Do life expectancy rates account for infant mortality rates? I mean, does the fact that the US is failing when it comes to infant mortality mean that the average life span is lower?

It’s not a political commentary, I’ll give it that, but if the fictional EC ends a pregnancy, then it’s not emergency contraceptive, it’s an abortifacient. Additionally, the fictional pill that she was given couldn’t have ended her pregnancy because she wasn’t pregnant. She couldn’t have been. Fertilization and…

Well, I do see a problem with confusing EC and the abortion pill. There are a lot of people that oppose EC or would refuse to use it based on the belief that it causes an abortion, when in fact it prevents pregnancy.

But I won’t let it ruin the episode for me. I do wish they had been a little more clear....all they…

The tech from Arkangel doesn’t exist, but closely parallels existing methods parents use to control and spy on their kids. There’s parental controls that can censor television and the internet, many parents spy on their kid’s browsing history, and even read their text messages, emails, and facebook profiles. Parents…

I don’t think it was the c-section that foreshadowed her as a nervous parent, but that the baby didn’t immediately cry and was brought out of sight. When I saw that scene, I was like “uh oh, they swapped out her baby!” But she actually thought there was something wrong with it, possibly even still born, and that…

You have to abuse and neglect your pets in order to protest animal cruelty, duh.

Yeah. I guess I see what you mean.

I guess I just don’t consider compassion, self-love, and sharing to be political ideologies. But I guess the GOP has made them political, so...

I’ve seen lying like that. In fact, I’ve lied like that: cruelly, prolifically, and all to keep a desperate grasp on what little power I had.

Of course, I was seven and lying to my little sister about the tv malfunctioning so she’d play Barbies with me even though she didn’t want to.

There’s a pretty big difference between teaching your kids to discriminate and teaching them that discrimination is wrong.

Also, their kid may very well be gay. Or question their sexuality in the future. But because of their parent’s indoctrination, they’ll hate themselves and likely struggle with depression. They’ll…

Kids pick up on their parent’s political ideals regardless of whether the parent is “programming” them, or even talking to them about politics. Kids know that politics are a big deal, and an “adult” topic, so they will repeat what they hear their parents saying in an attempt to sound smart and grown-up. At least,…

Someone else could have died after a legitimate accident all because the department was tied up helping the world’s biggest idiot avoid a Darwin award.

So it’s Wednesday, and I know I’m hella late to this party, but I don’t know any other supportive communities that I could turn to for advice...so I’m hoping maybe someone might see this? Or maybe writing some of it out might help. idk.

Very long story short, a fellow student and I were sexually assaulted while walking…

A disappointing one, for sure. They were doing some really interesting things with Israel/Palestine, and I wanted more.

Eh, I love the show, and would be pretty alright if they replaced him with an actual trans woman to play the part. It’d be weird, but I’d get over it.

It was discovered when she was a freshman in college, but by all accounts started before then. Also by “college-age” you mean nineteen? Which may be legal, but a 19-year-old is still a teenager, and it is still incredibly creepy for a man closing in on 60 to be fucking her, much less a man that served as a…

Correct me if I’m wrong, but Soon-Yi was a minor when the relationship first started.

If any of the men from my past that had crossed boundaries reached out to me, I would be so fucking creeped out. I probably wouldn’t believe any apology they offered, and hearing from them would likely upset me and just bring up a lot of shit.

So my suggestion is to focus on your behavior going forward, teach your…

You would be doing those women a solid by kicking dirt on those harassing assholes, though. If I saw any of the men that have harassed/assaulted me telling off a creepy man at the bar, I would be relieved to know that he was trying to be better, to stop not only his own crappy behavior, but other men’s as well. And…

You’re talking about our safety as if it’s some fun philosophical debate. You’ve come to a space intended for women and are arguing with us over how we should best deal with men invading our space and threatening our bodies. And I am just not here for that.

There absolutely is a strict choice between safety and…