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This sounds awful, and a lot like a gyno that I used to have. Especially with the STD screening question: why does my asking that get me a whole load of judgment?! Shouldn't she be praising me for being thoughtful and proactive about my health?

Random query: does the pap smear test for yeast infections and other minor vaginal health stuff like that? Or should I ask my gyno to test for that specifically?

Mind mentioning what parts came off that way to you? The chapters about her summer theatre pals definitely touched on a lot of topics related to gays and lesbians, but it didn't read that way to me.

Everyone's naming awesome ways, but just to reassure you: NYC's also just a really tough place to meet people, at least from my experience there! If you went to college there, you might not realize how much it can sometimes be tougher than other places—both cities of similar-ish size (like Chicago and Philly) and much…

My bad! But seriously: go you.

Sorry, lady, I've never used in that way, seen anyone else use it that way, or heard of anyone getting a job from it—which is kind of crazy when I think of it. Maybe all my acquaintances are lazy? Because I figure, if no one's getting employed from it, why the hell does everyone have one?

3:30 AM??! Shit, girl. I thought 5 was bad.

This is adorable.

I always haaaaate that feeling after a break! I went into it thinking, "Two weeks? What CAN'T I do in that amount of time?" and now I'm wondering where the hell the time went. I was gonna get ahead at work! And deep-clean my apartment! And get a haircut, for Chrissake! Ugh. Guilt.

It makes me sad to realize that kids never understand how much their teachers—even the ones they thought treated them so terribly!—really, really hope that their students succeed. When I run into a kid who acted out in my class and he tells me he's looking at colleges or has a great job, I practically float home.

I'll say that as a teacher, I so much appreciate when students correct me if I misspeak. I'll also say that as a teacher, the times that a correction has been right is roughly 3% of the time. (Think of yourself as a 7th grader. Did you REALLY know everything there was to know about U.S. History?) Full-class…

That's the worst! Someone who I'd been casually hooking up with on the regular for about seven months just got into a super serious relationship with a girl, like a week after the last time we last hooked up, with no heads-up to me at all. His Facebook is all pictures of them snuggling together at restaurants. Ugh. I…

I know, I'm being kind of stubborn with this, too! I think for me it's because I like it when people propose specific plans—let's go to your place, let's go to this specific bar, let's see this movie at this time—because that gets me much more excited about seeing someone than a generic, "Wanna hang out?" I…

Other people have raised the point that the industries dominated by women—media, publishing, the arts—tend to be more based around unpaid internships than those dominated by men. But I also wonder how much the sheer numbers of women in unpaid intern roles is affected by parents being more willing to financially…

To call it an imposition suggests that the person who's getting the invite doesn't have a choice. It's not rude to refuse to allow someone to come over to your apartment until you're comfortable.