Lucky. There is nothing within 100 miles of me. My husband is an executive chef and there are a lot of women sous chefs around working their asses off, but none heading up a kitchen in our region. When we travel we seek out woman-owned-and-run restaurants. Maybe more women can use a map like this to see where we need…

Was raised Catholic. Have a priest uncle (with a PhD equivalent degree he got from the Vatican). Did not know this. AM LIVID.

Agreed. Three months before Columbine, a new student came to my small, rural high school. I’m sure there were assholes at the school, but we all grew up together and it felt like a big family. We’d invite him to sit with us at lunch, go to games Friday night, the usual high school shit and he was pretty shy, always…

Same sentiment as you, and I’m the same age as the character, so all of the pop culture references gave a nice warm fuzzy nostalgic feeling to take the edge off of the wrenching guilt I have about being such a little shit to my super-hard-working-still-working-class-even-though-I-scratched-up-to-middle-(barely)…

Goddamnit. Can’t these women see that even while toeing the party line and using sound bites pre-approved by “their side” that these men don’t give a shit about them? It was so uncomfortable even reading this account that I cannot bring myself to watch it (as someone who has been heckled in crowds before). Also, that…

I used to teach 400+ person lectures at a huge university in a state that had a mass shooting at a university. I asked my dept. head if I am expected to defend against an attacker to protect students. He didn’t understand what I meant. I clarified, “am I expected to throw my body between bullets and students or do…

Lived in CU for over half of my adult life, still get a giggle when I see the beverage spelled as our town. Also when touring bands pronounce Urbana “Urbahnah” like we fancy.

I was a pretty good cook before we met and then I got lazy during the dating phases when he WOULD cook for me all the time. Then I got out of practice and would just eat leftovers he brought home from work. Then I gained 20 pounds from those habits and started cooking myself again. He usually works 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.…

I’m married to a chef. I just ordered Jimmy John’s delivered to my desk at work and ate it over the trashcan. The thing about chefs is that they’re busy AF. Although we are having friends over for dinner tonight. I’m cooking. #chefwifelife

That’s exactly what we are talking about and you are being purposely obtuse. McDonald’s is introducing healthier options for kids. Kids rely on their parents to provide food for them. Tens of millions of Americans live in food deserts, places where fresh and healthy foods are unavailable and fast food is everywhere.…

Name a healthy alternative available at every gas stop, mall, and airport in the world that has filling meal for under $5. Go ahead...

Hi! I advise undergraduate students pursuing health professions. They have been taught since birth that doctors are highly paid and highly regarded in society. Nurses help people. Public health professionals help people. Dentists help people. Do these students want to be any of those things? No. Or, at least not until…

Fellow PhD haver here. You really hit the nail on the head about the long project, completed mostly alone... and it is bonkers that we then automatically think someone like that is able to teach all of a sudden. The college/university system in major flux right now, but I am still surprised at how many people are…

I would argue that docs (especially surgeons and other highly specialized providers) don’t know much about insurance because there are whole teams of people with pay scales well below them who have to interact with the unwashed masses to figure out pay. People who can’t pay either don’t get in to see the doc or the…

A doc refused to treat my dad anymore after several misdiagnoses for an injury— my dad said, “well, I guess this is why they call is medical practice!” and the guy flipped his shit. Luckily I was in the room otherwise I’m not confident the doc wouldn’t have taken a swing he was so livid.

I have taught in health programs at universities for a decade. Unfortunately most of the undergraduate and master’s level students who come to my office for advising towards medicine want to do it “because it pays well.” I ask them what kind of medicine they want to do and half say primary care or family medicine, out…

Thanks for that resource too. There’s plenty of coverage about this. I’m glad it is getting press here, but as a clinic worker, we have been screaming this from the rooftops for years, decades. I myself have written several undercover pieces about it which is what inspired me to eventually work for clinics. We see the…

Call your nearest one and see what happens. Usually they won’t answer the question and instead try to get you to come in for an appointment so they can spout their nonsense to you in person and try to get you to agree not to seek abortion. Samantha Bee did a great episode on this. Google her show and “Crisis Pregnancy…

This is as terrifying as it is heartbreaking. And people have been so smugly wondering aloud during #metoo why women don’t walk away or “just leave” when the men in their lives do shitty things — much of it is because we hear of stories like this and are terrified that the allegedly “nice” guy can snap and quickly…