I don’t think anyone disagrees with you that the reality is as you have explained it. That’s what’s going on in a lot of these cases that people are sharing... And I understand that as an individual you had no power over that dynamic.

I have an IUD and regularly FREAK OUT about being one of these women. I’ve just given up and bought enough pregnancy tests to test every other month. Can’t handle it. One of my second cousins had her first with .... less than the usual amount of warning. It could run in the family!

Cosigned. My eyeliner skills were immensely improved with gel liner, and now I’m also better at pencils, pens, and liquid, because I have a better understanding of technique + desired results.

I’m pretty big all over, so I like empire waists because they draw a clear line between the boobage and the belly that clothes that aren’t fitted or tailored don’t offer. But you can basically make your own with belts. Figure out what kinds of necklines you like, too! I look HORRIBLE in crewnecks and boatnecks, but a…

Except in either of those situations, that’s NOT all you know. The resume includes education, work experience, references, and personal details. A surgeon has specialties, success rates. Furthermore, if a stated goal is to actually increase diversity and we both accept the stipulation that state schools and ivies both…

I honestly can’t believe you aren’t ALREADY. All the puns made here make me think you are destined to love it.

-dry heaves-

My GRANDMOTHER told my I had child bearing hips. I was not yet 11.

This basically describes my courtship with my now husband.

I was watching that on Netflix last night and struck by how much his “model faces” made me think of Cruise, specifically.

That’s a smart call. Sorry our system is so broken. :(

Right? Two of my favorite friends in the world are a couple. One hugs, one doesn’t. The one who doesn’t sometimes DOES give me a hug, but only on big occasions. And you know what?

It was going so well... until your last sentence. Surprise. :(

I don’t know if he thinks he deserves it or if he just thinks “fuck, my turn now. Okay, let’s get it over with.”

Yeah, but that’s why it’s “almost.” No option is going to work for 100% of women - the point is that a LOT of women who would be good candidates aren’t getting them because the criteria that doctors are using for their recommendations are unnecessary. I went to PP because my GYN didn’t want to put one in because I was…

Well, shit, taxpayers pay their salary. It’s still our money getting wasted.

That is so dehumanizing and terrible. And disgusting.

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What even is nose cancer to him? Like, let’s say he’s a serial exaggerator as suggested elsewhere. Did he have a suspicious mole removed?

Please, if an elected woman actually said just that, she’d be vilified in the media left and right for her maternal failings. We can’t win either way.