As someone who handles people’s pee (for pregnancy tests!) every day... we do feel that. For me, sometimes it’s kind of unnerving but most of the time it’s fine.

Ok but threatening to use your power to make a registry of everyone who is muslim and to start deporting undesirable brown people while restricting immigration isn’t just an “insult” either.

Ok.

If Alexis didn’t feel comfortable on either end of the gender spectrum, then I imagine “sibling” would be more appropriate than “brother” and that “they” is more appropriate than “he or she” as both are gender-neutral

It was a math textbook and the student wasn’t mad that there wasn’t a warning.

It’s based on a real story, but mischaracterized to an offensive degree. The student wrote an incredibly eloquent open letter to the dean and discussed how at the age of 9, their math textbook had really realistic pictures of spiders for a whole chapter. They had a deep phobia of spiders, and approaches the teacher in…

WHAT.

Tell it like it is, always. Awkwardness or embarrassment is not a good reason for ignoring conversations about sex and porn.

1) okay but while I’m sure you realize this, it needs to be said that this is an “olive branch” that contributes directly to the suffering of the most marginalized among us. I understand protecting the feelings of our religious friends, but not when it leads to a fourth child for someone who is struggling to keep the…

Someone else said this but a sapphire was the way to go for us. We spent $250 (YAY $100 off coupon) on my ring from Zales and I love it, I love how much we spent on it, losing it would suck but I am not having a panic attack every time we step out in case I’m robbed or I absentmindedly lose it or whatever.

THANK YOU

but all healthcare is all the same. there is no difference between having a wart removed and having open-heart surgery. there is no difference between being prescribed controlled substances and making autonomous reproductive decisions. /s

That sounds terrible and abusive and awful. I still believe that parental permission or notification is MORE harmful to more people, because abortion is such a taboo subject. Removing parental notification is a way to (try) to remove/minimize the impact of adult coercion on the decision to have an abortion. Certainly,…

Hi! Great eye! I never thought anyone would know/notice :) I’m not living there, but it’s where I was born!

Aw, man, thank you, and thank you for restating your point when I was not as patient or kind in my response as I should have been.

Well, but the helms amendment is particularly about abortion. You’re right that there’s a desire to deny young people access to contraception, but particularly in rural and suburban areas. In many urban centers, the government is interested in reducing Black and Latina/o births (like in that ad campaign in New York…

I would be glad to!

I definitely don’t disagree. It was a flippant generalization meant to point out some interesting contrasts (at least from an American lens), but you’re definitely right.

Right? I honestly thought this was a high school student until I re-read the part about them already having a kid. >_>

“I’m too busy dealin with the haterz to actually answer your direct, on-topic question”
“You were mean to me first, so it’s your fault I’m a dick!”
“Everyone’s allowed an opinion and mine is important…

Mostly I’m bewildered. “everyone’s allowed an opinion, gosh!” and “you were mean to me first so it’s your fault I’m an asshole!” in response to people being like “hey now p sure your opinion is based on misunderstandings” is just... another thing entirely.