The freedom to wear something because of your beliefs is much different than not providing the same service to everybody regardless of belief. I feel there are a lot of cases lately where Christians cry “discrimination” when what is really happening is they are being prevented from discriminating against others.

Refinery29 has been growing on me lately. I haven’t actually looked in a while. And while there is a wide range of stuff that can feel like your sifting through a lot, they seem to big on body positivity and acceptance of people as they come. They cover a lot of fashion and related things but also a mix of politics…

There was a video that helped answer some of that. Well the scale part at least. I think the article image is unrelated which is misleading. The prototype they were showing off basically looked like an inkjet printer that printed one of two sizes on your nail. You paint your nail white and it paints a little graphic…

I had a puppy, but then he grew up and realized he was a cat. He loved to play fetch. He would drop the little toy mice directly in front of me and then sit down and wait for me to throw it. But then he got to the point where he would bat it around the room a few times run back to me and then try to get me to go get…

When I was about 12 an older lady with a thick Asian accent came up to me and told me that after seeing me from behind she had to see my face and said I was pretty from the back and pretty from the front. Still not sure what I think of that encounter.

I totally hear you with the vulnerability thing. I used to buy stuff so often that I never actually wore, or wore and felt super self conscious in. A few years ago I bought a neon yellow pair of skinny jeans that I felt so weird about wearing until I just let it all go. I’m very self conscious and have issues with…

I work with children so mine serves a slightly similar purpose. Although there currently is a two year old who is quite adept at taking phones of the counter and knows how to take pictures with a locked phone. He got some pretty good shots of another child last time. But it still minimizes the damage that can be done.

My husband just grabs my finger. And he actually knows my passwords. To be fair he normally holds out the phone and says “finger please” but at least a few times he just grabbed my hand and placed it on the sensor. I'm pretty sure it actually worked too.

Honestly recovery was almost better than the period before surgery. The not knowing what’s wrong and the vomiting and everything else was awful. Afterwards I took pain meds and could look at food again. I once described it as a vacation with lots of pills and popsicles. If you do get surgery I suggest two things. Find…

I just had mine take out and I’m doing a lot better. It varies for everyone I suppose. My mom was talking to me on the phone a day or two later and was all “ don’t you just feel so great! I felt so good when the took mine out! Isn’t it wonderful? How great do you feel?” And I’m just like “ I feel like I just had…

I get frustrated enough when older children do this type of thing, but they’re kids. I know you love your sister but she needs to keep her shoes on just like you, that’s not “mean” that’s keeping her safe. I know the toddler screaming is annoying but grabbing a toy from another child and giving it to him to shut him…

I’m not talking about punishing, I’m talking about dialogue. And not dialogue to or even about the trolls but about the underlying problems in our society that are allowing things to get as bad as they are. I’m talking about conversations about gender that take into account that these negative thoughts are not just…

I’m not talking about giving individual comments attention. I’m talking about the general attitudes that have been all too common on the internet that have been leading to the harrasment and even death of women. Not every man who says hateful things is going to go to a movie theater and shoot a bunch of women, but the…

I used to agree. But it’s getting harder to believe it’s just a few young men in basements any more, and even if it were it’s still going too far. When these hateful thoughts are leading to women getting hacked, harrassed, and even killed maybe that means we should start talking. I know I’m referencing many unrelated…

I think we do need to talk about theses types of comments. Because the negativity isn’t just limited to a few young boys like we want to think. Online communities are full of these men that bolster each other an reinforce hateful and negative thoughts about women. Right now I’m obviously not talking about this…

It doesn't even look that big. Just the size of a large paperback, you know the format they put the best sellers and Oprah approved books that are coincidentally often read on airplanes.

I want to see the guidelines that state paperback books of a size often sold in airports and read in airplanes are suspicious. It goes beyond “guidelines”.

I could be wrong, but I always understood that it wasn’t always posted. That it was something that they encouraged but you kinda had to know about. And that was what started the whole “ secret menu” nonsense.

I think they said they lessened the amount to reduce whitening and improve feel.

Now I totally agree that some situations are not appropriate for certain behaviors at all and certain behaviors need to be stopped no matter what and at this point a parent should after giving a warning just leave with the child. However, I think parents do way too much to just shut their children up and make them…