Hahaha thank you!

Thanks! There's an REI nearby I'll have to go get some!

Thanks! I'm in Southern California. So not as “at-risk” as Texas and Florida but still within the “danger zone.”

Her statement is amazing. I don’t know that I could’ve written something so moving and eloquent in her position. And that he kept saying it was consensual and that she was awake and blaming it all on alcohol? She must've wanted to kill him listening to all that.

Seriously. How the fuck did WE get stuck with the “crazy” label?!

That makes sense. And actually makes it more depressing. Pregnant woman doing the most to avoid danger and the danger is their significant other...or ex.

I'm so sorry about your friend. Her poor son.

I'll let you know. I'm pregnant right now. Stupid Zika.

Oh, my bad! From what I read it stays in the sperm for up to 6 months after the infection is gone. But they don’t know yet if it causes longer term damage.

UC Davis had a public symposium with experts from different fields regarding Zika and one of the most alarming things was that entomologists suspect that our common mosquitos (culex something) that are basically everywhere, could be carriers and transmitters of the virus as well. Apparently they aren't common in South…

Yes. Because the man could infect the woman during her pregnancy and then the virus seeks out the placenta to attack it, and then the baby’s brain.

Dogs with blue eyes scare me.

Bette Midler is always so thirsty and embarrassing now. Ugh. I'm just gonna go watch Beaches and remember when she used to be cool.

No I agree. It seems tone-deaf. I don't always like Amy but she seemed so sincere after the shootings. This is just weird.

It is scary. I'm not making excuses for what this guy did, it was horrific and premeditated, but the blog post they mentioned isn't a rational mind. Like he obviously had paranoid delusional about this professor (and possibly the other people on the list). In mental health there's a theory about some illnesses called…

I agree. I went to a religious university for grad school that prided itself on being open to international students (my friend attended a different school). Although I'm not religious myself I do think having the church influence was helpful for the international students I knew. At least in my program, all of our…

It’s difficult. I was a social worker in California so I won’t speak for other states but basically...you can’t make someone get mental health help unless they want it. The only thing we have is a 5150 which is an emergency involuntary hold that can be designated by law enforcement and mental health professionals.…

Don't they have a kid together? I'm intrigued! Why do you think it's fake?

Yeah I agree, they feel the need to defend it because it is also their own reaction to tragedies that happen to strangers.

Yup. I legit thought of her. She stole his life.