Please link to that report that says PP declined. In my experience, reputable non-profits know how to abide by restricted grant rules (and there's no way Komen gave to PP without restrictions). If, in fact, SGK is pulling funding due to restriction violations, they would have said that and avoided this shitstorm, and…

Seconded. Plus, at least in my limited experience with non-profits, once a restricted grant has been awarded, it can be revoked for violating the restrictions (like using the money towards something it hadn't been earmarked for), and depending on the terms of the grant, there can be other fallout as well like having…

My second year at a Catholic middle school, they finally started allowing the girls to wear the same uniform pants and shorts as the boys. It was awesome. When I wore the skirt (which I still had to do on church Fridays) it attracted all sorts of creepers when I would walk to school. What was weird was only a few…

An estimated 11.2 million women take oral contraceptives in the US. Multiply that by those rates and you start seeing why 1.5x more can be considered practically as well as statistically significant. In addition, not all doctors thoroughly screen their patients for risk factors (for example, only 1 out of the last 3…

Thanks for the tips! Now I'm off to You Tube and a beauty supply store for some styling clips!

Any tips on how to use the Sedu clipless curling iron? How long does it take you to curl your hair with it? I just got it, but I can't figure out how to use it - like, even basic tips about how many sections to separate my hair into would be super helpful! I'm a total hair styling novice - before November of last year…

Any tips on how to use the Sedu clipless curling iron? How long does it take you to curl your hair with it? I just got it, but I can't figure out how to use it - like, even basic tips about how many sections to separate my hair into would be super helpful! I'm a total hair styling novice - before November of last year…

Slightly OT (and not meant to be taken as encouragement of this post's irritatingly American-centric tone), please enjoy this video of Hugh Laurie and Ellen playing a game of American slang vs. British slang.

100% agreed. I read a lot of fairly old books, both American and British, when I was a kid, and part of the charm was the newness of the language and mental images of a culture that I had never experienced. It's also why, without any studying, I scored a perfect on the verbal portion of the SAT (Dickens in one hand,…

Jealous of your seasonal lifestyle! I too have a closet full of coats, but so far I've only made it out to visit my partner's family in New England during the summers, so my coats just sit in my closet, neglected and forlorn.

Living in LA, I always feel excited to finally break out my "serious" colors (navy, black, grey) during "winter", but by the time noon hits and it's 75 degrees, I always feel like a misplaced east coaster.

I make mine in a fuzzy logic rice cooker, on the porridge setting. Takes about 45 minutes, and if you get a cooker with a timer you can set it the night before. The steel cut oats taste way better (and are more nutritious) than instant or quick-cooking oatmeal. I make about two batches at a time - about a 1/3 cup dry…

California resident here as well - and this is exactly how I feel about her as well. I think she's a smart woman and well aware that her feminist/liberal credentials gave his election campaign political cover for his misogynist behavior.

If that was all there was to it, I'd be 100% on board with you. But he also groped numerous women - if he were anyone but Ahnold we wouldn't even call it groping, it would be called what it is, sexual assault. So I do judge her, especially since she supposedly considers herself a feminist - and the argument can (and…

Well, except for all the women he groped. (I know one of them, she certainly felt abused, first by Ahnold and then by her manager when she tried to complain.)

Saw this for the first time today on TV and didn't really get it. I assumed that maybe it was a before/after duet highlighting her weight loss, but since I didn't see that much of a difference in her weight I just had NO IDEA what was going on. Like, her before just looks like she's not styled as much (ill-fitting…

Number one thing I've learned about law (and taxes): if it's logical, it's probably not in the tax or legal code.

but how else can one month's salary last forever?

people hate to think of themselves as "working class" - it's pejorative in the US. When I was a kid I heard that 80% of people report themselves as "middle class" in the US. It's what people aspire to - and what's sad is that it's aspirational to be able to pay the bills and supply oneself.

Seriously, whatever brand this pen is, this makes for an awesome(-ly gross) marketing opportunity.