A few years ago, my aunt, uncle, and 4 cousins moved into a new home our in the suburbs, it was their first house and was surprisingly cheap based on the neighborhood and size. Things seemed to be going great for them, but after 6 months of living there, they suddenly announced that they were getting divorced and my…

I never post so I don’t know if anyone will see this but, a few weeks ago, I came home to this. That is not my hand.

When my husband and I got engaged, I was living with a roommate. To save money for the wedding, rather than re-upping my lease, I moved back into my childhood home. This meant my parents and grandparents (who lived there) were always keeping an eye out to be sure we weren’t fornicating.

So, being creative, young…

When we were moving out of my dorm in my freshman year of college I found a pumpkin that had been there since October and I didn’t know because I am so goddam filthy. My hallmates screamed in horror.

The girl scout troop I lead has met in the same church since kindergarten, they’re now in 4th grade. Its built on the side of a hill, and we meet in the “basement” which is really a large, well lit room full of windows. At the back of the room is a hall with the bathrooms, and stairs to the main floor. The girls call…

These are really important points. It means she’s taking an especially huge risk in coming forward. I wonder if the Clearance-Yanker In Chief will get involved.

This is discussed over on the Splinter thread, but just for anyone who didn’t see it:

Because the women who do report it get treated like this.

This ProPublica article from last year is excellent and missing from your roundup: https://www.propublica.org/article/die-in-childbirth-maternal-death-rate-health-care-system

this is far more charming than when my wife did it in our home.

We are mere ribspawn.

That final bit was completely heartbreaking. I don’t know why I watch this show anymore; it’s got moments of greatness that can only be found by slogging through hours of pretty predictable writing.

People blaming her/her family for not finding an alternative or filing the correct paperwork:

Poverty isn’t just monetary. It is a poverty of resources, poverty of information, and poverty of advocacy. 

People who think their feelings are more important that providing healthcare to a person should not work in healthcare in any capacity.

NPR has been running hard on this shit. Not directly to him, because they haven’t interviewed him directly. But my soul Steve Inskeep sounds like he’s about to blow an artery every morning. Which as a lifelong NPR listener is quite thrilling to hear the morning hosts on the border of losing their shit on air.

The invitation came from the PM (who is miraculously still Theresa May) so there is no requirement for him to meet the Queen. I suspect a bit of ‘I WANT TO MEET THE QUEEN!’ wailing down the line from DC and a bit of sheer trade deal desperation from the Tories conspired to force a small woman in her 90s to meet this…

“You know, Mr. Drumpf, in my day we knew what to do with fascists.”

Can we have a 500 Days of “Eat Shit, Ivanka” along the lines of Gawker’s 500 Days of feckless whatshername?

Here’s a gift certificate to Kay Jewelers. Go and buy some pearls to clutch.

There’s that old Gawker feeling.