I do not belong to the monogamous universe of zero sum relationships but I find this truly disturbing. I am 50% of the way through the complicated procedure of getting a short term volunteer gig helping vets with traumatic brain injuries and amputations. I am doing this as a first step in a longer project having to do…

That was my immediate thought, this is likely someone who gives alcohol to her son to medicate him against the malady of being a 4 year-old boy. It's just plain toxic to kids who are growing. For my child, I don't restrict the act of tasting things to know what they are but she also know what else is a huge glass of…

I am personally worried about health and safety when I encounter drunk people. I cannot stand the electively handicapped. Why drink? Last weekend I chose to ditch drunk people in the most expensive city in Europe not even knowing my way around at 2am and quite penniless considering. This was a better situation than…

You are not looking at the right thing. They PS out the underarm hair, the arm veins, the boney bumps on the collar area. The models wear underwear in some shots and this needs to be taken out too. Generally the most noticeable change is the skin 'deporization' and tone enhancement which, if badly done makes women…

I have been writing to sell self-protection to women for many years (my spouses teach sex-positive modern self defense techniques in a feminist environment) and it is profoundly brain killing to do because the problem is not the fact that women don't take enough self-defense classes, it's the fact that it's…

Kids can never have too many moms :) Why does a situation that involves two women be polluted by adversarial comments and ideas about competition. I work in two-women teams all the time, it's the ideal configuration of partners in my mind. We are not competitors for beauty, credit or attention, we are teammates on a…

But that is the thing. Lindy West can write however she wants. This is her chosen angle and her humor. I am guilty of talking to people in a coddling way... this is treating them like they are fragile and stupid morons... ***It's all the same*** but it's lame-ish. When I decide to talk in a strict, forceful,…

I grew up in a profoundly misogynistic home and this attitude was passed onto me by my mother. Obviously it took a long time for me to undo all this 'education' but reading this reminds me that there are still so many children who grow up with moms who dole out the hate on women probably within earshot of their girls.…

While some of this article sounds augmented for dramatic purposes, I do not get the having to lie about being single part. We have to get off this all or nothing jealousy people have when it comes to sexual or romantic attention. If a sexy man tells me he is in a relationship then my first reaction will be to think…

This is not sex work it is kidnapping, slavery and rape.

I wanna do way more than just listening to Neil deGrasse Tyson!

I'm ashamed to admit I followed the link to this article, mostly because I didn't get the reference. But, nope it's actually another Doug Barry article which always contains at least one puke-worthy reference or link. WTF! Who comes up with this and what self-respecting person would do it? I just...no. NOOOOOOOO!

Maybe the Obama kids are well adjusted and their parents don't need to organize elaborate expensive splashy birthday parties to flatter their egos or 'make things up' to their kids. While detractors constantly say the Obamas are the way they are because they must secretly be the complete opposite, I see people who are…

Great tutorial. I've been spying Project Runway for years trying to figure out how this is done. Will definitely put it in practice.

It is sad that because of the nature of the situation, it is less likely that women would get together and class action sue these mofos... because what they are doing is fraud and for women who have additional health risks it can also be construed as fraud that can cause irreversible physical damage. In the end I am…

That is the saddest part of it all. 50 Shades does nothing to help women find bliss. I can understand the attraction but the story itself comes from fantasy and in reality a BDSM relationship (or a regular relationship that includes power exchange and power play) requires much skills and compatibility (explored…

I adore Girls. The first season of Skins did something really cool. It introduced you to characters, let you form your opinion and then completely shock you with the reality of their everyday life and how wrong your assumptions were. I totally dug the whole 'crack spirit guide thing' and the pantless attack!

I've been in Martha Stewart University for 25 years and I consume almost none of her products (just the content) BUT her products are well designed. I love things that are not too trendy because trendy doesn't age well... I can look at the first MSL magazine and not feel like I'm looking at something 20 years old.…

Congrats! Nurses hold one of the most important jobs in the world and bring humanity to the depressing process of getting medical care.

I have an issue with the commodification of beauty as something entirely cosmetic that must be purchased rather than the old meaning of beauty which is more holistic. Makeup has always been a way to enhance sexual desirability throughout history and the modern industry of cosmetic beauty (and its million niched…