When the image on the flag went to his superiors to report this assault by his fellow soldier, he was demoted and pressured by his unit not to say anything. When PTSD and depression made it impossible to fulfill his duties, he was dishonorably discharged, and held up as an example of why images on flags are just not…

It's weird how upset people get about criticizing these practices, yes pregnancy has it's risks, but why does that mean that we can't talk about the problems with pharmaceutical birth control and hospital births?

I'm a lesbian. In terms of birth control, that shit is fool-proof.

Ours too! Except pizza. and no pants!

My wife and I have been married for 20 years. We have four teens that are 17 months apart. To be clear, that means we had ALL our kids within 17 months, because three are triplets. If a "healthy marriage" was about sex, we'd have been divorced loooong ago. "You have to be available when he calls" is utter garbage.…

"you always need to be available when he calls.'"

Exactly— how come this concept hasn't sunk into so many minds? "But it creates lots of jobs!" is supposed to be a conversation-ender about why big-box homogenization is bad. But what these stores create are (a) low-paying part-time jobs, which have (b) little to no room for advancement (and, in Walmart's case, pretty…

If you really want to go deep, there is Lise Vogel's "Marxism and the Oppression of Women." She's the pioneering developer of Social Reproduction Theory. The book sort of presupposes that you've read Capital too.

I found out on NYE when I was 25 that I was pregnant- failed birth control in a deeply loving 5 year relationship where we both were SO not ready to be parents. I can tell you what- knowing I was in Massachusetts, knowing I had spectacular health insurance thanks to my Swedish company, knowing there was a Planned…

Kenny deserves all the props for what he did. But kids shouldn't have to depend on random generosity. The safety net is being ripped apart, and that's wrong.

My boss has this weird thing about people actually using their leave (though he then forces you to take huge chunks if you've got more than 4 weeks because of financial liability), so he's already biased in this situation, but he told me once that when a man takes off sick for the kids he doesn't believe it, because…

"Please explain how that works."

"I believe if you want to attract more males to these courses, you have to work with them," Kim said in his complaint.

Nothing says in touch with the youths of 2014 like a 38 year old man at a lingerie pool party.

I boycotted FOX News since forever. Fat lot of good that's done anyone.

Mandatory and compulsory paid paternity leave for dads. Mandatory and compulsory paid paternity leave for dads. Mandatory and compulsory paid paternity leave for dads. Mandatory and compulsory paid paternity leave for dads.

Christ on a cracker!!! Yeah, glad my pediatricians were not schooled by your professors! Le Petit Comte was born on the bigger side (8.4) and was breastfed. Within a week he was over 9 pounds. Within a month he was over 13 pounds. He had doubled his birth weight by 4.5 months. He was in the 99th percentile for weight…

This is because weight charts are based on formula fed infants from DECADES ago. Most breastfed babies are at the 99th %ile.

This one study is getting a lot of press, but we've known this for years.

Of course the GOP is in favor of women advancing!