Most of the advice that people give women to make them "less rape-able" are related to rape and sexual harassment from strangers. But the majority of rape is from people the women know, non-stranger rape, for which all that advice is not applicable. You can follow all the advice in the world and still be harassed…

For me it's the lack of female role models in the upper levels. I've seen and worked with some amazing hard working female lab managers, technicians and post-docs. But out of the 57 preceptors in my program, only 12 are women. And although my graduate program has a lot of women accepted (>50%) and who graduate, of…

Splice made me laugh so hard with their made up science. I really hated that movie though.

I love these guys! The Engineer's guide to cats!

That motherly companion mouse? Elvis had sex with. When I worked with mice, if I left a male too long in the same cage as his mother? The mother ended up pregnant again.

I shall call him squishy and he shall be mine and he shall be my squishy.

I'm really lucky in that I think I might have that. We don't currently have children, but intend to start in a year or so. But my husband is also extremely supportive of my career, and has always tried to help me along my path. And we've talked about it, and he understands that because of my demanding schedule,…

I had a crush on both Riker and Geordi!

I have the same fear. I know my grandfather had a good IQ, and that all his kids were within a 5 point range of each other and 10 point range of him. I don't know what my brother's IQ is, but I think it's close. And I'm getting my PhD, so I worry that if I took the test and didn't get as high then my family will…

Yeah I read that a couple times. My grammar is rusty so it has that sort of "sounds wrong so it's probably right" tone to it.

Yep, I am a strawberry.

Sometimes I wish I could watch it again to see if it's as good as I remember. I learned an embarrassing amount of information about sex from that show.

I had a huge addiction to Undressed when I was in high school. They used to show 3-4 episodes a night on weekends, and because of the way they made each story bridge a couple episodes, you HAD to keep watching to see the conclusion to the story. Also I'm pretty sure Undressed depicted furries before I ever knew what…

Well I grew up in a "much more beer" area back when I didn't drink, but I know live in a "much more church" area (and now I do love my beer! and my microbrews!)

I got the soundtrack minutes after coming out of the theater and have been listening to it non-stop since. It's my favorite movie I've seen this summer (and I've seen it twice already!)

Or I would pop them all, cause popping bubble wrap is addictive.

I don't need to be drunk to serenade my dog. My current song: the Mordu song from Brave.

You said: "I get a sense that she is a "personality" in the culture, but that her popularity is based upon her acting, not her creative output."

I didn't date until I was in college, but when I did start dating I ended up with 2 failed relationships within 6 months. The second one was also notable for being the first guy I ever said "I love you" to which made it extra devestating. I actually thought that it was my fault, because the guys both broke up with…

Is it possible it will get better? I haven't seen Newsroom yet, but I love West Wing (currently rewatching, up to season 4) and I always thought his female characters there were really great, but the show did start off with mostly men. CJ was the only strong woman in the beginning, and Donna was sort of bumbling at…