You're so right. People need to just deal with these things. I mean, atypical grief and depression and mood-disorders haver existed throughout time but in the past people just dealt with those things. And that basically worked out, right? I mean, yeah, some people committed suicide, and some people killed their…

Definitely! But this is something that the AutismSpeaks people (who are VERY powerful in the disabilities world) have been pushing for for a long time. It's more $ for them. And, though I'm not sympathetic with the anti-AutismSpeaks Autistic Supremacy nuts, I admit... AutismSpeaks is the Smog of disabilities research.…

Ha ha. You're welcome. It is a pretty good phrase. BTW, have you read anything about the effect of computer screen lights on sleep wake cycles? Basically, looking at a computer screen in the evening can disrupt your body's production of melatonin and thus destroy your sleep-wake cycle. It can actually help a lot just…

I'm in the same situation. I have two female friends from way back who I've done a lot with over the years with whom I can no longer do those things because of their weight. It is, in their cases, the fact that they have underlying physical problems that make having extra weight on their bodies untenable. Other women…

Oh. Well that makes sense. I think you get more cult-leaders/guru types in organizations that are more social justice oriented, though also maybe environmental justice oriented. They're the guys that really really like to speechify, that always of the fire of God in their eyes, that demonstrate their commitment to the…

I always link this article on posts about Susan G. Komen for the Cure because it talks about the other reason I despise Susan G Komen and her henchwomen with every cell in my body. http://www.lastwordonnothing.com/2012/02/08/kom…

What about the cult leaders/gurus? I know that that's a small (mostly male) subset, but isn't it an important one?

But surely you admit that the best is "True Facts About The Tarsier"?

Thanks. Jezebel is so full of shit when it comest to their reporting on anything in the Middle East. You'd think they count on no one having actually lived in or travelled to these places.

What are you on? Seriously... what are you on? Academia is WAY worse than the business world when it comes to this shit. Anyone in my field who has any real knowledge of who the key players are knows which male professors at which top departments only mentor women they've fucked and which professors at which top…

What do people have against dalmatians on Tuesday? I mean, dalmatians on Wednesday, I get it, cause... no. But Tuesday?

Doctors aren't generally "nice" to ANYONE who isn't a mature, white male with $$$. The stunts Doctors pull with young women of ALL sizes are unbelievable. I've seen so many of my your female family members and friends be denied care because their non-sexually transmitted diseases were supposedly sexually transmitted,…

Maybe it's because I'm currently living in a country where trafficking is a huge problem, but it just astounds me that people aren't recognizing that many women don't make the choice at all. Many women throughout Latin America and Africa and Asia leave their home one day to go to school, to go to the doctor's, to go…

When your reaction to the news that women in regions in crisis may be at risk for sexual exploitation and trafficking is "Hey! Let's remember that sex work is not inherently bad!" then you have reached the event horizon of privileged ass-hattery. Seriously, what a myopic, self-centered reaction. I understand that the…

I think it would have been nice that Dirtbag opened with the CZJ story if Anna Breslaw had been respectful... or even decent. It would have sent the message, "Hey, we support people who are dealing with this real illness and dealing with it responsibly." But Breslaw really showed her true colors here. Taking out that…

It's a good rule of thumb, and not JUST for sex stuff. Because there's so much that will land you in an SVU episode. Not installing carbon monoxide detectors. Not vaccinating your children. Not spaying and neutering your pets. (Ok. I haven't seen that last episode. But I'm sure it exists.) Really... just live your…

Reuters: "A mother who persuaded her adopted teenage daughter to become pregnant by artificial insemination because she wanted a baby for herself has been jailed for five years in Britain, in a case that raises concern over how easily donor sperm can be obtained."

Oooh. You're are RIGHT.

Well, historically, environmentalism is racist. Especially if you go back and look at environmental protection movements that proceeded "environmentalism" as it was coined in the 1920s. During the 19th century environmental protection movements were built around the idea that the environment itself could be civilized…

Honestly, environmentalism has always been a rabidly chauvinistic and racist movement. I'm sad that we're destroying a lot of ecosystems that would otherwise have lasted a longer time on this planet too. But whenever I meet a guy who is an "environmentalist" I prepare to run in the other direction.