The light has gone out of my life.

Just a sub point here: we should be very wary of framing any silence (such as Mariska’s) as to remuneration as “classy”. While that has been the upper classes’ preference for many hundreds years (and is a pervasive idea in etiquette), it can make it a lot more difficult (if not impossible) for women to get a sense of…

dude. it’s not a discussion when you only reply to the people who agree with you.

There’s a pretty significant difference between bragging about how rich you are and being open about what you get paid, how you negotiated for it, etc.

We both need to stop being polite to men who do shit like Azis (which has happened to me) and men need to stop just thinking with their dicks and start checking in with their partners.

Why isn’t the conversation that men need to learn not to take advantage of people’s obvious discomfort

Fuck politeness, as my favorite podcast hosts say! SSDGM

This was a bad date. She had a horrible date with a clueless guy who thought he was being sexy and hot. She was made to feel uncomfortable, and it wasn’t right.

I’m sort of bummed with Jez currently. The commentariet seems to be taken over by a lot of dudes who get in first to mansplain all the sex shenanigans, give their hot takes on Trump etc., and generally dominate the threads. This really used to be a place for women to give their opinions, reveal their stories, and…

She also pressured him to propose via Twitter in 2015, after the gay marriage ruling!

I just watched the documentary Step on a plane this weekend (Qantas), and it was FANTASTIC. Instead of watching this movie, just go watch Step instead.

Fold the blanket in half to make a triangle. Set the baby on the blanket and tuck the bottom of the blanket over their feet and continue to wrap them like a burrito. So basically baby burrito. Hope that helps? My daughter loved that so maybe it’s effective.

Congratulations! I know what you mean about having your heart on the outside. Have you tried a SwaddleMe? I think they are at Target and have velcro to make swaddling easier.

Congrats! And a giant high five for the labor part- pushing for that long is BRUTAL! (I had to push for 4 hours with my daughter and they ended up having to get her out with a vacuum, so I feel your pain).

There’s a video from Harvey Karp that shows you, in video form, how, how to swaddle. It used to come with some editions of the Happiest baby on the Block book. I found the video to be the most helpful when learning to swaddle!

Get the Swaddle Up! Just zips up so one step. My kids LOVED it, total game changer for sleep in our house.

Have you adopted? I am asking because it is not easy. It’s also not asked of couples not dealing with infertility or illness on the reg. In fact, her husband having cystic fibrosis also could count them out from adoption. Private adoption is expensive (as much as three rounds of IVF at my clinic, if you pay out of…

Can we criticize you for not functioning well when you’re at 100 percent?

So what you are saying is they Don’t Speak?

 Feeling pretty freaking proud of myself!