People take birth control for lots of reasons. I used to get severe cramping in high school. Some people take it for acne. It might really help. You don't even have to get pills. There are needles you get every three months. Those even get rid of your period completely! There are also sticker patches you change every week, or an implant you get for a year.

The anti depressants sound good too. I'm prone to seasonal mood disorder. Lack of vitamin d is the cause. I hate taking vitamins, but sometimes I need to. I get so much accomplished when I do. I might actually take some now. I am so tired Today. It's been raining for most of the week.

Bro fist nolus. Also I love that cookie chart.

Who knows why these offices take forever. Robby is applying for immigration here and it takes 1-2 years to process, I think. We're still gathering paperwork. So, you're not alone.

And I get what you're saying with the ID but I'm stubborn when it comes to things like that. It's your ID damn it. >:V

I can't even imagine the hat this is all like, but I bet you are grinning from ear to ear.

@CosmicDebris:

We still have a lot of conservative nutjobs in power that believe if we allow safe sex to happen, we're putting our stamp of approval on promiscuous teens. Despite solid evidence that places where the most sex ed and available birth control has the least teen pregnancies and the areas in the "bible belt" have the highest. Even among just the average parent, a lot of people have this attitude of "that's not the job of the school, don't take control of our kids".

A bill just got through both the house and senate to allow states to withhold funding from Planned Parenthood with only the President's signature left to pass it. They also just pulled funding from a teen pregnancy prevention programs and AIDS relief. Basically conservatives message: We want our kids completely ignorant of safe sex, and if they get pregnant from that ignorance, they're going to have to raise it or go to back allies."

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I'm talking about high schools. Yeah, you can get them at clinics like planned parenthood for free, but some states like Texas have limited their presence so much that they're hard to find, and if this bill I mentioned goes into effect, they will disappear entirely from the red states, most likely.
Rarely see those vending machines, really. Maybe twice in my life.

I think they're more common in the guys washrooms? (someone wanna back me up here?)

Really? I'm sure if you go to a medical clinic or something, they would have that? There's always those vending machines in washrooms.

But yes, Wolfy, I could see that coming from the overly religious types. Sex is sinful. We must not promote it with free condoms. That's the devils work….or something.

@Femme:

Aww thanks Cappy.

It hurts because I was born and raised in that area, I went to public school in that school system, and though I didn't attend Friday prayers regularly at high school at the time, I did a few times and it really wasn't a big deal. We had a permission slip to sign, we made our teachers aware, and at lunch time a handful of students, like 5-6 would be on the stage (with curtains closed obviously) with a teacher. It would last less than ten minutes, because everyone wanted to leave and have lunch and hang with friends and everything.

We inconvenienced absolutely nobody, and if you weren't muslim, you wouldn't know it was happening.

And now there's bigotry at TRUMP LEVELS happening in MY neigbourhood (the screaming bigots shredding Qurans at the public school meeting at city hall)? Articles being spread targeting high school students? Protests being organized?

Like.. I go to work every day in this area and so many times I'd look at the people around me going about and doing their thing and it's like, I feel so cool to see how incredibly diverse the city is. Like, we're so multicultural that I can hardly comprehend the thinking it requires to hate somebody for what they look like/what they believe.

It's just upsetting. I intend to raise kids here and it's sad that they'll have to go through something so much harder than what I had to experience.

I grew up around hate and it certainly isn't fun. It's good to have somewhere to go, where you can be your self and at ease. It's all this political hoopla right now. Things are going to shit cause of all these company big wigs and political ass holes, and they're using muslims and immigrants as scape goats. I just hope that something happens soon to ease the pressure on society, and that people open their eyes and see what it's like from other people's shoes. I just think back 10-15 years ago when gay people were the big scary thing. Now it seems like a normal thing and people know they're just normal people. That's why I say just keep smiling. Be Ellen and show people how great your muslim community is. Hopefully they will take time and look for themselves.

@Femme:

Things are heating up here, I'm starting to feel very worried again.

Trudeau criticizes video offering $1K reward for recordings of Muslim students during Friday prayer
[http://www.cp24.com/news/trudeau-criticizes-video-offering-1k-reward-for-recordings-of-muslim-students-during-friday-prayer-1.3349873

I](http://www.cp24.com/news/trudeau-criticizes-video-offering-1k-reward-for-recordings-of-muslim-students-during-friday-prayer-1.3349873)'m well versed in the events of this article and am frequently in the area where these schools are, but it's hard to talk about.

I've been arguing this for two days on a yahoo.ca article. What is people's problem. They are hiding behind the argument that it's about religion in public schools but what about Christian kids. Are we going to forbid them from saying their own grace before they eat lunch? It's not fording the entire school to participate. Would you rather these kids pray in the middle of the halls? I think that would be more of a bother for everyone. Some people said they need to find their own school to pray. So.. We're segrigating now?

You know what. People are just naive and ignorent. You just keep being your amazing sparkling self, femme, and show everyone that Muslims are nice just like everyone else.

I hate when they do this. Just call it something else. * spits on new "notmegaman" cartoon*

I like you posting. you're on an interesting journey, and I love helping people.

Life is tough sometimes. I don't know how to make it better. I can suggest taking it one day at a time. My mom had to do that when she was very sick. I also love this quote from little house on the prairie. (I'm a closet lhotp geek) "god gives us the hard times so we apriciate the good times". Just think how good things will be when you are done this process and you can be free to be you.