." The…

Oh, absolutely. I'm working to get into medical school now, and it's terrifying to realize that future doctors, with all the power they hold, are just people. But god, you'd think they'd find a way to weed out the abusers (seriously, this guy was horrible).

I know someone currently enrolled in medical school who gave his girlfriend an eating disorder thanks to his constant verbal abuse. What the hell.

Oh Ann, you beautiful tropical fish. I'm going through a rough time and I'm re-watching season 3. I'll be sad to see them go—I hope the show ends on a happy high note rather than drag along (like Scrubs).