I asked my bf about my makeup & he told me “I don’t notice eyelashes” & I said you don’t notice peoples eyes?? He said “I notice eyes, I don’t notice lashes”
Not 2 wks later my SIL asked my brother about a reporters crazy lashes. He said “I’ve never noticed eyelashes in my life”
There is certainly kind intentions behind the idea of validating and respecting every little discomfort, but the side effect of cultivating society-wide anxiety disorders is worth taking seriously.
@KelseyTuoc@sgodofsk Which sounds totally worth it to most people, I would assume. It's unfortunate that communication around this is so much less "reasonable reforms" than "meat is murder go vegan".
@JDHaltigan The absolute numbers are more significant than the sex difference. To not see that activism/advocacy strongly and obviously undermines scientific legitimacy is outright delusional.
@PShrinks@mattyglesias@tracewoodgrains People get general government service even if they don't pay property tax? It's not like that money specifically goes to those things, I trust.
Because in this moral system, there's a certain level of wealth that you're entitled to expect (it's where the line between "needs" and "wants" go; you're entitled to have all of your needs and none of your wants satisfied). Wanting to keep any more than that is greedy, wanting more so you can *reach it* is not.
“I have never understood why it is 'greed' to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else's money.”
Thomas Sowell
i know “a good man wouldn’t be offended by that statement” but OPENING a conversation (and responding to a compliment) with “men are generally terrible” is awful too. can no one flirt anymore?
This is her vaginal microbiome report. 100/100 score.
Top 1% of all vaginas.
Her sample is dominated by the single most protective bacterial species a vagina can host (Lactobacillus crispatus).
Only about 25-30% of reproductive age women globally are L. crispatus-dominant, and “dominant” usually means above 50%. Kate is at 98.7%.
The lab found nothing bad to report. (no gardnerella, Candida, STIs, opportunistic pathogens, aerobic vaginitis markers, etc.)
This is linked to lower risk of BV, UTIs, yeast infections, HPV persistence, HSV-2 and HIV acquisition, preterm birth, and improved IVF outcomes.
A vaginal microbiome is downstream of everything: sleep, glucose control, stress, gut health, sexual health, immune function, what you eat, and what you put in it.