On The Contraception "Debate"
@Megan Patterson@facebook "Contraception isn't always just to prevent pregnancy"
For seriously! I was put on birth control before I'd even had my first kiss. Frankly, I should have been on it for 2 years already at that point, but it took that long for everyone to figure out that cysts were why I was getting violently ill every other month.
I have been paying $50 a month for 9 years now, because my health insurance doesn't see this as a particularly necessary medication, despite the fact that I cannot eat or drink more than a tiny sip for a full week 6 times a year without it. Or that every single woman on my mother's side either eventually had a hysterectomy or died of ovarian cancer.
(well ok, I think maybe for a while at first I was paying $40 a month...)
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On Beauty Q&A: Freeboobing and Cute Pajamas
@BadWolf @Blousey Brown <3 u, tiny boobs!
<3 u, overcoming insecurities!!!
(and apparently right now, <3 u exclamation points!)
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On Beauty Q&A: Freeboobing and Cute Pajamas
Free boobs always! Burn all bras!
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On It Grows Back
@Tim
Good luck Tim! I shaved my armpit-length hair after getting in to grad school, so (I say) your early experience with such things bodes well for your applications.
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On Finance 101: Rainy Day Funds and People "Terrible With Money"
@FoxyRoxy Oh wow thank you for mentioning these! Googled, and forwarded to Boyfriend.
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On Asking the Tough Questions
@RK Fire: Geez, I grew up so sheltered in the 90's I always just thought 'yo' was what people said when they were being cool (I was never cool enough to learn otherwise?). I am a math instructor now, and make fun of myself in class by being sort of awkwardly not-cool-trying-to-be-cool, and am pretty sure I have said "Yo" sometimes with a bit of swagger thrown in and augh I am only just now realizing how this is all horribly misappropriating and I've been a privileged juicebox. Who is now whining about her privilege. Ok, I'm going to stop writing and agonize over this on my own for a bit.
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On What's in a Number?
@cherrispryte Oh! You've secretly answered the question:
If oral is 3rd base, whereas P-in-V is a home run (aka 4th base in I-don't-actually-know-how-to-talk-about-baseball), we get the simple formula that each oral encounter adds 3/4, or .75, to your number.
... and apparently feeling ups add .5, and kissings .25.
Maths!
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On A Femme's Guide to Improvement: Advanced Finger Painting
@groggette This is my favourite style!
Boyfriend disagrees :P
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On How to Survive a 10-Hour Flight Like a Lady
@Emmanuelle Cunt
- what I have called a "cuddle pillow" forevers but is apparently called a "micro-plush bolster pillow"? Like this: http://www.athomedayspa.com/micro-plush-fleece-travel-bolster-taupe.html
Mine is just barely long enough that I can use it both as a head-against-wall pillow and something to wrap my arms around at the same time. It is understuffed/worn-out enough that I can squish it into very little space left on my carryon bag... or sometimes I just cram in on the top and zip some, and let the pillow cover the rest of the hole.
I dunno, I sleep with one of these all the time because I weirdly feel like my ribs aren't strong enough to support my unconscious weight all night? But somehow leaning against/over a pillow helps them? I don't know, it's basically a stuffed animal that you don't get teased as much for having. But since I always sleep with one, when I snuggle up with it on a plane, a) it helps me tap into other sleepy experiences/model previous sleepy behavior, and 2) it smells like comfortable, familiar, sleepytime things! I dunno, maybe that just means I should wash them more.
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On A Celebratory Glass of Pi-not Grigio?
The pie shop down the street from me gives out mini-pies for knowing 10 decimal digits, and 4 full-size pies (1 for each season in the upcoming year) for knowing 100 on this great day. The celebrations there these past 2 years have entirely made up for every awkward moment obsessively memorizing this sequence of digits brought me in my childhood.