Gender is a social construct. Biology is not. Biology =/ gender.

Anyone who thinks that isn't really paying attention to the show. Don Draper is quite possibly the saddest character ever created. He projects an image of absolute success, but beneath that veneer lies a pitiful, damaged human being who will never know true intimacy.

I agree, but think it also has to do with the rigidly defined gender roles for both sexes that dominated in that era. If I know nothing else about these type of dudes, it's that they are obsessed with the idea of "manliness" and what it means to be a "man". Defining those terms for yourself isn't easy to do, and I…

I hadn't really even realized that domestic violence was a major part of the story until I read your comment. I was just trying to recount in as few words as possible this experience that I had when I was young, and I couldn't really leave that stuff out or treat it as a separate issue. My ex was an abusive prick to…

Is this real life?!

She looks more like Glenda the Good Witch than Elsa.

I think this comment was a lot more revealing of your own issues than you intended it to be.

A little, though I will be the first to admit I am no expert on the tribes native to that region (I've mostly studied the Shoshone-Bannock tribes in Idaho). The county that Rock Springs, WY is part of is called Sweetwater County, which sounds nice, but isn't. The white men called it that because the water tasted a…

Yikes! I hope you are in a much better place now. And best of luck to you and your family.

Rock Springs, actually. I've been to Casper and Laramie, though, and they have a very similar feel to them. A lot of towns in Wyoming do. It makes you wonder about the Native Americans that avoided those places because they were "bad places". Maybe they knew something the white folk didn't.

When I was 18, I lived with my (now ex) boyfriend in a basement apartment in a town in Wyoming. It was not a happy time in my life for various reasons (boyfriend was abusive, I was pregnant with his child) but it also didn't help that the apartment was creepy as shit. Even for a basement apartment, it was unusually…

This makes me feel sick (and not just the pencil-in-the-eye thing). Don't physicians take an oath to do no harm? Turning your patient's injury into a punchline about how weird/gross your job is can only further compound the harm. It also hints at some unpleasantness in your character that you probably wouldn't want to…

True Story: When I was 15, my parents took my to a psychiatrist. His name was Dr. Close. He was an adorable little white-haired man with a British accent who sipped tea out of a china cup while I talked to him about my problems. He had an enormous autographed poster of Glenn Close as Cruella DeVille on the wall of his…

Never met a woman who has spent 24 hours playing Civilization 5? Boom. You just met one.

Nope, just a private citizen and gaming enthusiast who happens to have the same name. You'd be surprised how many prospective employers have asked me that same question, though.

I think your fedora may be too tight.

Ugh. I am so over the Nerd Persecution Complex. Gaming was never your secret clubhouse. Some of us have been here since the beginning, but were never accepted into the community because we weren't male or socially inept. Grow up. Find something else to define yourself by other than your electronic entertainment of…

Whaaaaaaaat? Stacey wasn't boring! She was the outrageous one! She used tons of hairspray!

I actually know quite a few women who hate male cum. They don't want to see it or feel it on them or near them. It's always kind of reminded me of those awful dudes who claim to like sex with women but just hate the smell/taste of pussy.

I just realized I am incredibly old.