My mother found out about the genetic abnormalities when she was 25 weeks, she missed initial OB appointments due to a car accident a few months before she was in that left her body very stressed, in a cane and going through tough physical therapy made harder with pregnancy. Unfortunately, NY law only allowed abortion…

I terminated a very wanted pregnancy at 26 weeks gestation in June. My daughter had a genetic duplication and abnormalities that would have ensured that her life was brief and painful, had she even survived the rest of pregnancy and birth. If I was not extremely privileged to have excellent health insurance and enough…

Instead of outright saying "I'm a lesbian," in the future I will just say "I'm more casual than ever." It's basically the same.

My favorite kind of missed connections are when I run into guys that were homophobic to me and I see them at the gay club.

"This is my treat," he said, something he would announce proudly and often in the days to come. When a young man passing by eyed us up and down, he wrapped his arm around my waist and said, "He's wondering what a girl like you is doing with someone like me."

I like to think the truly rebellious thing is choosing the name "John" in a family of Maddox, Pax, Zaharah, Vivienne, and Knox. Maybe in time John will learn to conform and at least go for Xavier or Max. Boys names have Xs in the Jolie-Pitt family!

The best tangible part is your body! You become strong and confident and feel invincible and beautiful, all while being filthy and eating 5000ish calories of junk food per day.

Someone should tell that dude about microsoft paint.

Dear Jezebel reader: The word "every day" (or "everyday") is not in my headline.

She is very much NOT missing the point. Believing that #CWW will have any impact on white people's deeply-held beliefs of black people is, however, missing the point.

It's piggybacking because it's a bunch of white people using this opportunity to discuss their own white privilege.

This is great perspective. Another problem with this is the - need? desire? choice? not sure of the right word to use here - to use white voices to legitimize the issue of racism. Why do people need white folks to tell them this shit is real when black folks have been saying it forever?? It's like when someone…

She's actually doing pretty OK until around 50 seconds in, then it all goes downhill.

So well put.

They are also classic in the "being a teenage girl" sense. There were always gross predators lurking around the edges of any situation (school, parents' friends, friends' parents, camp counselors, not to mention guys on the subway or in the park or at parties....). It keeps coming out because in some ways his…

wow, Florida? the Florida?

So pregnancy isn't a disability, yet we're required to apply for short term disability insurance in order to get paid during maternity leave? This really makes sense, America.

Going through the same thing right now with my second job - had a doctor's note that said I needed to be able to slow my pace down a little and boom! Suddenly on unpaid leave for an indeterminate period of time. And the kicker is the managers didn't even have the cajones to tell this to my face - they just yanked me…

So when someone posts the positives in life, theyr'e embellishing. But when they post the negative, they are "being dramatic" or a "Debbie downer." Your damned if you do, and your damned if you dont. I think the problem lies with the people poring over other peoples profiles. If someone is jealous of me over my…