LOL, "kid."

I get what you're saying to some extent. I'm not saying those sex acts are inherently feminist or anything. But I am a feminist too, and not only have I gotten off on "rough sex" porn in the past, but I have also gotten off on being pinned down, lightly choked and slapped, and spanked during sex in my personal life.…

The silhouette is actually very similar to my mom's wedding dress from 1975, though she had short, sheer lacy sleeves. I wish I had a digital picture of her dress to upload, it was gorgeous. If I weren't literally twice her size and then some (I carry none of her genes, I think she weighed about 115 pounds on her…

My OB told me that deli meat thing is bullshit, and in the 35 years he's been delivering babies he's never seen a single case of deli meat affecting anything. This is not to say that it couldn't happen ever, but it's one of those one in a million things that no one should worry about, lest they never leave the house.…

Are we the same person? I struggle with myself all the time thinking about my anti-vax friend "we'll see what she says when her toddler gets pertussis" but then I am like "um, no I do not want a toddler to get pertussis that's terrible!" It sucks because you want these people to wake up, but certainly not at the…

Don't get me wrong, I think antibiotics are wonderful, but I do agree they are over prescribed. But if your kid has a double ear infection or strep throat? Yeah, get them on the meds and knock it out.

Interesting! I am not sure which drugs you mean though. Like heartburn meds? I feel like heartburn and antidepressants have got to be the big ones. Definitely not antibiotics or preventative stuff.

Actually, noooooope. His cholesterol remained perilously high even after a year of eating great and working out (actually, he has always eaten great and worked out, but he increased it on doctor's orders when the cholesterol got into the danger zone). The only thing that helped bring it back down to normal range was…

I honestly wonder if part of it is just hating watching a baby get shots. I cry every single time, because I hate that I am causing him even temporary minor pain, and he's so pitiful when he cries. Of course he gets a bottle right after and then is totally fine and I forget it. But maybe some people have such a hard…

I seriously think I just came. I'm going to copy and paste this for Facebook the next time someone pollutes my feed with anti-vaxx bullshit garbage. It makes me so enraged! You are the best. PREACH!

First off, citation needed. Second, you're right about one thing—big pharma does want to make big money. And they do. By developing drugs that treat chronic conditions, like statins, anti-depressants, heartburn drugs, etc. There is no money to be made in ensuring everyone is healthy. For fucks' sake, take off the…

Exactly! If Pharma were really out to get us, wouldn't they WANT all sorts of polio and mumps and measles cases? Especially polio, I mean iron lungs are the real money-makers.

Can't it be more complex AND non-vaccinating parents be stupid? I don't see this is as an either/or proposition. As for vaccinated kids still being able to be carriers—no fucking shit. That's one of the billion reasons herd immunity is so important. See also: no vaccine is perfect, even if you get it you may still get…

Eh...I look at it as saying something like "flying in a plane is totally safe." It is, but of course there's the extremely small risk that it isn't. But people still say that it's "totally safe" any time I express my flying anxiety, and I get it.

I have a friend who is anti everything medicine (vaccines, anti-biotics, etc) but is also a cancer survivor. She had a pretty serious thyroid cancer, and it was cured by pretty aggressive medicines, chemo, surgery. But she'll tell me not to take my baby to the pediatrician for anti-biotics if he has an ear infection…

I wish I could grasp the big Pharma argument. Do they really make THAT much money off vaccines that they'd want to poison our children and turn our doctors into puppets just to keep that sweet vaccine money flowing? Because it seems to me if people are worried about Big Pharma they should be questioning whether…

Ugh, that sucks! Any way you can fill a large supply at once while you're still covered? When I was on the pill I think I used to get a 90 or even six-month supply, because it was cheaper that way. Hopefully you can find a plan that covers it and don't end up working for dicks who won't!

Did you get it from Planned Parenthood? It was 35 a month from there when I was on it and uninsured back in the 00's as well—but only because they gave me a sliding pay scale (if I made less money, it would have been less). I bet it would have been more if I just went to the pharmacy with a prescription. Of course,…

If I take your user name correctly, you will know what I really mean when I say this: Oh, bless your heart.

Fuck yes. I may be a little pregnant right now but I would eat the shit out of that thing.