Because she has experienced it and spent a good portion of her career interviewing researchers, advocates, victims and abusers. I have a lot of problems with Oprah, but this is one thing she is actually qualified to discuss and has done a lot of advocacy on.

My issue with this season* is that they used male sexual assault, not to raise awareness, but to make a terrible character sympathetic. It’s nothing more then a plot device, with no time to really develop. The sexual assault/almost school shooting occur in the last 15 minutes of the final episode.

It’s really not that difficult. Most people take a bag of some sort to work, and I throw in camping silverware and a glass straw into my bag or purse. It’s not nearly as much of an inconvenience as you’d think, I forget my work ID more often.

They make dishwasher safe, flexible, silicone straws. I have yet to see an explanation for why these are not feasible alternatives. The only thing I could think is cost, but I do not think it is unreasonable or cost prohibitive for restaurants to be required to carry a specified amount of silicone straws, when…

I have the same problem, but I have found that glass straws are not an issue, probably because they are thicker. Also it’s WAY easier to drink a milkshake with a glass straw then a plastic one, and I for one think it is a conspiracy of the plastic lobby to force us to wait for our milkshakes to melt to eat them…

I’m in the SCA and at events we like to play “Who would be dead by now without modern medicine.” It’s always like half the camp.

A lot of countries don't have Netflix or Hulu, so it's hard to compare.

That's generally how I feel. Except this time I knew someone there and couldn't get a hold of her. Those instantaneous updates on twitter were a Godsend to my peace of mind.

Like, I want to get in on this vast conspiracy. Maybe then I will have job security since my position is dependang on funding.

Also, why would we scientists take shitty second jobs? Many of my colleagues dream of quitting teaching undergrad to focus on research.

I'm 90% sure keiko died of pneumonia. He wasn't under anyones care, he had been released, but didn't thrive

Wtf does this even have to do with ethics??? Are you also ethically required to be honest to strangers about your religion? (Confession: Sometimes I shout at evangelicals that I already love Jesus so they leave me alone, is that unethical?). Are you also required to tell them your paycheck? What if you lie about what…

I second this. I knew a nerdy, socially challenged guy who announced one day that in our very (irritatingly) touchy friend group, he was going to ask people if they wanted hugs first, since he struggled to read people’s body language. The “normal” creepy dudes who forced hugs on you and got pissy when you refused gave…

Lol they used to do this on my college campus, on the hangover walk bw dorms and cafeteria on Saturday morning.

I feel your pain. The cat I’d had since I was 8 just dropped dead a week before I came home from my first year of college. The last time I’d seen her, I promised her I’d be home in less then a month, as she cried begging me not to go.

My friend does this, with pics other guys have sent her. They freak out it’s hilarious. And she’s always like,”yea that’s how i felt when you sent it.”

I work with an organization that takes kids on school sanctioned, parent chaperoned, field trips, where we run basic scientific “data collection” with middle schoolers. We can’t so much as post a photo of a kid looking at a bug if it shows even just part of the face. Not on our Facebook or our website, even if we…

I second this. I couldn’t sleep thru a night without waking up to a crime scene. Even with pads AND tampons together. The cup is the ONLY thing that doesn’t leak for me, and I’ve never felt cleaner.

It’s so great for travel! I got one because I was going to be at sea for a month with no port stops. I was TERRIFIED of running out of tampons and I had really limited packing space. Divacup solved both problems. Never looked back. My period is also not super reliable and I hated dedicating space is my suitcase and…

The book is “pink and say”. We read it in 3rd grade and it’s haunted me since.