Oh, trust me, I know. Don't look for logic in it. I was a childfree evangelical until my mid-20s, which was apparently a raised middle finger to every single church friend I had. This was years before interventions were a blip on the cultural radar, but I got one about once a week in my "friends'" ongoing team-ups…

Yup, that's exactly what it means: that married couples are always financially stable and happy to accept any and all fertilizations. I wish I could say it made sense at all.

Ebay. Seriously. It's like a giant flea market on the internet. I used to find the most amazing clothes on there when I was plus-sized—so amazing I gave up on brick stores. And if you don't like used, there is plenty of new stuff on their site. Bonus: if you like super-cute boots, you can't go wrong with eBay—I scored…

I wish for many, many loaves of fresh-as-the-day-it-was-baked bread for the both of them.

I'm simply floored that anybody gives this crazy crazy crazy lunatic any time at all.

You know how sometimes you see pictures of celebrity couples and they're standing all distant and barely even acknowledging each other's presence, and you can just sense the brittle disappointment and growing disgust growling and lurking around the corners of their tight smiles as they pretend to be happy for the…

They make other stuff besides coffee. I like their frozen berry shakes, though I can't get them often as holy cow they are spendy on calories and fat.

Meanwhile, I've met way too many of such zealots. When I was researching the leadership of anti-abortion groups, it was shocking to see how many were also dead-set against contraception of any kind. They're against abortion, but also against any form of prevention for unwanted pregnancies. Their solution is solely…

Ah, so the problem is that women are stupid, childish little girls who need to be prodded into having babies because we're so damn stupid we'd never get it right if we were left to our own devices. Stupid idiotic women!

Beautifully said. I've got no beef with people who have whatever crazy belief, but still recognize that they have no right to force those beliefs on other people.

Wait, where is the article saying that Michelle Shocked suffers from paranoid schizophrenia? Because I've read the whole thing twice and didn't see it.

In a perfect world, yes, she'd get the therapy she needs and move on with her life. But in the town she's in, are you really so sure that's what's going to happen? Already two other young women have been caught threatening her for speaking out. Think she's going to be just fine in a year or two?

I don't think any of us is in a position to judge which abortions are "worthy" and "virtuous" enough to let slide. If we start down that path, we end up where we are now: where only rape and incest victims or mothers whose lives are in danger are considered pure enough by ideologues to let through the net. Pregnancy…

What, you're only allowed to use the F-word if you completely disavow any concepts espoused by feminism? This is baffling. These fake feminists are baffling. Their strawman arguments are baffling. She keeps using that word, but as Inigo said, I do not think it means what she thinks it means. She's "grateful" that she…

I don't think the ownership of a sex toy is creepy. I think the way RealDolls and their variants are designed for and encouraged to be made into substitutes for real female companionship is mucho creepy though. You and I and every other woman just about own toys, but you probably don't own a wardrobe of clothes for…

Even the people who join the force with the best of intentions can get awfully suspicious, paranoid, and jaded quickly. I once had a long chat with a policeman who (after calling to dispute his phone bill and then apologizing for losing his temper at me and accusing me of lying to him) told me about it and I've got a…

It's also worth noting that Obama didn't pretend that his religious views should shape political policy.

This. They cried because their deeds caught up with them and they got caught and punished for something that kids in their school (and adults too, most likely) have likely been doing for years. The little cockroach who testified against them (in return for immunity, natch, because he realized he'd get caught too soon…

I hear you. Everybody's different, that's for sure, and one size just doesn't fit all with emotional and mental distress. That's why it's so important that we not lump bigots in with those suffering like that. Not all religious bigots are mentally ill and not all mentally ill people are religious bigots.

Encore! Brava! A coffee and an Excedrin Misogynistic Tension for you!