Interesting! Thanks for the link. I fight like this with my mom and sister too. Good to know it's healthy.

What if you both calm down quickly? When my partner and I fight, we can be super pissy, and then one of us will "break"—either laugh, or say something silly or whatever. Usually I get super hyperbolic with what I'm saying, he calls me out, and then I laugh.

I'm mostly shocked because the trailer I saw looked perfect for sick-in-bed watching, but not exceptional.

Oh, of course not. There’s a difference between being rude and genuinely trying to understand if someone has a medical condition. Some diseases cause characteristic weight gain or fluid accumulation that can look out of the ordinary. Sure, it’s not really any of your business, but it’s natural for people to be curious…

Link to information about "She Fears You."

Speaking against rape culture means challenges preconceived ideas of victim blaming ("what did she expect?") and the myth that women often lie about rape.

Hi, I wrote about it upthread. College tries to hold anti-rape seminar about consent. Conservative media websites freak out and accuse the college of hurting free speech.

It's also the classic "So, by acknowledging rape culture, you're saying the college has a rape problem!!!!!" aka "It's not racist, you're racist for seeing it that way!!!"

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.