I think US culture is increasingly pressuring young women to present themselves as very sexually adventurous. The biggest pop stars sing about loving S & M, having no memories of a threesome last Friday night, stuff like that. Young men expect them to look like the porn they see (with waxing and all that). On the one…

I bet it will be number one on the brand new Kakotopian Fiction List!

I don't mind if you nitpick. Fair game. But while kakotopia and dystopia may both mean the opposite of utopia, they don't both refer to a specific genre of science fiction. If you try to argue with a publisher that you write kakotopian novels, they will smile and market it as dystopian. Dystopian IS the word, almost…

Kakotopia is a fabulous word that means the opposite of utopia, but it is not a synonym for a distinct genre of science fiction. The word dystopia has been established for that purpose. We could argue that courtship is a synonym for romance, but courtship is not a specific genre of literature. But still a cool word.

Unfortunately, often those 900 pages only contain 400-500 worth reading.

It's accurately used to mean a society defined by suffering. It's a precise word for a distinct genre of science fiction. There is no synonym.

Oh! I didn't realize that. I am interested because of the ancestry part- I did the ancestry.com version. But the 23and me looks better. But by just analyzing the genome, it is actually more generic risk info? Less specific to me? Like how Ashkenazi Jews are at greater risk for some things? So if I already know…

Considering the wide range of democrats that exist, including racist and sexist ones, there are definitely a percentage that fall into young earth. What that percentage is? Who knows. Is it a good thing? Nope. But I guess it's good they didn't vote for Romney. I think on the crux of the issue, we are on the same…

It is silly. But people pick and choose their bible beliefs. It's what they do. Catholics use birth control, Protestants sleep with their best friend's wife, and none of them want to be their brother's keeper. I'm not saying it is logical or credible. I'm saying they find ways to reconcile the illogical because they…

The question asked about humans, not the age of the earth. If it's not in the question, you can't infer it in the answers. People are mental acrobats to fit everything together.

I agree. It isn't clear.

But actually it isn't the very definition of young earth creationism. There is a pretty big segment of Christians who believe God created evolution. That is how they reconcile the bible and science. And if you believe that God created evolution, and that humans in their current form came about in the last 10,000…

Exactly. And Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird. Just thought of her.

Ugh. Loathe is the perfect word. Ban all these horrible uses of male names.

Do you think it relates to age? I can definitely think of adult women characters on TV who are excessively feminine with names like Bobbi. They tend to be very sexual, playboy bunny style characters in my mind. But I'm thinking of teen YA characters who are the opposite of that. More tomboyish. I think adult women…

The DNA test from 23andme.com tells you what percentage of your DNA is Neanderthal, which I think is very cool. I want to do the test but it also tells you your risk of Alzheimer's, which I don't want to know. It's only $99, though, so I may still do it.

There might be something going on with the kid that you don't know about. It may not be that SIL just decided to "keep" the kid in diapers. Some kids have a really hard time learning to potty train. She may be trying to potty train and it just isn't working and she's desperate. It happens quite a lot.

I would also like authors to stop giving spunky girl characters names that sound like boys, like Max and Charlie (no disrespect to Charlie Jane here who is an actual person). It is a lazy shorthand to indicate "masculine" traits like bravery and daring. It annoys me. Spunky and awesome girls don't have to be…

Maybe "Her" is Princess Leia. That would kind of suck, though.

This was my thought. The idea of transforming guns into beauty is nice, but these are the casings of used bullets. Did the bullet around your wrist kill someone? If it was unused bullets, it would work for me. This strikes me as more of a gruesome token, like a necklace made of teeth. I'm surprised yours is the only…