I can't choose just one, but one of my favorites is the Library planet from Doctor Who. Personally, I'd be tempted to put up a Vashta Nerada warning sign for patrons with seriously overdue books.
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I don't have imaginary friends in the traditional sense but there is literally CONSTANTLY imaginative scenarios taking place in my head. Even when working. Even when out talking with people. It's like there's a parallel universe that exists in my head. I used to be worried/ashamed about it until I read that one of…
There is a really interesting book called Brain Storm: The Flaws in the Science of Sex Difference by Rebecca M. Jordan-Young. It's been a while since I've read it, but it is a very in-depth literature review on the problems with methods regarding studies of differences between men and women.
It wasn't until the 20th century. In the nineteenth century boys were dressed in pink (a derivative of red, which was seen as more masculine) and girls in blue. However, young boys and girls tended to be dressed in identical styles that would today be coded as feminine.
I'm interested in what this would entail for all gendered items and actions, following your reasoning. If girls like pink, it must be because they have a natural predisposition? (It must be their childlike fascination with vulvas!) If boys like blue, it must be because they are naturally disposed toward the color? (It…
Because these studies tend to focus on people from a very narrow range of industrialized countries. And then the results are presented as if they represent everyone, but the researchers who did the study have no clue whether or not the results generalize across cultures. Even worse, these differences are often…
"Intelligent design," my ass.
For those of you who like a little science with your advice, here is what the Mayo clinic has to say on the subject:
Sounds like you have a chip on your shoulder when it comes to "the rich," but check your judgments—a lot of private school kids aren't rich at all. I have done the research on this (I have already written one book about getting into private school and am in the midst of writing a book about how to pay for private…
Type-cast, proven by her role in Manic (2001) - also starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. In Manic she played a teen in a psych-ward who suffered from night terrors because of past-sexual abuse.
I've worked as a trader on trading floor for the last 5 years now and through the entire financial crisis and this is total BS (Though Kristine your final point is completely valid), and Im tired of hearing it. So Im going to set a few things straight:
All y'all who were raised on Full House and still suffer the aftermath, here is my recommended therapy:
How on earth did I manage to predict that his response would be some variation of, "you're ugly and frigid and no one wants to touch your boobs anyway."
He. is. a. racist.
As a guy whose biological parents both turned out gay (they always knew, but didn't accept it until a few years after my brother and I were born), I second the whole "duh" thing. Anyway, I was featured (or rather one line of my interview with the author was quoted) in a book called Families Like Mine, which told the…
Honestly? Yes, because it just goes to show that even if you have what society deems the "perfect" body, with a tiny waist and amazing curves, you still can't find clothes, even from the designers who want you to wear their stuff so badly they're giving it to you for free. It goes to show that women can't win no…
Absolutely, and it's a terrible choice to have to make. But it's not as if there are so many other great options to choose from! Your poor aunt. It's enough of a shock during the pregnancy - I can't imagine thinking everything was fine for 9 months and go through child birth, only to have that outcome.
Thank goodness for her. They otherwise sentence her to death, pretty much.
For anyone wondering, the two genes are TTC9B (Tetratricopeptide Repeat Domain 9B) and HP1BP3 (Heterochromatin Protein 1, Binding Protein 3), which are both estrogen-responsive genes. It seems like the test is for epigenetic markers rather than genetic markers. Epigenetics refers to the phenomenon of changes in…