You're right. There was a case that ended involuntary sterilization as a punishment for crimes but for the average civilian there was never another challenge even though some states practiced it through the 1970s.

I have to second that book. I read it after I discovered my university was home to one of the top eugenicists (Harry Laughlin) and was just shocked after coming across his records. I also liked "Better For All the World: The Secret History of Forced Sterilization and America's Quest for Racial Purity" because it…

My parents would insult me and call me stupid and lazy after not finding a job forever. Then they started looking for new jobs and suddenly realized it wasn't me, it was the economy. This was 2007-2008 and my the end of 2008 my dad finally shut up about me "needing to hit the pavement and walk the streets" and…

During my teen years I was the former and now I'm in the process of converting to the latter. It is so hard to move past the hoarding behaviors of parents and my parents are very low on the scale hoarders. They keep everything but they keep it all in boxes in the basement and garage. When I was moving out, I threw…

My Kashi cereal says 1 serving = 29 wheat cubes. I much prefer cups and such to me picking out pieces to try to follow the rules.

I wet to one themed as "Come dressed as your favorite artist or work of art". It really wasn't that bad but people stared, probably because it was in a public park. If any of you saw an interesting wedding circa 2007 in San Francisco where the bride was given away by people dressed as American Gothic, that was my…

I switched over to Yaz generic and pay $10/month at Walgreens in the Midwest. My insurance keeps trying to convince me to switch back to their mail order system but the cheapest they can offer me is $50/3 months and I'm not a foolio.

You're in for a long flight then. He'll be splitting the next one up over winter 2012/2013 so he can do anniversary specials.

Buying this and creating a placenta mold for my Twilight: Breaking Dawn party! I wonder what flavor little Renesmee will be.

You really don't want to bring a car into the city. If you're going to be in the popular tourist spots, consider just walking or taking the El. I chose a centrally located spot for my recent trip and only took a taxi from my hotel to a Cubs game and caught one back from the Blue Man Group since they're both on the…

With young kids, stay on site. Get to the parks early, especially visit any park that has morning extra magic hours where you get in 1 hour before the real crowds. Stay until lunch, then head back to the hotel for napping and swimming. Head out again around dinner. You could do evening magic hours (an extra 3 after…

I did a similar internship in my local courts. I will say that my legal support team was very good about following through on cases despite mental illness claims but they mostly refused to take them to trial, settling with probation and anger management classes was their favored approach. We had several attorneys who…

My theater had it too! During the "men have fought for it, battled for it" I leaned over and whispered "vaginas" to my husband and he shook his head. Then when the ending was revealed he was just as shocked as I was that I was right.

Confession: When I was like 13 I bought the soundtrack to that movie. Too bad I didn't have reliable internet then or I would have been all over the music video.

Seconding this. My friend is in Afghanistan right now and she said that she'll take that heat over Missouri's. The body armor is another story.

The worst is when you let your dog out at 2:00 AM hoping to catch a nice summer breeze and instead end up choking on the 80% humidity. I'm so done with this shit.

I recognized her name from LJ too. smchyrocky was her username.

I really hate that people hate Tara. She was a non-entity in the books and in the TV show she's such an improvement. The only thing I dislike about her is how Alan Ball, infamous troll, always gives her the worst shit. Season 4 might be her turning point. Might. If Alan Ball takes a long nap or goes away forever.

Well, I'd say it's a double dose of race+gender but I agree. People like Lafayette more than Tara because she fits the "angry black woman" trope while Lafayette fits that "gay bff" ideal. Without the intersection you don't get the double dose of hatred from the fans.

The rape scenes between this season and last have been handled so differently.