(read at Gilmore speed:)
Yeah, my friends and I are on the same page. A lot. Yeah, we juuuuuuust had a Gilmore Girls marathon two weeks ago... but are we really the mavens that set this ball rolling? Even my acquaintances are watching GG. Strangers and I have struck up conversations about it. I, for one, thought the show sounded lame until 2008 when, during a dark period, I needed something to get me through and found every episode on DVD at the local library.
I digress. Why are all these people on the same page as me? I like having my own esoteric page that you have to flip around for and then aren't even certain what book it's in~ will the women of Chicago all be on the same cycle next?! Talk about a natural disaster. How could we keep up the chocolate supply? Also, have you noticed how little they eat in teh show? Every bite is the tiniest bite! ARGHHH!
Hypothesis: The show ended in 2007. It was 7 seasons. 2014 is 7 years later soooo... some sort of Fibonacci effect?
Reality: Netflix... they started streaming it on October 1st. Aha. Pretty obvious.
This is creepy. What kind of control does Netflix have over us?? What else could their powers be used for? :X Speaking of monopolies and streaming...
Here's the Net Neutrality petition if you're interested~ it took me 1.5 minutes:
http://www.fcc.gov/comments Click on the first one (14-28)!
...does the average deodorant cause cancer?
The good news is that studies are pretty inconclusive. ABC News said that deodorant "probably [doesn't] cause breast cancer" and the NIH's NCI (National Cancer Institute) said that "there is no conclusive evidence" that it does.
The bad news is that the NCI went on to say that "This study found that the age of breast cancer diagnosis was significantly earlier in women who used these products and shaved their underarms more frequently. Furthermore, women who began both of these underarm hygiene habits before 16 years of age were diagnosed with breast cancer at an earlier age than those who began these habits later." Sooo... not a cause necessarily, but related somehow. The American Cancer Society poked some holes in the experiment making this claim, however, citing issues such as, "But the study design did not include a control group of women without breast cancer and has been criticized by experts as not relevant to the safety of these underarm hygiene practices... Of note, the study asked about underarm products that the women were using at the time the questions were answered, not what they used before they developed breast cancer." Snopes and WebMD seemed to agree/recycle the same facts. The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) was not quite as reassuring, and really focused more on the absence of proof in either direction.
I guess my take on this is that... I'm going to make sure my deodorants have no parabens in them and may try out some natural deodorants. While they cost more, I'm pretty sure that I only buy deodorant like once or twice a year, sooooo probably worth it. Back to good news!: there ARE effective hippie deodorants! :D According to my cross-poll of research done by HuffPost and NY Mag, here are the top 5 faves:
*Note: The ACS went on to mention that the incidence of cancer rose with the use of oral contraceptives. Ugh.
The bad news is that the NCI went on to say that "This study found that the age of breast cancer diagnosis was significantly earlier in women who used these products and shaved their underarms more frequently. Furthermore, women who began both of these underarm hygiene habits before 16 years of age were diagnosed with breast cancer at an earlier age than those who began these habits later." Sooo... not a cause necessarily, but related somehow. The American Cancer Society poked some holes in the experiment making this claim, however, citing issues such as, "But the study design did not include a control group of women without breast cancer and has been criticized by experts as not relevant to the safety of these underarm hygiene practices... Of note, the study asked about underarm products that the women were using at the time the questions were answered, not what they used before they developed breast cancer." Snopes and WebMD seemed to agree/recycle the same facts. The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) was not quite as reassuring, and really focused more on the absence of proof in either direction.
I guess my take on this is that... I'm going to make sure my deodorants have no parabens in them and may try out some natural deodorants. While they cost more, I'm pretty sure that I only buy deodorant like once or twice a year, sooooo probably worth it. Back to good news!: there ARE effective hippie deodorants! :D According to my cross-poll of research done by HuffPost and NY Mag, here are the top 5 faves:
*Note: The ACS went on to mention that the incidence of cancer rose with the use of oral contraceptives. Ugh.
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