You're using ad hominem attacks—why? Is my experience any less valid than anyone else's? And, to be clear, there's no substitution going on here. It's merely an illustration of the fact that consenting adults can engage in consenting adult behavior and it's not necessary to clutch pearls over it.

I didn't say I was "special" anywhere in there, so you can lay off the snowflake language. I said that I was responsible enough to make my own choices, and I'd like to believe that most other women of legal age are equally capable.

Except her line only has sizes S, M, and L. Not that JLH is responsible for clothing the entire range of body sizes pregnant women have and I imagine they tried to keep the expense low until they see how her line goes over, but would an XL option have killed her?

Just make sure someone knows when you die! This story freaked me out. http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/07/us/…

He basically told the story so that his kids would know their mom wasn't the love of his life. That's some messed up shit.

It should have been called " how I settled for your mother so I could have the kids I wanted and then went back to the real love of my life once she died" Horrible ending.

This makes me sad for the baggage handler. The person was not a native English speaker so most likely was completely unaware it was offensive. I can't imagine any native English speaking person using this term, so I don't think this outrage will in any way educate people on being more sensitive. All it did is probably…

I don't. Be offended when something is done in malice. When done in ignorance, politely inform and move on.

Holy shit! Has this song been a mass hallucination the whole time?

HOLD THE PHONE WHEN DID WE KNOW THE DIXIE CHICKS WERE BACK TOGETHER AND TOURING. WAY TO BURY THE LEDE, OMG.

THIS THIS THIS! Far too many of us have internalized gendered interests to the point where we're too afraid to change the subject at parties and talk about what really interests us. Ask people what books they love, talk about your favorite video game- be the change you want to see in the world, people!

Same. Jezebel book club, anyone?

Here's a face that says "if I steal that cat, I could finally be a supervillain!"

Well l ook, I don't buy any of this either, but ultimately, if you spend money on some chakra cleansing or wahtever and you do feel better, like Tracy did, then what really is the harm versus blowing that money on beer or concert tickets or anything else that is totally discretionary. I don't disagree that it's bad if…

And in that letter she talks about how she supports businesses that deny their employees contraception coverage, because of Jesus. Isn't it kind of cool that even right-wing nutjobs like that realize supporting anti-gay discrimination is political suicide? Gay news is the best news to follow because more often than…

Also, I assumed his comment meant that, in real life, he would be going in drag since he is not, himself, trans.

Harder to be offended otherwise.

I'm in my early twenties, small boobs, never pregnant, and my tits sag. I lost weight and they just never recovered. I feel comments like "small boobs will never sag" is just another form of body shaming.

Women with small breast can have saggy tits. If you get pregnant, there is good chance, regardless of your breast size, that you will have saggy tits. Guess what? Having saggy tits isn't the end of the world. I have saggy tits and world has not yet fallen off its axis.

I do know they haven't been cast. My irritation made me sloppy. I also knew someone would be along to correct the misstatement, so I didn't edit it. I was looking forward to having this exact conversation. It's been great for me. How was it for you?