True, but I’d imagine she wasn’t wearing that dress for more than 30 minutes or so. And I doubt she ever sat down in it. 

I’m a little sad she didn’t come out in some cute flats, or at least a lower heel. Those shoes are ambitious. And you can see her feet swelling out of them, poor girl.

“My safety fragile little ego was in jeopardy at more than one time.”

yeah, i hear that. asking is vulnerability. something with which these dudes have precious little experience. it feels scary.

Omg, Kopp’s! I haven’t been to or thought about that place in so long...you brought back some good memories, my dude. :)

True. But that history’s getting pretty distant, now. Just look at Wisconsin.

It’s not that Flores and the others are against hugs, compassion, or empathy—it’s that those actions are misplaced when coming from a powerful politician on the campaign trail. 


lots of things. dry mouth, tremors, simply having a thing to focus on besides the pain/whatever discomfort. gum on tv is a huge no-no, so she must have needed it for some reason to go on with it.

jesus!

Poor Jessica. My bestie got bronchitis while pregnant with twins and coughed so much she cracked a rib. Her ob was like [shrug] it’ll probably heal before labor. She was like lol FUCK YOU dude, schedule the c-section.

Oh, god, I hooked up with a guy once who kissed like that, and I am horrified to learn it looks just as bad from the outside as it is to experience. A big mouth, opened wide, leading with the tongue - all you get is teeth and tongue and saliva. It’s like making out with a horse. Quite possibly the least sexy thing on…

The gum and the athletic shoes are interesting signals. She must still be symptomatic in some ways to need those aids.

I also have friends who took this approach, and I really wanted to push back (gently) on it a bit. But they’d been trying for a really long time to have a baby, so I figured they were just trying to squeeze every bit out of the experience as possible. I get that.

This is amazing. I don’t use a wheelchair, but like many Americans, I sit at a desk all damn day. I have a reproductive issue that makes wearing pants quite uncomfortable, but skirts/dresses are often impractical here in the cold, snowy north. It never even occurred to me to think about wheelchair-centric clothing…

James Corden isn’t gay?

how much you wanna bet she’s an anti-vaxxer?

Yeah, I’m willing to be wrong about that.

Fair point.

that shit’s expensive!!!

Right. I mean, if the provider was like, “Oh my gosh, everything was totally insane today and your baby’s formula spilled and the backup was all gone and she was super hungry and it was the first thing I could think of to do, I’m so sorry I hope you’re not upset!!” okay. There are conceivable circumstances where this…