IUDs, birth control pills, barrier methods, etc., all prevent conception. So which birth control methods would this make illegal?

The top end of the size range only has two bras to choose from.

Two.

I only wear front close bras these days, because I hate dealing with bra closures in the back. It’s always a wrestling match and I’m just done with that.

WHY IS NOBODY DRESSED AS A LITERAL TENT? It ticks all the goddamned boxes.

Traditional ideas of electability went out the window with Trump. I agree that the GOP, because republicans these days generally skew right wing authoritarian, will fall in line behind Trump because it means holding onto power, and because he’s the leader. But lots of people who voted for Trump aren’t Republicans, and…

Everybody said Trump wasn’t electable, either. Going on “electability” is not a great measure for choosing a candidate these days. People should choose the candidate in the primaries that they genuinely think will do the best job and speaks most to their values (understanding that no candidate is perfect or will nail…

Also the progressive pro-Bernie guys who are all over my FB feed complaining that they can’t hug women or flirt anymore, and how that’s all women’s fault (along with how it’s going to be women’s fault if a woman gets the Dem nomination and Trump wins again, yada yada). Three of those just this morning!

There’s a moment, or series of moments really, when you realize that your kid is developing into a genuinely awesome human being, and today has been full of those moments. It’s good. 

I am gonna be the odd one out and say I think an alcohol-free wedding is fine. If people can’t enjoy an event without alcohol maybe they should skip it!

We also had a really small wedding. My mom wanted to invite all of her church friends and our extended family, and I put my foot down and said no, immediate family only. Otherwise it would have been a 200-300 person wedding with my family making up the vast majority of it. We were paying for it ourselves, and it was…

WTF?? That’s nuts.

You apparently missed the first part of my comment which said wedding crashing is creepy. And also seemed to have missed the entire point. My point is whether it really costs any more to feed a wedding crasher or two, given that costs are usually set prior to the event and there is usually a lot of extra food, not…

I had some unexpected +1s, but it was fine in the end for us.

I was an unexpected +1 to a wedding before, but it ended up being how I met my husband, so I couldn’t really complain about them at my own wedding!

Not that I’m in favor of wedding crashers, because... creepy... but does it really cost any more to feed an interloper or two? These things are usually paid for in advance, according to RSVP, and there’s often a few people who don’t show up, so that cost per head would go to waste (and doesn’t get refunded). If it’s a…

One thing about this that is very disturbing is how the teachers didn’t STOP this immediately. It shows how easily people can be made to knowingly allow fellow human beings to be literally tortured and abused. Any of these teachers could have stood up at any moment and demanded this drill be stopped immediately. They…

There’s no evidence that active shooter drills actually do any good, and lots of evidence that they do real psychological harm to students (and probably also teachers and other staff). Now add physical and psychological torture to the mix and you’ve got some teachers who will undoubtedly have PTSD from this scenario,…

There’s no evidence that active shooter drills actually do any good, and lots of evidence that they do real psychological harm to students (and probably also teachers and other staff). Now add physical and psychological torture to the mix and you’ve got some teachers who will undoubtedly have PTSD from this scenario,…

A relative of mine posted an article about how vaccines didn’t actually do anything to end the spread of disease, indoor plumbing was entirely responsible for that. I was like, plumbing was an important advancement, but so were vaccines. And she just would not trust any of the mountains of data that prove the efficacy…

Thanks!

My ducks are still running all over the yard, but after years of being convinced that I was finishing this all for nothing, I’ve started to think that maybe there’s a chance for me. From what I hear the first two years are the best shot at getting a FT job, and after that it gets a lot harder.

I’m also…

This week I successfully defended my dissertation, and am officially Dr. SmartyPants! Woo!

Also, an academic publisher is already interested in my work just from reading my abstract, and I’ve been invited to submit manuscripts to a couple places, so that’s also exciting. In a couple weeks I find out if my proposals…