This wasn't about punishment vs no punishment. It was about *physical* punishment vs non-physical punishment. So there are consequences, just not spanking.

Isn't he complaining about what OTHER designers are saying? He isn't saying that size 10 is or is not a plus size, he is saying that most designers don't want women who are a size 10 or more wearing their clothes. He is scolding THEM, not the size 10 "plus-size" women.

If we don't tell our girls they are beautiful, the rest of the world will conspire to tell them they are ugly. Why does a magazine cover get to own the definition of beauty? Fuck that. WE get to define beauty, and it is our responsibility to make sure that all girls (and boys) know that there are a thousand ways to…

Once again, the CDC report did NOT say anything about sex being a big reason for girls not being vaccinated! That is completely untrue! I read through the report (but can't find the link now) and they said the main reason people did not get it was that it was not required by law. In Rhode Island it is required by…

In this particular case, the FDA wouldn't have power over the French government. The women in question here are all French. Plus, the FDA did actually prohibit the sale of these implants in the US, so they have some power.

If Kim pays 10.3%, then yes, that would be $1,236,000.

A guy like that who wants to abuse you with food issues is probably attracted to women who already struggle with food. I'm really glad you didn't stay with him! That's just another form of abusive controlling relationship.

I sent an invite to the president and vice president. I got a preprinted card from the Clintons and a hand typed note (including typos) that was signed (with real pen) by Tipper Gore! So cool! You can also send an invite to the pope, but I wasn't interested in that.

I'm not sure if you are agreeing or disagreeing. My point was that your body doesn't look the same and never will, but it is still your body. You didn't lose your body, it just changed.

Original sin is like peanut butter. When Adam and Eve screwed up, they screwed up for all humans. So everyone that is born gets smeared with some of their Original Sin brand peanut butter. We are all born dirty, essentially, because we are all descended from Adam and Eve and they were dirty (if you believe this…

No, she had a mom and a dad, but before she was born, God decided she was special. So instead of giving her a little piece of the sin from Adam and Eve, like everyone else gets, she was born completely without sin. All in preparation for the big kahuna, and yada yada, the rest is history.

Good Lord, no! My heavens, such a question! God asked Mary to be the mother, she said sure, God said awesome and dropped a bun in her oven. Joseph was just a nice guy willing to be the step-dad. So there was no sin involved in making Jesus, but it wasn't called the immaculate conception. Go to church, child. I…

From [ec.princeton.edu]

Good link. Thanks for the back-up!

This isn't a big deal, but the immaculate conception doesn't refer to the way Mary got pregnant with Jesus. It is actually how Mary herself was born. It says that Mary was born without the stain of original sin, so she was the only person available to carry the son of God. Clean womb and all that.

It always strikes me as unfair when someone claims to have seen the light about something like porn and tells everyone else to avert their eyes. He got 17 years of fun, but no one else is supposed to enjoy themselves?

Apparently you are at least 21 years old.

Before anti-biotics, people would just die when they got sick. Now, they stay alive. It is kind of deceptive, really, these technological advances. Dishonest. They should just be dead.

Whoever invents the sarcasm font will be a hero. :)

Are you trying to be rudely condescending to me, or is that just an accident of the internet? I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt on that one. I'm not saying that college weight gain is somehow considered ok. Like you, I was once a freshman in college, and I know full well that everyone is trying to lose…