1) Taxpayers. 2) Private employers in California and other states with paid maternity leave don't pay for it—it comes out of disability. 3) Somehow, Germany, the UK, France, Sweden, Denmark, etc.etc.etc., have ALL managed to not become Spain or Greece despite their liberal parental leave policies.

As much as I loathe the mommy wars, and as much as I ardently believe that they are the direct product of a society that has largely pushed the needs of women, babies, and families to the fringes, I totally find myself judging all the time. I totally judge moms who dress their kids in character outfits. I can't help…

True story: I told my boss that I'm going to have to cut my workload in half after I have my second (who is due next week), and she was like, "hmm...have you read Sheryl Sandberg's book, 'Lean In'?"

Oh, man. That's rough. I'm definitely of the opinion that there is no set formula that works for every family—every family has to do what works for their situation. But I also believe in following your gut. Four weeks is a really short maternity leave. Are you going back full-time? I still couldn't sit in a regular…

Look at all those question marks. And extra 'Y's! You must be really worked up.

1) Thanks for the lecture, but I'm married with two kids, so I'm good on the whole "this is why it's economically easier to be a married parent than a single parent." Yeah, we all know why it's easier to be a married parent than a single parent.

I always hate how "family values" becomes this banner for defending misogynistic social policies that hurt women and children. Never mind the fact that women are still largely the primary caretakers and the custodial parents in divorced families, and failing to regulate discriminatory practices that leave women at an…

Uggghhhh, how depressing. The system is just one giant MRA! Excuse me while I go back to bed and never wake up...

If you don't see a difference then you clearly have never been poor. More women live in poverty today because we have a much wider income gap as CEOs and banks continue to give themselves plush raises while holding down their employees' wages. Don't give me this bullshit about how feminism somehow made women poorer,…

Ohhh, okay. You're a troll who can't spell "paid"—I get it now. Please, feel free to educate yourself here and then fuck right off.

Sooo, you don't see a difference between a social safety net paid for by tax dollars and sending your children door-to-door to beg for food from neighbors?

You're right...that was a mistake...particularly including Mitch McConnell in that lineup. I don't want to picture his turtle head poking out from under the sheets with a creepy "I just got you pregnant" smile.

I was just thinking about this the other day with that weird Greg Gutfeld rant about how feminists are relying on the government because they're not relying on their husbands. Sooo, in other words, feminists are bad because they're out having premarital sex and "asking the government" to pay for their whorepills. But…

IF anti-choice activists were just about decreasing abortions. Really, though, they just want to slingshot the U.S. back to the '50s, when women stayed home and had babies, men worked, and people of color were a virtual slave-labor class.

"Earll then went on to cite studies that show that teen sex actually didn't exist until Obamacare was passed, and that marriage by the age of 19 has been proven to cure all forms of cancer, all the time, for everyone, because GOD, AND THE BIBLE."

Other countries DON'T REQUIRE BUSINESSES TO PAY FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES' LEAVE. It's called a social safety net. It comes out of everyone's taxes. In California, it comes out of disability.

Lol, because Mexico is totally representative of all the countries that offer paid maternity leave. Sounds like you've never heard of Germany. Or France. Or the UK. Or Canada. Did you know that Germany actually makes most of the components that go into an iPhone? China assembles the phones, but the German workforce is…

It really brings into focus just how HARD the system is working to get back to the good ol' days of the 1950s, when women simply "didn't have sex" until marriage, then had all the babies that their husbands wanted while the menfolk went off to work. And OF COURSE women didn't go back to work after having a baby—and of…

Fuck off.

lol, bro