I really hate coming from a terribly Marianist Catholic university and having to read about this shit. I'm Catholic because I like Christ and I value the idea of community to achieve the "Kingdom of God" on earth (sorry protestants). I hate that the Holy See allows this kind of "let's hurt the impoverished and women…

The desert, wow. That's terrible and not nearly as comfortable as my own experiences. Mine involved being 17 and snowed into my friend's boyfriend's apartment for 48 hours. Couldn't even open the door. All there was to drink was a case of beer in the fridge. Was too young to realize that it only sped up the process.

This is only my own personal anecdata so it doesn't hold much value. When I experience hospital-worthy dehydration, I'm usually fainting and too weak to stand. I don't have the energy to have a mental break down.

Oh, you mean public domain crap? I wonder that too. But I do think the Hunger Games would probably still be reigning. It's so easy to buy crap that you'd never buy sober, now! Man, I noticed I had a drunk night of Kindle browsing, and I vaaaaguely remember reading the headline, "The next Eat, Pray, Love will be a BDSM…

This is the fairytale that I want my daughter to read. Not the other one. BTW, young mothers. A question for you. How do you teach your daughter to protect herself? Radical feminist and semi-wavering pacifist on this question. The feminist in me knows that my daughter shouldn't have to protect herself simply out of…

I feel like the ones who need it the most (The really big beefneck, uh...) Ronny? mostly. He is violent and awful. Pauly D (because he's capable of getting violent craycray drunk) and Deena (because I actually like her, am concerned for her) aren't going to get in rehab anytime soon. Snooks used to be on my hot mess…

Hahahahaa, he's almost charmingly boring. Though, I don't think I'd be very happy if my intern brought me back my least favorite breakfast food, either... (But who knows, maybe he's nuts about pancakes.)

I can't help it, I love Ms. McCain. She's at least stated publicly that she's liberal on social issues. She's like your conservative best friend with parents that will pay for your shared apartment, but she's not completely disagreeable. Whatevs, as far as politics go, she's harmless.

I wish I knew! I feel like my friends are just giving shit to me, but they don't know about my wonky cervix! So... I've tried to soften stool by rubbing at my anus through my vaginal wall, but I get nowhere close. Can't even feel near there! Sorry for the over-share, I just like my cheese.

Well I "bristle" with the idea that he's a human being of the male gender that people try to "explain." If he's gay, what evidence do you have? He's a fashion designer and he wears eyeliner in an environment where his look is incredibly subdued. If he's gay, and role model for young gay men... I'm pleased to share the…

Wonky cervix high-five! I /can/ have normal paps, just usually with some bleeding. I also discovered that my cervix is not necessarily on track with my anus, so I can't do that awesome "rub your constipation out through your vagina" trick that my friends can do. I will never be able to use Mirena (that IUD thing? with…

On one hand, I want to shout, I KNEW IT. On the other, if women don't get themselves tested for STDs along with having paps, then who will? I don't mean to make assumptions, but in my community, men who are just as sexually active as the women will admit to NEVER testing for STDs in their lives. (Really? 35 years old,…

Personally, I never wondered if he was heterosexual, homosexual, transgendered, whatever. Probably because it had nothing to do with his character at all. I'm definitely not in the minority here, Jezzies.

Can't help it. I like her. I feel like she's always trying to preach to an audience that she assumes is educated. They don't understand shit about Sri Lanka, East Timor, so they just brand her as a batshit angry lady.

I like them both. M.I.A. has lived through mass atrocity and genocide, and whenever she goes off on rants about it on the internet that aren't "THE HOLOCAUST!!!!" she tends to get branded as hysterical, aggressive, bitchy... Like the only genocide that ever happened was the Holocaust? If a journalist was making…

Keep in mind that gore doesn't need to be so obvious to have a massive impact. Hell, Hotel Rwanda is rated PG-13, too. Implied violence can be more unsettling than actually seeing the act.

RE: Kim Kardashian

Honest question: With the advancement of modern medicine, is it accurate to say that women who would not otherwise be able to give birth are on the rise? This is absolutely not a political question! I'm only wondering, because I know 40 years ago I'd never be able to conceive/give birth, but now I can. I know a lot of…

Thank you for this. As someone that read Battle Royale when it was first published in English 10 years ago, (because my parents wouldn't let me watch the movie), I was excited to read the Hunger Games! I decided the HG was far better at depicting socio-economic class struggle and gender relations, and it makes BR look…

We all disagree with her, we all think she's batshit. But we're also all morally autonomous and realize that we don't threaten stupidity with violence, right? Even in jest, that dude would have never mentioned raping Romney with a machete. This is straight up gender politics. I don't believe he wanted to literally…