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Laura Beck
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I think she is gorgeous. People are always asking what the big deal is about her, but its different strokes for different folks. Some of you like beyonce like she is your lord and savior and a lot of us wonder what the fuck you see in her....but that doesn't stop anyone from loving her. If Dita is not your flavor, Read more

As an adult, I learned that my grandmother underwent a double mastectomy in the late 60's because of breast cancer. She also had a hysterectomy as a result of uterine cancer (after bearing nine children, one of whom died of crib death as a baby). I honestly had no idea that my grandmother had gone through this, Read more

Next Freakonomics book that Steven Levitt shits out will probably have a "how much Angelina Jolie cost herself in lifetime earnings by removing her breasts" chapter. Read more

If I heard 50% ovarian cancer risk, I'd probably be in the hospital the next day.... from what I've heard, ovarian cancer is pretty much asymptomatic until it's too late.... with breast cancer you sometimes get a warning. Read more

Just to clarify: everyone carries the BRCA1 gene, which is involved in DNA repair. It's what is referred to as a tumor-suppressor gene, since its normal function is to prevent cancer from forming. In Ms. Jolie's case, she carries a mutant form of the gene that doesn't function properly, and therefore cannot fix DNA Read more

She has always been a warrior- reminds me of the archetypes OYA, Iansa, Athena. She is a total bad ass. Of course she got rid of anything that could leave her children motherless. Of. Course. May she live long and healthy. Read more

Wow. Sometimes I wonder if preventative medical science has gone too far (thinking of preventative mastectomies being along the lines of all the possibly-unnecessary LEEP procedures that many women like myself endure), but right now it's all we can cling to as a hope for survival. I'm glad she wrote about it...the Read more

So many feels. I'm decidedly not a fan of hers, usually, but I think going public with this took guts. Read more

After not seeing this video for 20+ years I am horrified at the frumpy outfits they made poor Carnie wear. A business suit on the beach? A trench coat? Oh, honey, no. Read more

That looks like my couch after my cat got to it. Read more

This is much easier to guess when there's a sign on the wall of a building advertising Radio Gdansk, much harder when you realize that parts of Australia look a hell of a lot like parts of California and it's not just the imported eucalyptus trees. Read more

Holy shit. This is in Scotland and I promise you, I have never been there. I had a feeling it was Scotland because of a license plate shape and the landscape... I'm just amazed that I guessed one street over from where it actually was!

i got like 12 thousand something my first try. i only had trouble with ones in russia and ukraine Read more