While a bit of a caricature of Hollywood, and very definitely not universal given who they are, I LOVE the portrayal of the mom-daughter relationship in Carrie Fisher’s semi-autobiographical Postcards from the Edge (full disclosure that I never read the book, but Shirley Maclaine and Meryl Streep are fantastic in the…

That is my aunt! (and maybe me too...). I must get to know this Linda character!

Wow. That’s totally something that every child needs to grow up with :( Well done USA...

I`ve tried to mitigate some of that by buying clothing from a couple of local stores that are actually local designer co-ops (within 5o0 kms, it’s Canada - I’m in the Montreal-Windsor corridor and even we need to expand our definition of “local” given the distances between cities). Anyway, they have a lot of really…

Sure, and I agree with that! That’s still not racism, which is about systemic oppression and disenfranchisement based on specific “race”-based criteria - that’s not what’s going on here.

Pretty sure the Jez comment board counts ;p

Really not sure if you’re being facetious, but also really pretty sure that simply voicing a cartoon meerkat as though it were an ESL speaker is not racist. What it says or does in that context could be problematic, but simply having an accent is not.

She and Anne Hathaway were heartbreaking in Rachel Getting Married...

Right? It`s not like the “information revolution” is something that has only occurred in the last 10, maybe 15, years or so... It’s not like the media and government and other cultural institutions are racially/economically/socially biased and systemically flawed, to the extent that socio-cultural isolation is a real…

Not a health practitioner either but I do work in health policy (including regualtory and legislative files re: drugs and chemicals). Fentanyl is likely being re-assessed as an option after the last few years. From the way you’re describing your experience, I imagine it was at least a few years ago, before all the…

I’m not vegan but I draw the line at gelatin (and don’t eat much pork or red meat overall). There are so many awesome vegan candy options out there, there’s no reason not to make the switch (Yum Earth, Surf Sweets and Dandies are my faves).

I’m not vegan but my family has made the switch to vegan candy - Surf Sweets and Yum Earth make fantastic gummies (sour and sweet) and lollies, and Dandies vegan marshmallows are a revelation. Sorry/not sorry but I do not want melted pig parts in my sweet treats :/

Jesus christ, fentanyl is 100 x more potent than morphine, and it, like other opiates, easily crosses the placenta, how is this even allowed in childbirth?? I had no idea fentanyl was used in epidurals too... I’m pregnant with #2 and I didn’t have an epidural the first time, I’m definitely not considering it now...

Except I don’t even think that’s honest, I’m pretty sure he was all for abortions over the years, and not just those that affected him directly (i.e. trying to force Marla to get one...).

When I found out I was pregnant at 6 weeks, I thought I was only 2 or 3 weeks along (my period is *very* reliable). But it turns out that it had happened the previous month, and what I had taken to be a very light and short period (which wasn’t unusual for me since I have thyroid disease and I wasn’t sure if my meds…

thanks :)

Lol, my “nos” are similar in that they involve the great outdoors, but more related to why I don’t particularly want to (literally) get down and dirty miles deep in the backcountry forest far away from our camping friends and entirely *too* close to potential black bear/coyote/cougar dens ;)

Ha, that’s basically how my partner and I started up. After enthusiastically making out for a bit on my couch one night I dragged him to my room, tearing his and my clothes off, and he kept asking if I was sure - *he* was sure, but was I sure I was sure?? I was sure, and communicated that enthusiastically :)

Snort. “Trying something with strangers” was basically my introduction to sex as a medium-town girl growing up in Ontario in the 90s. I can’t count the number of times I was groped by hopeful, quasi-drunken guys in a variety of situations in my late teens and early 20s (in my bed, his bed, *a* bed, the floor, a couch,…

ETA still not sure I would sleep with him or the others, but I *think* I would definitely enjoy being wined and dined by him...