I saw that ad the other day and while I get the sentiment, it’s really an apples and oranges situation. Most people aren’t going to eat a paid for bullied hamburger unless the teenage bullies were standing over them like they were the little kid in the video.

I didn’t read the initial article, but as a married woman who is a successful (kinda bad ass) attorney and yet also doesn’t the lions share of this work at home I kind of get it. I don’t necessarily get the part where she expects him to do the job in that particular way without saying, but I do get not wanting to…

Then don’t take a knee. Raise a fist. A knee is probably the most “gentle” form of protest to be made. A raised black fist is, to me, much more “aggressive” (if such can even be said about a silent, peaceful protest...but it WILL be said once black people are doing it), and more clearly about black people than a vague…

The Root is a site for black people, by black people about black shit.

I get your point, but it is well documented that doctors’ decisions to subject someone to a c-section are not solely based on a clear medical need and there are other things in play that factor into that decision (including the doctor’s preferences, the amount of time he or she wishes to devote to a patient, and…

It is a long time for labor, but “labor” is very different for different women, and who knows how much of that was in the hospital. I was in labor for total of about 20 hours, but about 14 of those were at home and wasn’t actually horrible. I was actually trying to figure out if it was actually labor for probably…

Yes, I agree that doctors are professionals with expertise. However, it is also well-documented that doctors often have other agendas in treating patients in LOTS of scenarios, not only this one, and often are not transparent about those agendas and try to hide behind the fact that they are in a position of power & we…

I’m curious why she was so against having another c-section after having two. It’s says she had an 8-month recovery, but I don’t know if that means there were complications or it just took that long to feel ‘normal.’

When I was watching the previews, I was like “Harpo, who dis man?”

What is even more pernicious is that white folks can sounds as dumb & country & unintelligible as they wanna be and they are “folksy,” salt of the earth people, and blacks who use even a soupcon of slang are ignorant animals.

Wow. How is that even a thing??!?? That is like, on the donation forms? “Please express discriminatory preference here:______” Seriously???? And it is actually respected?

I appreciate your encouraging words.

I read this story the other day on Huffington Post (I think it was HP), and, interestingly, they did not include that the babies were black. I feel like that is important contextual information that was missing!!!

Wow. This is why I am terrified for my child when she ends up in school!

“Muslim ban” not travel ban.

If this happened to my child I don’t know that I could keep myself from going up to the school and slapping the taste out of her stupid mouth.

it also played host to American royalty. Which is to say: Beyoncé, Cardi B, and Rihanna herself.

I actually disagree with this—at least based on my personal experience.

The phone starts at $999.

I mean, we know they had sex in the office, and she thought it was mediocre but still generally is trying to force it to work since he checks some of the boxes as to what she is looking for and she is trying to “live in the could.” I think how that will play out—like everything else—is a bit up in the air. They are…