Indeed! The friend who said the “inherent fear of chemistry” thing went a little too far with it and tried to make this lofty philosophical argument about meth not necessarily being terrible just because it has battery acid in it (which infuriated me pretty quickly), bbbuuuttt I think it’s generally true otherwise.

Yeah, that shit is scary. Like, water is a chemical compound.

“Toxin” - a word with so much scare power and yet no real meaning haha. People really buy into it though. I want to watch that Todd Haynes movie Safe, but I feel like it will creep me out too much just thinking about people who are really like that.

I’m getting one next month! I’m kind of terrified, but I think it will be worth it. I have rad state insurance that is covering it as well, although they freaking tried not to do so. The ACA kicked in for my plan about a year ago, but the IUD somehow got dropped into a blackhole of ambiguity since it’s the only BC…

This is true. As they say, livin’...it’ll kill ya.

Yeesss. To bother a phrase from a friend of mine, there is this inherent fear of chemistry that some people seem to be super prone to. “It’s a chemical! It must be bad!”

Are they the ones who tried to get me to panic this year and think none of my suncreen is sunscreeny enough and I’m gonna drop dead from melanoma tomorrow? I remember Jez publishing an article about with a “2015 sunscreen” guide, and I think it was from that website.

This is only mildly related in that it has to do with serial killer memorabilia, but I remember a Politically Incorrect episode with John Waters when a super conservative dude was just freaking out that John Waters collection of stuff from criminals (they send him letters and artwork a lot) was somehow influencing…

Blergh, they’re always so helpful. /sarcasm

Also, unfortunately Pinkham has tainted Jez against Pittsburgh lol so it’s hard to convince people that the cultural aspect and fancy foodie aspect is growing everyday and booming right now. I finally found the root of this awhile back though. Apparently he never leaves Oakland/Shadyside. Well, duh! If you only go to…

I don’t know how old you are, but making friends after college can be hard indeed. :( I find with Pittsburgh, the sort of everybody-has-mutual friends size of it helps, but it sounds like you might not have that? There are of course different events where you can approach people (gallery crawl this weekend, shows,…

This makes me sad. :( I haven’t watched it yet, but I really, really hope it’s good. I don’t want another Mulaney (seriously, how can he be so funny in his standup and have made that terrible show?!).

I think kinja has just been really screwy lately. I’ve been having trouble with my starring showing up all week.

I think kinja is being even more fucked up than usual because I’ve been having the same problem all week.

Even now though, I still usually make my partner use a condom because A) STDS and B) I really can not afford an abortion and I refuse to carry a pregnancy to term (not to mention I can’t afford a pregnancy either).

Truth. I have PCOS. Hormonal BC is a godsend for me.

Yeeaahh, every comment thread on this article has me grimacing. No thanks, diaphragm. I’ll stick with what I’ve been doing.

I don’t know, but people get REALLY fucking angry and offended anytime there’s a discussion about showering on Jez. Like, you would think not showering everyday made you a mass murderer or something.

Nice to meet ya! Love your screenname too.