Yeah that’s really not the response I expected! I’m always kind of discourged by the assumption that everyone is or should be on hormonal birth control. For me it caused way more problems than it was worth, and it was the kind where you are only supposed to get a period every 3 months, but it never did work that way…

Okay, I am a little shocked at the number of comments about how Fu Yuanhei should have used hormonal birth control to skip her period for Rio. Lady is an elite athlete who no doubt has tracked her fitness relative to nutrition, medications, rest, etc. for years. Shouldn't we give her the benefit of assuming she knows…

Some swimmers I know regarded the pill as a pain in the ass when we were younger. They got their period more often on it than off. Really low body fat can do that. So it could have just been one of those things that seemed like a better idea than it ended but being.

I”m not sure that Trump has theALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!

Girl is selling out for EVERYTHING!!! Have you seen the commercials? She is a smart cookie and knows what’s what.

That’s an excellent point. Phelps scowling became a symbol of how focused and serious an athlete he is. But god forbid Gabby Douglas not smile all the fucking time. Ridiculous.

Holy shit. Fuck the Italian team. To say Biles is more “acrobatic” than artistic is bullshit racism.

There’s a saying (probably by Menken or Einstein) that goes, “Never assume evil intent when stupidity will suffice.” :)

:)

wooow...I don’t have kids yet but you may have just described my future. Last week the comcast guy wouldn’t cross my threshold because they’re “not allowed to be in the house alone with anyone under the age of 16". I’m 27 smh

To do list:

Holy shit - this is just a straight forward informative post explaining the answer to an interesting question. Well done.

I think Taylor has a Google alert for her own name.

There are no talented white girls.

No. He volunteered as tribute.

Funny… At this point in the movie, I was in hell too.

I started reading jezebel for the Lost recaps.

Photosynthesis.

I never wrote a paper about Jezebel, but I did see a cute boy reading it in the humanities library once.

Emma and company can swear up and down it’s all going to be okay and I’m still sitting here like this.