What's interesting (and by that I mean disturbing) is that I seem to remember one of the other contestants who broke the silence saying the same thing, that the doctors would give them some electrolyte and/or saline concoction and the trainers would advise them not to drink it, especially before weigh-ins. So it…

I definitely think that they may imagine themselves as one of the guys sometimes or just be attracted to the idea of the two men together. Where the problem arises for me, and where the Platonic comparison comes in, is when it is coupled with derision of other women. I mean, not only death wishes on fictional women…

It almost reminds me of the some Greco-Roman, particularly Plato's I believe, ideas of purest forms of love attraction with heterosexual relationships being an obligation but male/male homosexual/romantic relationships being elevated above all others. It is super creepy and in many ways can be a conservative view of…

Oh well you see, the way it was explained to me is that good Christian women (as defined by a subset of socially conservative evangelical Christians that I should have run from the minute anti-Catholicism, praying for favorable-to-their-beliefs Supreme Court nominees, and homophobia reared their head) should want to…

Yeah, but they hate hearing things like how the vast majority occur in the first trimester and the reason later ones occur are often health related or the pregnant person didn't know they were pregnant or couldn't get access earlier. What is also great about these time limits is that when coupled with things like:…

I think the problem, and where cronyism comes into play, is that instead of dividing the cases equally thereby making it a more even distribution of cases and hours for the lawyers to handle, some lawyers get a ton of cases, even if there are others available with a smaller caseload, and are able to make a lot of…

I was born in Alabama, live in Florida, and was raised between the two. I am constantly feeling the need to apologize for every far-out/ridiculous news story before even making it past the headline. Though I must say I love both Alabama and Florida, and the south in general, in their own unique special ways. But they…

"We are all responsible for each other, and any suicide that occurs is a result of some small amount of failure by the rest of us, no matter how desperately depressed the person was."

Double post.

True, but I thought of it as different because JK Rowling brought up that and her own religion, as well as an epitaph to the last book I'm pretty sure, as a response to accusations of the series being un-Christian. Taken with those comments, I see it as pointing towards them possibly being meant to be Christian, at…

There was the Bible verse on the Potter's tombs I believe. I just got the impression they were Christian at least culturally but other than that it didn't manifest overtly in their lives in a major way (in the sense of making them stick out from non-Christian peers).

I agree there is a difference but Palmer did want audition tapes so expected some degree of talent ("professionalish" or something as she said) and had to prove it (with a resume or proof of them playing at a certain level) and they also had to go to a rehearsal. So it wasn't an any musician can jump on stage and jam…

She also wrote a decent BDSM series under the name Abigail Barnette that is pretty much the anti-50 Shades. Those recaps are cathartic in the best way possible.

No way. I'm gonna put that in a book and watch the money roll in. It'll be called: Quit settling for Mr. Right Now, but settle right now for Mr. Okay as Long as You Mask Your Personality and Desires. (Yes, sarcasm).

This is how it works: we're too picky when it comes to choosing partners but we're also not picky enough when it comes to choosing partners. We choose on all the wrong criteria and too many areas at the same time. We have low self esteem but think too much of ourselves. We need to stop settling for losers but we need…

The difference in world view is that you are sounding like a rape apologist who conflates the serial targeting of people for rape with a homeless person getting labeled a sex offender for peeing outside even though all the public restrooms are locked at night. One of those can be said to be mostly a victim of…

There's a lot left out of that though, perhaps most predominantly the idea of social power. The same things can be said of monogamy, including now (people still marry in the West in order to escape bad circumstances which oftentimes can leave them dependent on their partner, and there is also still religious pressure…

That's so abstract its meta po-mo.

It is almost as though some of the people who rail against "cradle to grave liberals" do so not because they don't want every facet of life dictated by the government and feel that is happening, but because they want "womb and grave" to be dictated by their particular view of morality which doesn't involve caring for…