I read the book and loved it, have only been able to watch max 3 episodes close together before needing a good 2 week break. It’s amazing, but makes me so so so sad to watch.

Yep, a now-distant friend of mine has bipolar disorder. In manic episodes she would generally dissapear, blow a ton of money, make rash and generally unwise decisions, before coming out of the episode weeks later in shock at what she had done to her life. I think she’s handling treatment better now (she had a tendency…

Ehhhh, I don’t think Canadian culture, especially in Vancouver, is about being cartoon-character happy. Canadian culture values politeness, not cheer. It is expected you are polite, but that’s it. It’s generally expected of service industry staff, but also literally everyone else. You are supposed to be polite TO the…

So does Canada (a lot of cities). I happen to live in one that STOPPED doing it (stupid) and surprise! Dramatic rise in cavities and tooth decay.

I don’t know about you guys, but I love dramatic sex. Maybe not so much... public/near people sex, but still. Have done before, hesitate to do again? Depends who the others are I guess.

Beard oil is the best! I don’t personally have a beard, but my boyfriend does, and I can tell when he doesn’t use the oil and when he does. Definitely prefer the oil, plus it smells amazing and makes his beard delightfully soft.

Right now she’s the wind I needed in my dropping feminist sails. I’ve been getting so tired of the constant need to be ‘alert’ to sexist BS in my workplace, but after seeing the courage and relentlessness she’s showing it’s helping me find strength. It makes me so happy that younger people are no taking no, shut up as…

I love that idea. Remove any bias that anyone may have for any reason. Likely once they are face to face that candidate can shine anyways, and if the hirers are THAT biased they still can’t see past gender/colour/whatever they likely wouldn’t want to be working there anyways.

Oh my god. She should seriously consider that NASA offer. That’s huge, and it’s still a bit rough for a lot of engineering new grads to get jobs at all, let alone one FROM NASA. I understand location might not be great, but she’s not bound there for life.

Gah, this scares me. I’m the only woman in my group/area at work (project management) and right when I first started over a year ago when I was commenting on the LACK OF WOMEN, there were some ugh comments about how there have been women, but literally all of them to date have eventually had a child/ren and then never…

GAH YES! I’m a woman in a committed relationship that’s quickly approaching marriage and children (which I”m honestly pretty happy about) but I’m getting so nervous about my career. I LOVE MY JOB, honestly. Yeah it stresses me out sometimes but it’s so rewarding and I’m so goddamn good at it. Luckily my SO wants to…

Yup. I’m a lucky woman who doesn’t have any negative side effects to my pill, on the contrary it provides me with awesome side effects like minimal/no cramps compared to my not on the pill nasty debilitating cramps. I’m literally nervous at the nearing future where I will actively stop taking it because baby…

You guys really do.

I don’t have children yet, but if I did oh my god would I support the hell out of them participating in something like this. I’m Canadian, but I want my future offspring to feel comfortable questioning authority, because they’re not always right and blindly following anybody is a serious concern of mine. It’s…

Me too. I didn’t avoid dating so much as just ... not give a crap anymore because I had effectively stopped believing there was anyone for me, and I was so okay with it. Not advocating accepting there’s no one out there for you, but it was my round-about way of really digging single me, so I guess me.

I’m glad you trust your instincts, and glad you have a good coworker who watches your back. I really hope that security guard never hurts anyone, but I have a bad feeling he already has/will continue to do so.

Yep, I’m in my first, and likely, only long term, serious relationship. I don’t gush, except when a few drinks in and then maybe a sentence. I’m extra private about my private life now, and even less tolerant of people who bash their SOs publicly now. I have even less understanding of how people can jump between…

Discrimination against white people, white men, and men in general is indeed a thing, but ‘reverse’ discrimination is not. It’s discrimination both ways.

Please let her know what you noticed, I think that can be done without the ‘YOU HAVE TO LEAVE HIM’ level, but maybe she also kinda notices things but doesn’t feel justified? Or maybe it will plant something in her brain that will get her out faster if it does escalate. That scares me because that’s a classic…

GAH! Same here! After one of the guys in our office left, I said to someone I wasn’t sad since he always just... bothered me (am a woman). One of the other ladies just burst out with an ‘OMG HE WAS SO CREEPY!!!!!!! Said awful shit when no one else was around etc etc.’ It feels good to be validated, but so sad that it…