I think its more likely that women who don’t fit (either in style or physical appearance) society’s feminine standard have a head start on realizing that they also don’t fit into the expectation of heterosexuality. Being gay is really hard in most places, and if you’re a conventionally attractive woman who’s happy or…

Haha, okay, sure. And most heterosexual men are super fit and attractive, of course.

Also, she’s not being forced into a gay marriage, which is more like the war analogy. People with religious objections to being in the military still were legally required to support the war effort in some ways, like compulsory rationing in WWII. You didn’t get to say, “Nope, I’m a Quaker, so I can buy all the sugar I…

I have celiac disease. Gluten-free soy sauce is very widely available, and many brands are now gluten-free (although some don’t overtly label themselves that way) because of both the increased awareness of celiac and because American companies are often producing more of a bastard child of tamari and soy sauce rather…

Well lots of soy sauces are gluten-free now and that’s really the main thing you have to worry about.

I get what you’re saying, but I’m bothered by the idea that students should have to go into the military or transfer schools to get a decently priced education.

Putting aside undergrad, there’s lots of reasons why PhDs have student loans. In many disciplines, your Master’s degree is unfunded, unless you’re lucky enough to go somewhere that combines the Master’s and PhD. While most good Phd programs are funded, that might not cover all your expenses in reality. Columbia, for…

What’s horrifying about an informative article detailing a procedure that may help with problems many women suffer from? Childbirth isn’t all rainbows and water births sometimes.

Unless of course, corporate dictates that shifts start at 9:30 or 9:45, in which case by the time you clean the milkshake machine it’s already 10. Yes, I agree that it’s stupid, but I doubt that the writer or her coworkers had anything to do with it.

And even if some people do, that doesn’t mean it’s the wrong choice! It’s like Huckabee lives in this tiny little world where he’s never had to make a difficult decision.

Sadly, yes.

Actually, it was big in Cleopatra’s day. These things come and go.

To be fair, barley and rye also contain gluten, and sometimes wheat starch is used to thicken things and it might not be immediately obvious from the menu. So it’s not inherently stupid to ask that an apparently-wheat-free item be gluten free.

I don’t think you actually read what I wrote.

Boneless wings should not require any specialty knowledge.

Except:

Being polite doesn’t automatically make your request okay.

That person is my mother and that’s why I no longer go to the movies with her.

Go with really good joke to preserve your sanity.

It sounds like the spoon was used by a cook but accidentally placed near where the clean spoons were.