Wait...what IS it? Is that...is that a Torah?

I always thought I was cis-gendered, but my love for delicious sandwiches has rocked my worldview.

THANK YOU. That was my first thought when I saw "If you were born with a penis."

Tell me if I'm alone here—-I think there are two ways people define men. Man as contrast to Woman (i.e., the stupid shitty way) or Man as contrast to Boy (i.e., the way that's got some actual legitimacy.

You're a Man if you're able to support others. You're a Boy if you expect everyone else to support you.

You're a Man…

Jeanine Schaeffer is so awesome. She's someone who knows what her priorities are and how to get shit done.

A startling, consistent pattern I saw in the examples on "First, Do No Harm" was a patient who had been fat their entire lives coming into the doctor because of symptoms that had only been present for a couple of months, and the doctor simply assuming it's because of the weight, no tests run. That floored me. It stuns…

That is downright scary. I've encountered doctors with poor people skills before, which certainly sucks, but it never occurred to me that there was a trend of medical professionals unable to understand nuance/stuck in a black and white mindset. As uncertain and complicated as engineering can be, THE WORKINGS OF THE…

From "Boink, the Curious Coupling of Science and Sex" by Mary Roach:

"In 1984, psychiatrist Joseph Bohlen brought ten married couples into a laboratory at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and measured the men's heart rate, metabolic expenditure, and oxygen uptake during five different sexual activities:…

And when men's thoughts/desires/emotions are oversimplified or outright ignored, they're often discouraged away from introspection. That leads to the type of person (and I bet you $50 Bill Kintner falls under this umbrella) who's led around by his own bias, feelings and ego because he's unwilling to examine them, or…

All you armchair disciplinarians saying it was right to expel or arrest her, let me ask you—-whose needs are being served, exactly, by expelling or arresting her, rather than giving her some minor punishment like detention/in school suspension or even just a stern talking to with a thorough explanation of why what she…

Oh God. It's a hole. It's a hole for pooping.

Hahaha, yes. Yes. You weren't celebrities. You were novelties. I'm sure people would have swarmed around to photograph a dancing bear if one were present, it doesn't mean the bear would be respected.

Damn double posts

Maybe I'm just not sure what the cutoff for "millennials" is, (I've been told I'm one despite being born in the 80s, I've also been told it's 2000+) But when I hear people whine that "millennials are so immature and irresponsible!" I can't help but think "They're teenagers. Of course they're immature, they're not done…

The impression I got from the articles I've read is that it was an experiment, but not in a controlled classroom situation. Like the little chem set I farted around with as a kid.

Quite true. And I think pointing out that some, even a trend of doctors have really bad, destructive practices and manners sometimes needn't undo respect for good doctors.

To me, it's a lot like law enforcement. We've all heard horror stories of corruption in law enforcement, people abusing the power and public trust…

Your son is absolutely adorable. After a birth like that you deserve a damn medal! The callousness of the nurses is pretty horrifying, though. For one, it shows how they treat their heavier patients, which is upsetting enough...but even with that removed from the equation, not taking a patient's pain seriously is…

Here's five dollars. Go buy yourself some perspective on race relations in America.

That is horrifying and depressing.

No, no, because he blames himself for kissing her, not her for seducing him by running around in that sassy maid outfit. There's a gap there.