Well said, VaginaWolf. And I love your nym.

Look at you! You are being sensible and rational around many people who like to freak out and blamestorm over nothing! Ah...it's refreshing, too. Thank you.

Give up gluten for a week and see what happens. Just eat meat, fruit, and vegetables. That's it. No condiments. Nothing where gluten can be hiding. Then see what happens. My improvement, once I gave up gluten, was SO FAST. Honestly, within a couple of days I was a whole new person. I had been enduring the most…

Ah! You too? Come sit by me, sister. I also have Crohn's which is constantly flaring up. However, when I gave up gluten, things got a lot better. Oh, the Crohn's is bad — but it is SO MUCH WORSE if I eat gluten. I do not test positive for celiac, but I know not to touch gluten.

I don't have celiac. I do have Crohn's, however. The difference between me on gluten and me off is like night and day. I actually have had formergr's finger-peeling problem when I ate gluten. I've had far worse stuff too — at one point, I couldn't walk.

There absolutely is such a thing as non-celiac gluten intolerance, my dear. Don't you dare touch that gluten! So you don't have celiac — you clearly have something! Skin problems are common in people who have gluten-intolerance. You know what to do to stay healthy and don't let silly comments like some in this…

I read a lot of Victorian literature. Do you know it used to be an INSULT to tell a person he raised his family on skim milk. A man (or woman) who "sold the cream and raised his family on skim" was a miserly cheapskate who didn't care about his family at all. Loving parents gave the cream to their families.

Wow. You could tell your parents you were bullied? I can't even imagine how glorious that must have been. I couldn't. But people could tell me when they were bullied — and they did — and I cam down like the wrath of fucking G-d to protect them. I knew what I had needed — so I provided it.

Your doctor sounds wise and so do you. Keep doing what you are doing.

I can most likely never travel to India because of a severe health problem I have and I have to say, recent stories, including yours, have not made me regret this loss one little bit. I am glad that despite what happened to you you still appreciate the beauties of the country. You are brave and have perspective.

I know what saved her. SHE saved herself. I know what woke that man's conscience — HER WORDS. She had enough intuition to know that by connecting with that one man and telling him he was a hero who would rescue her — she MADE him be that. She MADE him see himself. She told him he was better and gave him something…

Ah, that was interesting — intelligent and informed. Thank you. I love Fielding, too (obviously!). So funny. I love Joseph Andrews — and speaking of rape! Poor Fanny has to dodge rape repeatedly in Joseph Andrews! Whew, boy — women have always had a difficult time of it! Remember Fielding wrote (forgetting…

Oooooh, Shamela! Do you like Fielding? I love Shamela. Given your spelling of "Defence," I assume you live in the UK? Tell me — in the UK, are there limits on what kind of evidence can be introduced in rape cases, on what the lawyers can say publicly, just, well, anything interesting that is different from here? …

You just said, "You and your crappy students deserve each other"? Nice. My students are not crappy. You are insulting underprivileged inner-city teenagers — the children of your clients. I wonder how your clients or colleagues at Bronx Defenders or wherever you imagine you work would feel about what you just wrote.…

Wow. Take your meds, dear.

Actually, I think I will spend my energies doing whatever I like. You don't have to do what I say, you know. You know, I am not sure if YOU have that great a grasp on our legal system, since you clearly don't think I should be able to exercise my First Amendment rights.

I NEVER claimed to be logical (where did you get THAT from? You're a lawyer! You should pay closer attention to text). To be honest with you, your polemical ability is at such a low level I wonder if you really are a lawyer. I mean — calling me a dumb ass? Telling me to stay away from my students? That's the…

I couldn't do it. I just couldn't and I can't understand people who can. But the world is filled with all kinds of people, so I am not worried that my inability to protect scumbags would prevent those scumbags from getting legal protection. So, not a criminal lawyer. Real estate? Tax? Those are the areas favored…

Oh, I do spend my time preventing rapes. Trust me on that one. It's funny you said that — a colleague of mine walked in on a sexual assault about to happen and I was just thinking about that. Inner city high schools can be dangerous. I mostly prevent regular assaults, however. I have stepped in between teenagers…

Honestly — could you take that case? I am not a lawyer, but there are some things I just couldn't do. Are you a lawyer? Your nym indicates that you might be. If you are and you do criminal law, well, could you take this case and sleep at night (my 3am phone calls aside, of course). Really, could you? That's…