I have, but now I'm afraid I'll get throat cancer...

Interesting. Do have you always enjoyed splitting hairs?

There are so many typos in this I skipped to comment only to see something about a "precedence-setting Supreme Court decision." First, it's "precedent." Second, it's the Supreme Court. It is their job to set precedent.

Please. Women are much harder on other women than men ever are. It starts in grade school and never stops. Men are much more black and white than women - we either like something or we don't, while women play all kinds of games socially and stab each other in the back. If that's the result of the patriarchy it's…

But internalized misogyny is allllll about intentions. Like, we could just call Sarah Palin sexist, just like Todd Akin, when either one of them try to pass abortion restrictions. But when Palin does it, she's "internalized misogyny", whereas Akin is just "sexist", which makes it sound both like Palin's somehow…

And, Ariel Levy is controversial preciously because of her insistence on accusing other women of false consciousness/internalized misogyny. Huge, huge portions of women - including many radical feminists - consider the concept patronizing, insulting, patriarchal, and designed more to invalidate all counter-arguments…

What's wrong with le snog?

As I've matured as a person and a physician, I approach obese patients more tactfully. I may point out that their expectations for outcomes should be tempered vs other patients. I may carefully inform them during the consent aspects that the risks may be different than some patients. Unless they are extraordinarily…

not sure I agree with your car analogy, but you're dead on that being overweight is coded as low class. I've noticed a great deal of classism at play when educated, highly-paid people (not just doctors) discuss obesity.

In the case of a person with a disorder which may be weight related, an adequate medical history would include food and exercise habits. I specialize in diabetes, and for every Coke-swilling, doughnut-gobbling diabetic I meet, I meet two who have tried extensively lifestyle modifications, or live a fairly healthy…

It seems to me that part of the problem might have to do with the fact that being overweight can actually spill over into a whole multitude of health problems. So while the patient might think, Oh I just came in for my x,y,z, the doctor might know that what ails them might be directly or indirectly related to their…

Oh the irony, students who want the Campus Code of Conduct more strictly enforced are enraged by strict enforcement.

I see your point, but in all fairness, 10 pounds is a HUGE deal in the fashion industry. Monumental, even. It might as well be 40 pounds as far as the status quo is concerned.

VS tends to favor Brazilian or European types & models of color, not Upton's All-American visage.

In the England and Wales, all schools are ranked by a body called OFSTED. This includes primary and secondary schools. You have to be a goddamned mercenary or be prepared to pay big bucks to move into an area with schools that have Outstanding OFSTED. When we moved cities at near the end of the school year, I bypassed…

I wasn't responding to the OP's point about the fairness or unfairness of the internship system, on which I have mixed and myriad thoughts. I was responding to the sentence "It seems to glorify internships and actually accept the mindset that interns should put up with a lot of the bs they get from staff."

"Later, fatty! I'm off to meet Senator George Raftshaftner at the Peninsula Club in my KICK ASS new dress while you sit at home and braid your toe knuckle hair! Right after I take a huge dump. Goddamn Grape Nuts."

FYI, the NYT also put out a story today that she was in the center of a sexual discrimination lawsuit while at Louisville in 2008:

Well, I guess it's a victory for equality of sorts to know that the women in high ranking positions within the NCAA are going to be just as awful and willing to treat their players badly as the men are.

HAHAHAHA! You aren't doing much to combat the "humorless feminist" stereotype by falling for obvious satire.