"Breast cancer is not one disease, but 10 different diseases … Our results will pave the way for doctors in the future to diagnose the type of breast cancer a woman has, the types of drugs that will work and those that won't, in a much more precise way than is currently possible." —A new study in Nature that's explained (without a paywall) by the BBC will apparently provide "a completely new way of looking at breast cancer."
(Ed. note: questions that have nothing to do with sex and/or relationships are always encouraged, too.)
My boyfriend sometimes doesn't have an orgasm during sex, especially if we're doing it late at night (when he's tired) or early in the morning (he says morning sex is not his thing). We'll be going at it for, say, 10 minutes, and then … he'll say he's done and doesn't need to finish. This happens two or three times a month. He says he's enjoying the sex, he just sometimes doesn't feel like he needs to come. He also says he doesn't feel frustrated by not finishing. He was a virgin [...]
"We are hoping spider toxins will do the same thing for breast cancer, or do even more and kill the breast cancer cells." —Where spiders and breasts (hopefully!) intersect. (Also: "The breast cancer drug letrozole reduces the chances that a woman’s cancer will return and improves her odds of survival to a greater degree than tamoxifen, a widely used estrogen blocker, according to a new analysis.")
Thyra Heder is an illustrator who lives in Brooklyn and loves staring at people.
Today, as you may know, is National Cleavage Day. In some places they're celebrating by ranking breasts, but other ways to observe include looking at and thinking about crystals, as well as remembering geology.
While we're thinking about crystals, here's a short crystal-related "story." When I was in fifth grade I developed an interest in crystals — on one crystal in particular, actually, an amethyst-type thing that I played with by cleaning over and over with q-tips and a pin. I don't think I was cleaning so much as eroding it, though, but oh well. In any case, my dad noticed this interest and signed me [...]
"I asked her again if she would like to attempt the task and she stated not really because she has big breasts." [The deputy told her to keep her hands by her side and] "she stated, 'hell no not with these.' Telling me again she can't do it, not with her big boobies." —Police were unmoved by a Florida woman's request that they "understand that she is big-chested" and therefore unable to adequately demonstrate sobriety. (SIGTUTIBCOIGTKD?) [Via]
Over on Story Collider, Cyndi Freeman — a.k.a. Cherry Pitz — tells the story of her breasts and her job, with illustrations by Tammy Stellanova. And if you live in New York or are planning to attend SXSW, she's also performing (both stories and burlesque) at the "And I Am Not Lying" show on March 6 at Union Hall in Brooklyn, and is teaching/performing in a show in Austin on March 10. Go to it/them! Here's a video.
All is not well in the world of bras: the largest bra in the world (recently crowned and currently adorning a skyscraper in London) may not actually be the largest bra in the world, and the man claiming that it isn't the largest bra in the world is himself responsible for what he believes is (or, was) the largest bra in the world. Plus he has silent video to prove it. (Above.) His big bra, 150 feet long to the other big bra's 102, was created partially in response to "an office worker on Wall Street who had very, very large breasts," he told the Huffington Post, and [...]
"Woman With Cups and Saucers on Chest." If you've got it, put saucers on it.
