How many depressed people do you know who murdered their children and committed suicide? Because that's what the extreme end of post-partum psychosis does to women whose post-partum depression goes untreated.

Post-partum lies on a spectrum, and for every woman who successfully manages to overcome it with counselling,…

The onus is on the doctor to not engage with a patient in that way, outside of the office, in a non-professional capacity. Even if the patient was naked and grabbing his penis, he should be yelling for his staff to come and get her off him, not going along with it. :(

Ur, I would argue that trusting a total stranger to be sticking fingers inside you is pretty damned personal, and even more reason why it should be illegal, not just considered grounds for losing one's licence to practice.

I've had to have some very intimate parts of my body seen and handled by doctors and it's _never_…

Well put. It also requires an understanding of the power dynamics and differentials which can make even a 'yes' a coerced response, which a lot of people here seem to not understand.

They also don't seem to realize that post-partum depression (and related psychoses) are severe mental health issues: at their worst,…

Post-partum depression is a mental health issue. She's the victim here, even if both the doctor and her own family have her convinced that she's partly to blame.

Just because it _looks_ consensual, doesn't mean it is. She wasn't in any position to consent, because she really was not well mentally due to her…

I mean, is this not illegal? And if not, shouldn't it be?

Abuse of power by medical professionals is just... ugh, it's beyond creepy. :( If people can't trust their doctors, people are not going to open up about their health issues and the patients suffer. This loss of what should have been an inviolable trust is…

*sigh* And to think, this is exactly the sort of situation that medical ethics is supposed to be preventing, _because_ of the power differential, particularly in a doctor-patient relationship where the physical body's most intimate parts are routinely on display and where people are emotionally vulnerable because they…

Especially if they are pot brownies. ;)

But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - You give a lovely light? :)

You know, I'm liking Lorde more and more now. I totally know what she means about putting on bravado to counter being 'paralyzingly nervous'.

No no, can't you see the obvious difference in saturation in the— just kidding. ;)

I'm sure Ronan Farrow can drive himself. ;)

Mobile LAN party? Sign me up! :)

I've seen a few 'Shops in my time... ;)

Ouch. I haven't really used the computers at the local library, but at least at the main branch in Toronto, there are a lot of them, and they seem to be in pretty good condition and relatively modern, if not state of the art or bleeding edge or anything.

I would, however, add that there are some parts of Canada…

I was glad Detroit's art got saved, but I also think of how many social services could have been funded in the city that people in Detroit desperately need. I know my one visit to Detroit was an eye-opening experience as a Canadian about the kind of Third World-level poverty that exists in the United States, and it…

Also, the $100 3D printer would be affordably cool if it ever comes to fruition:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sa…

I dunno about rich, but: http://torontoist.com/2014/01/3d-pri…

I mean, we can afford a crack-smoking mayor, so I should hope we can afford 3D printing... especially if I plan on making Rob Ford bobbleheads of my own on them. ;)

Even if they just had the 3D modelling software for this out, imagine what we could do if we bought our own 3D printers. I found out recently that our local libraries are getting some 3D printers, so that should be awesome for stuff like this.

Yeah, the caste system makes me sad. At my parents' neighbourhood, they have next door neighbours from India who are very nice... but for some reason, they have never once talked to another Indian family who lives in the same neighbourhood (at least as far as my parents have been witness to). I mean, I don't think…