The first post-partum mom I ever saw was my younger sister. I was a little surprised that she still looked pregnant about a week after having her son, and that's fucked up.

And that is EXACTLY how I felt through every one of my psych and social work classes!

The Hermione in me is super excited that someone wants to read things!

I've put the attachment-related info on my blog (not really my blog, but it's here, so I guess it is?)

I've posted the part I wrote about attachment on kinja

Okay, back home now. Here's the info for the paper:

That DOES make me feel better! I've been disappointed with evolutionary psychology many times, because I have higher expectations. David Buss is fantastic, and he doesn't look for easy answers. The papers that come out that essentially say "We're like this because evolution. Hunter/gatherer. Man have club! Hit…

I'm not at home right now, but I'll post them when I get back to my computer

I love watching the back pedal so much. I once interviewed for a valet job. They kept coming up with reasons why I couldn't do it (after offering it to me based on my resume where I used my initials instead of my full name.)

I disagree with this study. But then, I disagree with most evolutionary psychologist's conclusions.

And yet I've been asked, in one form or another, at EVERY job interview. I've been asked flat out, "Are you married? Are you planning to have kids soon?" I've also been 'sneak-asked.' They'll say something like "What do you have going on in your life? What level of commitment and flexibility can we expect from you?"

Watch out, because she seems smart enough that one of these days she's going to rig a ladder to the ceiling to check out your hidden camera claims. When my niece was about two-and-a-half, she climbed under the car to see if there really were hamsters on wheels making the car go. And dragged a shovel to the back yard…

Haha, this would be my niece, too. But she's scared of dragons. She loves, loves, loves dinosaurs. Knows all the different species, and has two imaginary dino friends. But dragons are like *wrong* dinosaurs, so she's disturbed by them. I need to tell him about the smoke detector thing. It might work longer than…

I did one of those "Your Year" facebook things. (It pulls random statuses from the whole year.) One of them was me saying that Amanda Bynes was the only former child star that hadn't gone completely batty. I waxed rhapsodic about how much I was looking forward to seeing her work in the future, and how I thought she…

You win parent of the year! And you have stolen the title from my brother who told his toddler that there are guard-dragons outside her door when she's supposed to be sleeping. (Really cuts down on the late night wanderings.)

In a small Kansas town, it means you go to work and school like normal, but you have to sleep at the jail. And if you're friends with the guards, you drink with them at night.

I really don't think so. If someone I know has been to prison, they've never told me about it. My friend's brother spent a week in jail for a suspended license once, but that's not even close to the same.

I do agree with you on that, but it also gives white girls like me an entry point into a world we might never otherwise feel a part of. It's the reason that Doctor Who always has a companion from modern-day Earth. There's a character to explain things to us.

Yeah, thanks for making me feel even lazier. I'm browsing Jezebel to AVOID thinking about laundry!

Sorry, I know this isn't the takeaway you intended, but: