I’m not sure three pieces of pizza loaded with all the toppings qualifies here, but it’s my favorite lunch! ;)

First, fuck you. You have no idea what the side effects of birth control feel like. Your feelings on that matter are uninformed and irrelevant.

“The government is broken! Elect me and I’ll fix everything!”

I love this story about a conservative Christian woman who changed her point of view after really examining everything. She makes some really excellent points.

Amen, sister. I have tried everything INCLUDING a diaphragm (silicone allergy) with miserable side effects.

Actually there was a paper on an HIV study that suggested that there isn’t usually sperm in precum. That’s not true of all men, and it’s definitely not true if you go to round two without peeing or cleanup, or if you’ve masturbated right before. But for many men, it is true, and for many situations, it does work. When…

This is why college is so valuable. It’s an opportunity to step away from what you think you know. From what your family has told you is so. But I worry that in today’s collegiate environment, I wouldn’t have felt comfortable voicing an unpopular opinion. It’s hard to change someone’s mind if you’re telling them their…

I had a similar moment in high school when a teacher pointed out to me that rich people would be able to get abortions even if they were illegal while poor people would not, and would probably have to turn to unsafe methods.

This Lady for Sainthood 2016

It’s really valuable to hear that an exchange like that actually helped to change your opinion. Sometimes persuasion seems so unlikely that it seems like a better idea to just try and block anti-choicers the best we can, instead of trying to convince them. (I think a lot of people on the left also tend to demonize…

I didn’t see this right away and I called Dr. Hern’s office to ask how I could donate money directly to the practice. I had a fifteen-minute conversation with Dr. Hern himself. In addition to being a hero, he is a very humble and cool guy.

jia, want to thank you for writing this. i am not a mom, have never been pregnant, but was moved to tears by your words and the way you spoke with elizabeth. this story is so important,and i’m glad you were the one writing this. thank you.

I just want to highlight this passage for anyone who skims or just jumps to the comments. Because truer words.

Methinks the point has flown right over your wee head.

fuck off

Hi! Erin here. (NOW can I be un-greyed?!?)

Having worked in theatre administration, I have a hard time believing the theatre where Erin worked as a carpenter wasn’t breaking labor laws. Surely the salaried carpenters were making less than minimum wage. All of our carpenters were hourly and got benefits and massive amounts of OT, but I worked at a regional…

I came here to say this exactly.

“As for the question of small businesses, “the fact of the matter is if the only way a business can succeed is by working someone at 60 hours a week for $25,000 a year, if the profit margin is that small, then that business has really big problems in and of itself,” she said. “That’s not the model we need to embrace…

I know that your response was tongue-in-cheek but, while I did vote for Sanders in the primary, I am confident that Clinton could find Afghanistan on a world map, spun around three times and blindfolded.