Different strokes, man. I used MFP for a long time and got nowhere. WW is more than just tracking the food that you eat - that’s just one part of the system.

Uh huh. Because reproductive autonomy is the EXACT same thing as a toddler/ child wanting specific foods. It’s good to know you would force your child to have an abortion against her will. Because nothing says feminism like have your reproductive autonomy revoked.

Absolutely agreed - I wish everyone had the opportunity I did to have control over their own choices when it came to sex. And it is a Goddamn crime when women are forced into a choice either by circumstance or lack of options.

Does your daughter get a say in this imaginary scenario where she is potentially becoming a teen mom? What if she chooses to have the baby?

I received comprehensive sex ed... I had access to reduced cost birth control, free condoms and could have had a free abortion if I wanted it. Instead I had the baby at 17. I love her, and don’t regret my choice. 12 years later I have a degree, am married (to that baby’s father) and we’re comfortably middle class.

I had great sex ed! and access to reduced cost birth control pills and free condoms. I could have had a free abortion, too. Still had a baby at 17, and wouldn’t do it any other way.

I don’t feel like googling to link this, but the catholic church has recommended that people get the few specific vaccines even though they are made with the fetal cell lines because the benefit vastly outweighs the single sin of abortion.

Catholics are morons in many ways but in this way they are not.

Teeth do not “often” cause bleeding nipples.

She is within the technical window for a false negative for HIV but in most cases the p 24 antigen (which is detectable by a standard HIV blood panel) peaks between 2 and 4 weeks, so if this particular tattoo was a transmission event, and she was tested within this time…

In the abstract, no less!!

That article says (right in the abstract) that getting a tattoo from a professional parlours indicated no increased risk of contracting hep. Only high risk locations, such as a friend’s house or prison, indicated significant risk.

There is no evidence that hep B or C is transmitted through breastmilk. There is some measure of risk if there are cracked and bleeding nipples but that is not likely to be an issue after maybe the first few weeks of breastfeeding, Essentially, there was zero risk.

Isn’t this what trans folks actually do, though. It’s not like they are rejectng gender stereotypes, they are just going whole hog into the opposite sex’s gender sterotypes. I’ve never met a trans woman that wasn’t super feminine and never met a trans guy that wasn’t bro as hell. I just had dinner last week with a…

Everything you said is beautiful and I adore you for it.

Many children who contract Hep B do not get it from their mother or anyone in their family - in fact anywhere from 25-40% of childhood hep B has no known link - meaning it was contracted in the community. Of all childhood hep B cases, around 70% become chronic infections - the ones that lead to liver cancer.

Being a woman, or a mother, does not automatically confer medical/ public health expertise. Are all women qualified to examine medical / epidemiological research? Absolutely not. My litmus test is simple- if you can read through the methods section of a medical study and understand every word, every test and every…

I read that story. The parents claim, with no evidence to support it, that the vaccines caused the SIDS. SIDS is not caused by vaccines, and in some studies on time vaccination even reduces the incidence of SIDS. These parents are sad, distraught, looking for something to blame. I don't begrudge them their grief, but…

ATL is one store I have not tried - I am Canadian, but cross border shop occasionally and haven't made it to ATL yet.

Actually that's not true - I have tried stuff on and gone there once (maybe twice?) but I think the things I liked weren't in my size. C'est la vie!

So, I guess you're right but my experience with empire waist tops is that they tend to just add bulk to the middle. They take away lumps for sure, and I have a couple flattering ones... but most that I try on tend to just make me look pregnant. So maybe this is a cut thing.

Man. I'm an apple, and I heartily disagree.

Yes. Also, professional clothes mother fuckers. Muted colours, structured clothes. I can spice it up with jewellery.