Idina Menzel talked candidly about dating as a [choke, sob] single mom.

I regularly have to inject meds into myself, but I don't think I have ever been squeamish about it. For those that have them, phobias are understandably quite scary and distressing.

I don't think people are assuming that all doctors are men. Being a women does not make you immune to implicit biases related to women - these biases can end up effecting treatment even where doctors and nurses do not consciously treat men and women differently. Disparate treatment need not be the result of…

I think it's pretty clear from my comment in the post (which is not "flippant" unless you want to dismiss the very real point I and women like me are trying to make) that doctors do this all the time. Especially to women. Sure, you can call it "malpractice" or whatever. But my point is this is the norm for a lot of…

Receiving emergency treatment within 3 hours of symptoms can be a critical factor in surviving a stroke. Please get yourself or a loved one to the hospital immediately if you notice something amiss.

I think you need to visit a therapist as soon as possible. It is the only thing that will help you deal with your anger issues. I have had issues with anger issues and therapy helped me enormously.

I was 12, and I attracted myself.

I like to think I'm fairly forgiving about text communication but there is seriously nothing that kills my desire to sleep with someone faster than receiving "?????" or "Hello???" if I don't respond to a text quickly enough.

Ever? Really? If it's a long term, serious relationship and we see each other regularly, it makes sense for someone to break up with me in person. If we've been seeing each other for four months and getting together involves 40 minutes of driving or public transportation, I much prefer to be broken up with over the…

Umm, you can actually be pretty certain - we have a mnemonic for things we like to cover solo with teens: HEADDSS, i.e. home (do they feel safe), education (doing okay in school, show interest in at least one subject), activities (getting enough exercise), drugs/drinking, and sexuality & suicidality/mental health.…

The thing is, doctors need to know certain kinds of information that kids are sometimes reluctant to share in front of parents. A doctor's job is to care for your child's health, not to help you parent.

I don't think it works that way. I think animated child porn will whet their sick appetites and not just satiate them. In fact, access to it legally might make it seem more normalized. I would argue that its existance is more of a potential harm than a potential help.

Let's look at consequences. The worst thing that can happen if a caregiver talks to your child out of your earshot is that your feelings might be hurt, and you might have to talk to your kid about your moral beliefs and/or why you don't feel they should have secrets from you.

That's actually not quite true. Although all mental health professionals are mandated reporters, actual reporting requirements differ by state, particularly whether you are in a Tarasoff state, with a duty to warn law, like California, or one that is not covered by Tarasoff, like Texas. Attraction to children is…

All the hospital wants is five minutes alone with your kid to talk to them about condoms and also prepare them as a blasphemous and unclean vessel of possession for the Dark and Glorious Prince Azazel, Lord of Flies and Master of the Earth, may His shadow grow to encompass all the misguided servants of the false God…

On the other hand, 16 year olds can drive cars with all the responsibilities and possible accidents from said vehicles, can get jobs, can start planning and applying for college including Head Start programs that give them actual college credit and are on actual campuses, but aren't allowed to talk to doctors about…

I'm going to be blunt: He is an abuser. He is definitely abusing you verbally and emotionally, and it sounds like he could escalate to physical stuff. At any rate, this is a VERY unhealthy relationship and I think you should walk.

All right. Now that I'm finally home, here's that response I promised you. Warning to everyone: it's about to get loooong-winded and rambling and has nothing whatsoever to do with makeup or plant biology.

Ha! But at least they're on the right side of the issue. It's better than if someone misread my post and was like, "Lol, autistic people suck, you should work in an office." If I worked in an office, who would sing me his self-penned song that goes: "I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot the amputee"? (15% chance…

Luckily, I don't have to dress to impress HeLa cells...