@odonata: To use the term to mean "coward" the origin is from pussycat, which itself comes from germanic roots, and refers the sound one may use to call a cat, "pusspusspuss," etc. The meaning of the insult is that this person is as weak and fearful as a kitten, it's got nothing to do with the vagina. As for the…

@francofile001: Just like people don't realize that "pussy" as in coward and "pussy" as in vagina are two separate branches on the proverbial etymology tree.

@Flackette Goes Retro: With improved diagnostics and treatments fewer women would need radical mastectomies. The "save the breasts" angle is not reducing a woman to her component parts, it's about acknowledging that we should be striving to diagnose breast cancer earlier, which saves lives as well as breast tissue.…

Ugh. One of the catalogs I used to order scrubs from did this. They had this teeny-tiny SE Asian woman modeling all the scrubs, including the plus size ones. Want to know a secret? If you pin the big scrubs to fit on a small woman, they look exactly like regular scrubs. *eyeroll*

RE: getting married in the Age of Romance dress: I'm getting married in that dress you posted from the J Peterman catalog, so that should count for something, right?

I met my fiance on teh interwebs 8 years ago, we're getting married next month. I didn't go online looking for a major relationship, just friendly dating. I was 23 and in kind of a social slump at the time. I didn't find it that hard to find tolerable men to hang out with. I was honest about who I am and what I like,…

@JennaW: Also? Who wants back used underpants?

@vicki: It could also just be really terrible lighting and a high ISO speed on the camera. But, yeah, I agree that it looks artificially high-contrast.

@podbaydoor: Pretty sure that a) that sentence wasn't written in the 1600's. Also b) unless the UK has significantly shifted location in the last 300 years, it was "technically" part of the continent of Europe. And, c) languages absorb words from each other frequently, and this particular one was absorbed from French…

@shanASS: I just call 'em sluts.

@kentuckienne: I'm fairly sure that buying supportive bras is pretty low on her list of priorities.

@pursedangler: I'm going to go listen to Babies RIGHT NOW. Thank you!

@podbaydoor: Incredibly, England is part of Europe.

@Admiral Babyruthless: I wonder if this is what my egg-selling coworker is breeding. From him I get eggs that are either brown or green, and sometimes sort of mottled greeny-purple. They're really pretty, and quite tasty.

@CraftyBroad: My understanding of gynecomastia is that it's typically a hormonal balance problem. However, even if she's being treated with drugs to stop the tissue growth it doesn't make the existing tissue go away, so surgery is necessary. If she's not on any medication to treat it, I would imagine her only options…

@PrissyCatheadBiscuit: I'm almost embarrassed to admit that, as a 31-year-old adult I *still* call them Vagina Slimes.

@DeccaLeChat: Bear shits in woods: details inside!

@this_charming_one: That is my favorite scene in any movie, ever.

@GrandmaEdie: If you're looking for albums, my personal favorites are Jolene and Coat of Many Colors. But I agree that you should try a greatest hits collection to figure out which era of hers you prefer.

@MsTriste: I think they didn't want to risk the adoption being discovered by taking him out in public, so a hospital was most definitely off-limits. Mohels can perform the procedure in the family's home, so it made the most sense for their situation.