I was Air Force. I'm fairly certain the Air Force could give a fuck if you had a clit ring. At my MEPS exam (entrance physical), the doc basically peeked between my legs to make sure I was a lady. The room was dimly lit and it was a very quick look. I doubt a clit ring would have been apparent.

Nah, nah. I spent five years in the military. All the military wants of you is to put on your damn camis, get a haircut or pin your hair back, and take a shower once in a while. No weird piercings, no weird hair colors, and you're generally good to go. Beyond that, they do not care. I could not have lasted five years…

Yes. This. All of this. All of it. For fuck's sake.

I was going to come here to say just this. I am an attorney, though not a family law attorney, but from what I remember, in most states you don't need to prove crap about adultery. The law doesn't care, basically. The questions are, who makes more money? How long have you been married? Kids? Where does everyone want…

Um. Isn't that what you tried to do?

You are correct. And I wish pretty much every conversation could be about Janelle Monae. I love her.

I agree with most of what you said, all except the last 2 sentences. I'm pretty sure that you got the groupings wrong. On this site and most sites, the consensus is that Madonna and Beyoncé are the feminist icons, and Miley and Nicki are degrading themselves. Not saying Nicki's sexualized performances don't come with…

Thank you for this science-based comment. I knew there was probably a biological reason things wouldn't go well for this fetus, but I did not know what that reason was.

That's now how it works. Because the first question is, did she consent? And a lot of cases end there, because the jury concludes either: 1) yes, she did or 2) it's ambiguous at best. Again, this often happens with drunken assault cases — sometimes the victim cannot remember what she did, but concludes that she would…

Remove schools from the process of adjudicating sex assault. BOOM.

There is such a thing as mistake of fact to consent. In most jurisdictions, it means the following: would an average, sober person, considering the circumstances of the case, have concluded that the alleged victim gave consent to sexual activity? If so, then the affirmative defense is raised by the evidence. Scoff all…

I came here to say exactly this. Thanks.

You have the palate of a whiny terrible child, green tea notwithstanding. Fruitcake is delicious. Mincemeat is delicious. Homemade eggnog with whiskey is delicious and also an excellent way to not remember the holidays at all, if that's what you're trying to do. Candy canes are good but one is about enough. Chestnuts,…

This this this this THIS. Yes. Most rapes are not the kind of spectacular fact scenario in the "Jackie" case. They are still rapes.

Jesus, that is facile. And not particularly accurate. Remember when the story was published there was a giant hue and cry, with UVA suspending frats and marches on campus and people rushing to support Jackie? And the fictional Drew, who apparently doesn't exist, was a monster whose head people were calling for? People…

For fuck's sake. Isn't it it time at this point to admit that the balance of probabilities is that Jackie is a manipulative nut who seems to have made up the entire story, to the point of fabricating several identities for the guy who was the ringleader of the gang-rapers? We'll probably never know for sure, but…

Jesus, you are so wrong. In the US there are two types of midwives: CNMs (read: actual nurses with a specialty in midwifery) and CPMs (people who don't even need a high school education in many states to be licensed.) A CNM would have been damn useful on that plane, yes. A CPM would have told the laboring mom that she…

I like you.

Well, no. Because presumably she'd have a name.

Oh, this is a nice idea. My 3 year old daughter loves Sophia and would probably be totally into the Down Syndrome princess.