I'm super short waisted and high hipped and finding clothes and bras is a nightmare. My crotch to waist and waist to shoulders measurements are EQUAL. I was at a nordstrom sale a couple of weeks ago and found two really well fitting bras on sale (32 G or H depending on brand) and decided to try my luck with the…

I don't know what your situation is but my brother is a childhood cancer survivour. We've discussed this issue as adults and my brother is adamant about genetic testing and I agree. There's so many bad outcomes for children we can't catch with testing, if you have the opportunity to test why on earth wouldn't you?…

Someone on Jez recommended PZI jeans for curvy bottoms and I went and tried on some. The ones that woked for me had some spandex but WOW! did they ever work. I invested in two pairs and both look spectacular on me. If only I wasn't so short i would submit a photo to model them. ;)

It's about the husband - exactly! I can't speak to this drug since it's more about libido but the reality of sexual disfunction treatments for women (so comparable to viagra) is even more awful. One of the first line treatments is xylocaine gel, which affected women are supposed to rub into the vaginal opening 10…

I probably wouldn't have ever needed glasses if I hadn't done the "read by the headlights of the car behind you" thing all the time when I was young.

What you call Canadian bacon we call back bacon, at least in the part of Canada that I'm from. I'm totally craving Eggs Benedict now.

We need something like this for books. I'm a bloody adult and I was utterly destroyed by a YA novel I chose from a first sentences wrapped book exchange. The first sentence was about being able to hear a dog's thoughts and I was thrilled. I was already hating the rampant misogyny and violence in the society when I got…

I agree. I'm a grad student and I've been doing my practical training in my school's dept of student affairs. All my co-workers are wonderful people working very hard on these issues. The whole department went to our state university's dismantling rape culture conference recently, for example. Some of my co-workers…

I jumped on that immediately as well! yeah Tamora Pierce!

I'm coming to the issue from a higher education perspective and in my sexual assault curriculum we're careful to point out the rules about retaliation by the accused OR ANY THIRD PARTY against the accuser. We consider retaliation to be a serious offense. Condoning this sort of crap completely negates all the work we…

I'm so pleased that my country was able to offer you the wedding you wanted. :) Congratulations on your marriage! (though it seems you have a few anniversaries under your belt already) I'm hoping that the courts will soon decide for marriage equality (and all the benefits that come with it) here as well.

“We found it interesting that most women only read when they are traveling,” says Brandon Wade, Founder & CEO of MissTravel.com.

I read this one first when I was 12 and then could never find this cover ever again. It's still my favourite!

I think we'll have to agree to disagree on the idea that Celsius is "clumsy" in determining weather. I grew up with Celsius and it's very simple to judge temp on a plus minus scale since water is such a large component of weather systems. A freezing point is an excellent indicator, plus when you start getting into the…

I'm doing a master's degree where a 6 month practicum /internship is required. As a international student myself in an international education program I saw again and again the only int'l students who could afford to take unpaid internships were those on J-1 visas sponsored by foundations /scholarships like Fulbright…

Well rape culture tells men they don't have to worry about it. I do sexual assault prevention programming for study abroad programs and my male-on-male sexual harassment /assault scenario is male cab driver towards male student since that was something that we dealt with several times in our programs.

I would argue for profit education is similarly exploitative. University of Phoenix online anyone?

Yes, even in Alberta things were tough. My best friend came off mat leave in 2009 and could not get a job in her field (electrician apprentice) at all. When she and her partner did the math for the only job out of hundreds she applied for which was home depot, they were losing money every month if she worked rather…

Yes, I was far more of a danger to my classmates when we were doing dissections and I aaccidently sent my scalpel flying because I swear that the worm moved and I don't care that it was in formaldehyde for over a decade. This girl was in a deserted field before school started and caused a bit of smoke. We both had…

Then why not look to the guidelines in countries where there isn't a medical industry. I'm Canadian and our healthcare system has moved to the after (I think 3) clean paps then get them once every three years model. of course, issues in a patient's medical history or an abnormal pap allow for more frequent tests. We…