Fuuuuuuuuuck. This situation is ridiculous. All my respect for escorting, also.

We were one of the most liberal states in the union 150 odd years ago. Unfortunately, we've not really progressed from that point.

Yep, the overland park clinic is the only PP in the state that offers abortions. The Lawrence PP closed in 2010, and according to a pro-life website I found (and caused me to need a shower after reading) there are now only two abortion providers left in the state- the Overland Park facility and one in Kansas city. But…

I heard this on the radio when I woke up this morning and audibly groaned. The worst part is that there is only one clinic that provides abortion services in Kansas anyway, and it already doesn't receive federal funding.

Yeah. I love rats, and I know the wild ones are different and everything, but this jst made me sad.

Oh great. So just as my perpetually winter-dry nostrils start to de-crust, other stuff is going to start gushing out of them.

Ha, I've been saying for years now that sewing is my meditation (I like knitting too, but I find the technique more confusing). I'm finishing up grad school atm and I swear I would have gone insane months ago if I didn't make time to devote to my projects. It's also a good motivator- lots of "just five more papers to…

Agreed.

Agreed. I think it's possibly a combination of bad make-up, bad lighting, and being exhausted and having to come out anyway, like someone suggested below. I also think this is an example of the dress really binding her to a certain look that didn't work for her in this instance.

I really like that bra. Reminds me of the Fantasie Belle bra. I can't fit into those anymore, but if anyone is on the market for a good bra in the 30 C- 42 E range, I can highly recommend them.

See, I've been thinking about this, because the fast-food analogy really intrigued me, and for me, it's more like home cooking verses the snappy restaurant that just opened up two blocks from work.

I'd agree with this, but I think it goes further- it's just far more acceptable for a man to be obliviously into things than it is for a woman. Women are encouraged to be social and to be well-rounded far more so than men. If a guy spends 16 hours straight in his workshop he's "eccentric." If a woman, particularly a…

Completely off the topic, but I don't think Cosmos is quite the shit they're trying to make it into. It's a lot of fun to watch, and I applaud the attempt to get kids more involved in science etc; but it took me three hours to watch the first two episodes because I kept pausing it to look up things like runaway…

I've definitely seen this happen in a lot of subcultures. I think many guys (not all, but a lot) get so into certain fandoms etc. because it provides them with a space where they feel like they can acquire a certain, distinctively masculine, status. And if a woman comes along who is equally knowledgeable it's…

Yes, that's very true. People are complicated and not entirely rational and it doesn't pay to generalize too much about something so personal.

I'd agree with this. I think it's very easy not to cheat when you're happy with your partner and everything in your relationship is going well. But there will always be times in a LTR when things aren't super-duper, and that's when it's easier to give into temptation. So you do have to consciously remove yourself from…

I was 23 when we met- I'd actually never had a proper boyfriend before and I kind of felt like it just wasn't going to happen for me, so believe me I get where you're coming from. But it could quite literally happen tomorrow! Our situation was a bit complicated- he was from another country, so we did long distance for…

In the words of a great man: show the average American teen male a lug wrench, and his mind will turn to thoughts of lust.

I'm just finishing up my graduate thesis, which is broadly about the perpetuation of racial stereotypes in American popular culture, and I still can't believe how many people don't recognize this prejudice or try to explain it away. I loathe all the "jokes" I hear about how sexy Asian women are, or how un-sexy Asian…

This makes sense, I guess. Usually the people who will visually deviate from the office standard are super-confident and very outgoing, and that does tend to inspire immediate confidence/attention in a way that unassuming competence doesn't.