I’m afraid I have to disagree with the footbinding. My great great grandmother had her feet bound, and she was Hakka! But Hakka also have a saying, that even if men take the spotlight, the women are the ones doing the real work. So I could see a choice in Hakka as a celebration of the hard, unseen work of women.

Not necessarily. For some cultures and religions, one's soul inhabits every organ of the body and organ donation is akin to wanton possession of every person saved from said organs. To that person, not only are you unable to move on to the afterlife, but your soul is split into pieces and will affect/harm other…

Damn it. I had worked so hard rushing my way to the voting booth, too. I'm in actual tears. Maybe next time, Wendy Davis...

I've always kind of loved the idea of proposal photos. My boyfriend and I have discussed it and he's mentioned all kinds of ideas to throw me off, from fruit loop rings to Parisian strolls. But one thing I definitely want is someone to capture the moment for when it happens. I hope he reads this. *hinthint*

What? $200??? What travel is that going to buy you? Come on, be decent human beings and reimburse her flight in addition to that.

Thanks for the source. I can only provide anecdotal evidence as I spent some time in China a couple of years ago visiting family, but I did notice that despite those numbers, people are still thrilled to play with children and have their children play with strangers - as long as they watch closely, I guess. But I…

You know, this is why it enraged me so much when that woman was arrested for leaving her child in the park while she went to work at McDonald's. In China, completely random strangers pick up children on the train/bus/sidewalk, play with them, show them things in their bags or coats, then put them back with their…

My ex-boyfriend constantly demanded I spend all my time on him, then would turn around and accuse me of being a 'docile submissive Asian girl' when I wasn't supposed to. He'd try to guilt trip me for going outside and making friends (some of whom were boys!!) and then say that because I went outside I wasn't really…

I love my mayor. Annise Parker is seriously one of the most active people in our city and everything she does only ever helps. If she ever decides to go further in politics I'd follow her the entire way. If only other people would realize that not all Texans (or indeed, Texan cities) are conservative, LGBT-phobic,…

This is pretty awesome. I don't shave my armpits either, and it baffles me that some people think that armpit shaving is a thing across all the world in developed countries. With the huge influence of Western media, of course it's growing, but I do love seeing this sort of trend.

Could not like this enough. Obviously this then takes into account of whether or not the clinic has a right to enforce that, or whether they should give education as to why it's uncomfortable, and what you might be blindly setting up for your child, because, let's face it, we can say all we want about rainbow families…

Though, again, the main point of my comment was not my personal appearance, but the fact that people become ingrained in the idea that men's attention to a woman's appearance is something she needs to overly concern herself with, which is relevant because people think that men's attention to any of her accomplishments…

Alrighty, please continue being offended by things that I never said. I never once said that I'm just soooo cute and beautiful that I just can't help it if the boys flock to me, it's such a curse to be beautiful!!!! I said that I don't care what my decisions do to strangers. I put on makeup, wear cute dresses, put in…

This, so much. Somehow I can simultaneously spend $50 at Sephora and $100 on neuroscience textbooks, but I'm only doing the science for show, it seems, as long as I've got that lipstick on. Of course, a woman isn't equal to a man until she is basically a man. Except sexier.

Ugh, I know. I'm trying my best to kick that out of her, but there's only so much one can do. She'll get there on her own, I just have to remind her of what's important. (She's gay, though, so it's certainly not envy, haha)

I can't tell you how liberating it is, to not care! I used to constantly worry about whether people liked me, or if I was too weird, or if my behavior was 'giving the wrong vibes'. I can express myself comfortably now, and without all the anxiety, everything feels more in place because of it. All the people who think…

No, I think you're getting it pretty wrong. First, for this to be a humblebrag, I have to see men's attention as something worth bragging about. It's not, because I don't care. It is relevant to the article because my little sister has internalized a culture wherein women must monitor their behavior based on the…

I wish my otherwise feminist teenage little sister would understand this. She pulls me aside and whispers loudly that I'm 'making' guys hit on me, and when I complain I don't even realize it's 'my fault'. Honey, I don't give a fuck if my 'cute nerd act' attracts all the boys and 'causes' them to hit on me. I'm gonna…

Why would you feel sorry for their patients? They just said that it was all in good fun. Plenty of scientists and academics like to indulge in silly bullshit, knowing perfectly well that it's all bullshit and doesn't actually mean anything in their work life. What makes you think that they would force this stuff on…

I've taken it twice and the first time I got Slytherin and it bothered me so much that I took it again, taking into account other parts of my personality. I got into Ravenclaw for my troubles, and I am very happy with it.