My ass-esteem just rose 2000%.

If that's the case, that makes a HUGE difference. I have a lot of doctor friends (all of them male and all of them graduating within two years of each other, so similar levels of experience) and depending on which specialty they're in and whether they work primarily in a hospital or in private practice (and how large…

From the linked article, it looks like while they did adjust for hours worked and years of experience, they were unable to adjust for specialty. Which seems pretty lazy, since that would be really useful information.

Something doesn't add up here:

Jesus this is confusing now! I can't read the whole study because I am not a member but I don't see how this could be possible. Are female orthopedic surgeons really getting paid, on average, $50,000 less a year than their male counterparts?

read the discussion part

Interesting.

I would suggest reading the article attached. Basically there's a statistically significant difference and they can't exactly why.

Hrm. I read this:

Why does $3500 seem on the low side to me for inpatient psych care? Oh I know why, cause if that's what she's paying pre-insurance, it might be less than I was charged. I was held for 2 weeks and charged nearly $100k for my care plus additional psychiatrist fees. After what my insurance paid, I still owed nearly $20k.…

he says she wanted Robert Pattinson.

Am I a bad person for thinking the porcelain heart is stunning? It looks like it's Delft or something. I would gladly display that in my house. I want it terribly now.

I believe milkmade was making a "Blurred Lines" song joke.

You know he wants it.

Her wonky eyebrows really bring out the dazed and confused look in her eyes. She really has no clue what's waiting for her on the other side..and you have no idea how sinfully gleeful this makes me.

"Fergie is a huge Guns 'N Roses fan - one of her career highlights has been performing and recording with Slash - so Axl makes perfect sense,"

I thought "Fonzworth Bentley" was a silly nickname that you made up for a celebrity until I clicked on the link.

It's a mistake in the story, I sent this to someone in Jezebel hoping they could write and article about it.

Err... this post is all over the place.

Laura... Puerto la Cruz is in Venezuela, NOT Argentina. Might want to fix.