It’s almost as if pregnancy isn’t even the real issue...

Reliable birth control is so important and should be available for free for anyone who wants it. It seems like something conservatives should agree with, since effective birth control also prevents abortions, but they don’t often find that convincing.

Guns are the second-leading cause of death of children and teens in the United States, after motor vehicle crashes. In 2016, the most recent year for which data are available, they killed nearly 3150 people aged 1 to 19, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta.

Along with the notion that the victim should have been better prepared, and thus holds some responsibility for what was done to them.

I’m struck by the similarities between the spin put on gun violence and that put on rape culture. The right always leans on this bogeyman stranger intending to do harm to you and your family rather than the inconvenient truth that violence is more often perpetrated by the devils we know.

I’m Asian and this immediately brings to mind a look that is apparently called the Beijing Bikini in China - old dudes with their undershirts rolled up to let their stomachs air out. Who knew they were trendsetters!

Not to sound like my tinfoil hat is on too tight but this ultimately comes down to the banks and investors holding mortgage paper, right? If there had been a some kind of moratorium of mortgage payments, landlords and and renters wouldn’t be pitted against each other during a worldwide public health crisis that…

I don’t think this it’s really fair to shame landlords either. Yes there are large real estate firms who manage buildings that can afford to wait for payment, but there are also just regular people who maybe renting out basements or a 2nd property that are struggling without that source of income. 

as she put it, “if you’re happy eating shrimp, then there’s really no reason not to try cicada, which is like a shrimp except living in a cleaner environment.” But she describes their flavor as far different: nutty, with a bit of an asparagus taste.

“Tree shrimp” is pretty catchy, no? "Shrimp of the Tree". 

My recommendation would be to make shrubs or drinking vinegars, which are basically just fruit+vinegar+sugar, then strained once the fruit falls apart. Add it to fizzy water and there you are.

Thanks Allison. I tried it (also eyeballed it, I’d say less than a tbsp. but more than a tsp.) with some Peach Pear LaCroix and it was pretty good!

I eyeball it, and it should be to taste. Start with a small amount, taste, and add more to your liking. There’s no perfect formula on this one. 

Yes.

Stop telling people what to do.  Not everyone has room for bushes.

“avoid single-use plastics”

For sure, it’s better than housing a box of Cheeze-itz in a day as that’s her other favorite snack

I mean, better than shitty snacks, though?

I live in a tiny house in Southwest Baltimore and tried blackberries and raspberries last year. Found out that you don’t get berries for at least a year. Raspberry bush died in a flash flood. Blackberry is still alive, but no berries yet, and by the size of the thing, I think we may get no more than a dozen. But, hey,…

I’ve never felt so seen on this site.