That is fantastic news. Now we just need to mandate/expand FMLA across the rest of the country.

And we are already off to a FLYING start.

Methadone? I think your question was rhetorical, but methadone might be the next most politically regulated drug after mifepristone.

Maybe if you hurl the bucket hard enough?

I KNOW. IT MAKES ME NUTS.

I’m the biggest advocate for gun control there is, but this is a domestic violence and control issue, not a gun issue.

Nothing justifies hurting the one you claim to love, unless the one you love is, in your value system, a semi-person who belongs to you and owes you happiness. Historically, women have been such semi-persons to men in every culture and every era.

True story: My wedding dress was tea length and emerald green. I bought it at a local wedding dress shop from the bridesmaid section. I ended up going in for 2 fittings and both times the staff freaked out because they couldn’t find my dress. They could only find the bridesmaid’s dress. Then they’d hang their heads in…

Why do his and his families feelings about her name matter more than hers?

I’ve seen and really don’t get this argument. My last name has been my last name from birth. Just like it was my father’s last name from birth. Is it more “his” last name than mine because he’s a man? Or because he’s older? It’s not “my father’s name”—it’s a whole bunch of “Keyser’s” (men and women) names. Including…

Love is something you DO.

Eh, no argument about the colonialism. Not even going to touch how ill-advised the restaurant theme is.

I feel you. I’m also married to a good dude and was trying to explain the frustration that there is nothing with our kids that I never do, while he has quite the list (cutting their nails, haircuts, vaccines, check-ups, all the fun stuff). There is an inherent unfairness to motherhood that I wasn’t quite prepared for.

“Siri, I want to buy a bridge in Brooklyn.”

I’m sure she bragged and bragged about what a responsible gun owner she is too.

I think you are very confused.

I agree with almost everything you said - every microbe has its place, yes. But vaginal microbiome has several. It both keeps the vagina healthy and seeds the newborn during the birthing process. This is an attempt to reintroduce it where it is missing, not to introduce it into a different system of the body where it…

Who said anything about fundamentally integral? And I think the logic was more like:

How do you think the baby comes out of your vagina? In shrink wrap? Your vaginal secretions are ALL OVER the baby. It’s by design.

Unlike many (many many many) birthing trends, I’m actually cool with this one. I mean, I get being squicked out, but the idea has some solid merit. Most babies pass through the vagina and get well and truly rubbed in its juices during the birthing process; that’s not gross, right? Why is this? Colonization by the…