Yeah, I LIKE being an independent adult who lives away from my parents. I LIKE living with my husband (most of the time). I'm all for having more support from the community in raising a child, but I don't think there's anything wrong with a bit of independence and boot-strap-iness.

Sorry, but I already have enough problems feelings eternally obligated to serve my mom. I absolutely do not want to live in a society in which I can never get to leave the the maternal home and my partner has to sneak in at night. Any way i can have the gender equality without the stifling family obligations?

So much of this is terrible but my inner five-year-old is like

I like the old-school 70s Erica Jong/Joan Didion-style cover, too.

I probably need this in front of me at all times. If I had a printer I could put it up on the wall, too.

Well, to be fair, poo, pee and potty are easier (developmentally) for small children to say than bowel movement or toilet, and generally more appropriate than "taking a shit" :) HOWEVER, grown-ups should never be indulging in this baby-speak with anyone over the age of 2, and frankly if anyone is too afraid to say the…

Parenting done right (tm).

BAM. All the stars to you today Tracy, all the stars!!

We've always used the proper terms with our kiddo (I'm a biologist, I'm not going to call it a wee-wee or a hoo-haa or whatever). She was then told by other kids she was saying "bad words." Her teacher started to tell her not to say those and she proudly said "My mommy says those are the right words and not to use…

Civilised? Lord knows I've been (actively) trying to do that, as it would significantly increase my dating pool, considering I am a minority within a minority within a minority, but nope, my brain will insist on continuing to be attracted to only women. Le sigh.

Aaaactually...(and I know I'm going to get rotten fruit chucked at my head for saying this but) that fits better with the definition for pansexual (though god knows no one can agree to a single definition for anything); bisexuals *can be* but are *not necessarily* attracted to people in the way you're describing.…

I mean, gender attracts me. I'm just not as specific about *which* gender attracts me.

I have a friend who lived in Saglek bay for the past 10 years. She only ever ate "vegetables" out of a can, literally the ONLY meat they had was seal and salmon, the odd moose. And only the Natives were allowed to hunt them, and if she didn't make such good friends with them and they GAVE her that stuff she surely…

I do very much understand that. I respect the fact that there are people that can and do kill animals, gut them, flay their skin, harvest their organs, and use every last little bit of their dead carcass for reasons they see fit. I'm using nomenclature that is considered provocative in service to a point. Most people…

Here's the thing: she's not advocating killing seals willy nilly.

If you do some research in to the food available to aboriginal Canadian communities, especially in Nunavut, you may change your mind. What we are able to easily buy and consume in major cities - green peppers, lettuce, vegetarian/vegan sources of protein - is simply not available in those communities, and if they are,…

Typical HuffulePuff Hat

I've been hearing about this shit for two days now thanks to my girlfriend, who is goddamned obsessed. She also claims that for some reason, the author refers to Gryffindors or Slytherins as "Gryffindor Hats" and "Slytherin Hats" which bothers me WAY more than it has any right to, like a persistent nail dragging…

Thank you very much for your concern, sir, but he does not need your religion, he has science and socialism and birthdays.