That's terrible. I'm sorry you and your dad went through that.

Also a useful argument when Michigan's legislation decides that you need special insurance for ANY abortion at all. Even if you've got a stone baby inside you.

Not just abdominal pain; research shows that doctors are less likely to take a female patients' complaints of any type of pain as seriously as a male patients'.

Just to clarify — the Hyde Amendment only applies to PPACA/Obamacare through a "gentlemens' agreement" between Obama and Rep. Stupak — the Hyde amendment language was never actually written into the bill.

To clarify, the Hyde amendment (which is only applicable to the PPACA through a "gentlemens' agreement" between Stupak and Obama) allows for federal funding to be used for abortion in cases of danger to the mother's health, rape and incest. Therapeutic abortion is covered. Additionally, private plans are allowed to…

It is common for most insurance plans, including those listed on the state and federal exchanges to cover therapeutic abortion (i.e. cases in which abortion is medically recommended to protect the health of the mother). There are several private programs which also provide coverage for elective abortion which are…

That is a huge pet peeve of mine too (not just here, all covers).

I agree. It's awkward to be stuck between being really legitimately offended at something but not wanting to make a scene/be perceived as "aggressive" (ugh), so hopefully this makes those frustrations visible in a way that people can understand.

Funny, I have a soft spot for "Mallory..." ;)

LaComtesse with the wisdom once again :) The only thing I'd add to this list is "profession names:" Baker, Hunter, Cooper, Fletcher, Archer, Mason. C'mon, you're naming a Real Life Human, not populating a D&D campaign!

You're not truly a "man of character" until you've spent 3,000 words masturbating furiously and impotently into the ether about how vile women are.

So much of this article operates out of the assumption that the lover is male — do lesbian women also "expect" non-orgasmic sex? Without the male orgasm as a premature "finish line" wouldn't the expectation change?

It is! I'm not sure if it's blind hometown loyalty or not, but Red Hot Riplets forever have a place in my heart. A scorched, smoky, riplet-shaped place.

Do these kids grow up to be the Insufferable Sriracha People?

Same. There was only one thing more popular at my high school (still the best hot chip I've ever had):

I'd argue that the gun is a symbol of violence — the badge and uniform are the symbol of authority, but authority doesn't seem to cut it in the film/TV lexicon without the implied threat of violence provided by a drawn gun. This is tangential to the idea of increased gun violence in films, I suppose, but I think it…

I know it's pretty infrequent that they fire — even without it being fired, the mere presence of the drawn gun communicates "authority figure here, we've got things under control."

Very true. Some other absurd things: the idea a punky blond with a nice computer can sift through piles of data to pinpoint the exact disgruntled postal worker with a penchant for kidnapping young women in the tri-county area! So I'm not sure that it's Criminal Minds's strict adherence to reality that keeps the guns…

That's fair, but I'd contrast it against older films and TV where the unarmed detectives show up with armed uniformed officers to "take him away, boys." Same ultimate outcome, I feel like since the gun is now the visual symbol for "authority" we have writers making psychologists, profilers, computer experts and…

And then I made a comment about TV on a movie stub. Yay.