I "feel" that she probably spent a long time, and had multiple people assist her, in coming up with a word that sounded smart and her meaning was totally artistic and esoteric (like, way over our heads). Now when any one uses the word reductive, she'll be like "that's my word, this feels ineffable", and the cycle…

Thank you. It sounds like she may be a malingerer since she profited from this, but it could be factitious disorder that turned into financial profit (meaning that wasn't the initial motive). While I had cared for and lost one of my closest friends to cancer so I get the anger, I still cannot speak cruelly about…

It's because of internalized sexism.

Point taken. Except you don't know how old I am, we may be from the same generation. I'm not saying the rates are outrageously higher, just that some students (like myself) would never document illicit activities or admit them to a perceived authority so that may underscore the actual values.

Ahhh self-report surveillance data. I can imagine the smoking rates (cigarettes and pot) are higher. My experience, but as a teen, never in a million years would I have admitted to a perceived authority or in a written survey that I was doing any illicit substance or smoking cigarettes even if they ensured my…

I respect your compassion and understanding and I do agree with you that she is a mother who was passionately seeking answers. This is a tough issue since the onset of ASD happens to coincide with the time period that most children get vaccinated. On top if it there was one research article (that has been withdrawn)…

Guys, Jenny is just commenting on research evidencing that exes need to remain in their children's lives lest they experience feelings of abandonme... what, wha? She was openly discussing her beliefs and anecdotal evidence in the media without properly researching them??? Now other people will be calling their exes…

I was thinking the same thing, wondering the details of "too late". It would have been interesting to sit on that jury!

Point taken. So then I think what he did was shitty in that she told him to wear a condom and he didn't and that he waited until after sex to tell her about his condition. Those are shitty things to do but not too uncommon of sexual practices. STI's spread like rapid-fire, many people just don't like condoms…

I think what he did was shitty in that he took the condom off and waited until after sex to tell her about his condition. I dated a man who had herpes for years and initially he was terrified to tell me; the fear of judgment, stigmatization, or me running from his house and telling all of my girlfriends and his…

My mom had one too. She had it removed a few years ago and the recovery was intense. Malignant or not, brain surgery is serious and scary. She has also undergone changed temperament that has been difficult on all of us, especially her. My best to you and your mum.

I too was wondering about the exercise intervention and what this entailed. I haven't read the article but right off the bat I am thinking that the study design is flawed as people assigned to an exercise intervention group differ from those not in a study who are depressed and choose to exercise. The difference, in…

Scout: I couldn't agree more, Sleep for life. Matt Pike. Sigh.

I hear you though, I have dated many men who get me going on social issues because they think it's "cute".

I think I really just want to unpack some strange that will provide instant gratification for my superego.

This is not intended to sound mean but I read this as really misogynistic. Men cheat, men need strange, men are pro-feminism by not cumming on one's face - yes, fostering narrow views and the notion that women are categorized as either nice (boring sex, relationship potential) or naughty (fun sex, best for gettin…

Everything about being vegan is right and just keeps getting better. Environmental reasons.. health reasons.. compassion reasons.. and now, for my awesome-r tasting vagina reasons. Yay.

Ha! Yes, I respect all you have said. Texting should be kept to a bare minimum, especially since I learned the lesson in my early 20's that when you start off texting 500 times a day and that withers, it leads to some concern about the other's interest. So ridiculous. I think I also reacted to your comment because I…

As a girl who despises talking on the phone and prefers to save conversations for face-to-face time, I can't help but understand this "chick's" approach. The long conversations via text sound unnecessary but after a long day and I am spent, I have no desire to hold the phone to my ear or verbally reciprocate as my…

I wholeheartedly agree with cold brewin' it. A lot of coffee shops use old hot coffee as their iced coffee and it is weak. And pouring hot coffee over ice melts the ice and, again, you have weak coffee. Cold brewing is so good. Just make a few days worth at a time and then you have coffee even faster than any other…