Maybe I am an odd person but I love it when people respond to a bouquet toss like someone just threw a dead squirrel on the ground.

The only time I ever caught a bouquet was during a promotion at a Lush store, and whoever caught it would win a bath bomb. I caught it one-handed because they were also giving out cupcakes.

The original article was bullshit, because it’s not “anthropology” if you’re just gossiping about your neighbors. And this article is bullshit, because it is written with palpable, near-orgasmic glee at the opportunity to hate on these women. As far as I can tell, there is zero evidence that this is an actual trend…

This piece bugged me. For one thing, when all you have is an anthropological framework of the non-autonomous oppressed woman, every problem looks like a non-autonomous oppressed woman. One important thing anthropologists often look for when examining family relationships is the remedy different actors have, and it…

Are you actually making the argument that a woman in an evening gown and flat shoes is roughly equivalent to a sloppy man in board shorts and a muscle tank? Because if so, then you need to go back to the drawing board and find a new thought.

Women, if you’re not in pain, you’re not fancy enough.

This. My parents started putting money away for me to go to college before I was even born and my merit scholarship increased over the course of my college career so when I graduated I had a few k left in the account and there would have been more left in the account had I not graduated high school at the height of…

I realize this is not one of the important parts of the article, but did they include spices in their list of condiments? As in, you were limited to 3 servings of spices every day? Because that is one of the craziest diet suggestions I have ever heard. Changing your diet is hard, and being able to cook healthy, tasty…

ACCURATE

I’m expecting a lot of cringing by the commenters here. A huge part of what’s missing from the Jezebel community is any kind of critique of capitalism and the devastation it produces. Feminism is utterly pointless and impossible if we’re not confronting capitalism as one of the main reasons inequality in the United…

Adjunct solidarity! As much as I wish I were full time, I have sold myself the sweet (possible) lie that part time js perfect for starting a family.

Katy Perry + Sheryl Sandberg = Kylie Jenner

We also need parental leave to help get rid of the stereotype that raising kids is for the women.

Hell, I’d be for both if there were incentives for men to take it too. One of the Scandinavian countries had a cool policy where the incentivized dads to take leave by offering more leave if both parents took it. I’m worried that if there’s only maternity leave, then businesses will have yet another excuse not to…

THANK YOU. Although it really needs to be parental leave, only because if it’s maternity-only, then businesses will just have another excuse to avoid hiring and fairly-compensating female employees.

If he’s tried the sprouts and knows he doesn’t like them, he shouldn’t have to eat all of them. Let the poor kid have a little bodily autonomy. The trick to getting kids to try knew foods is to continuously offer them in low-pressure settings. Being a drill sergeant about it is just gonna make everyone dread mealtime.…

And it’s increadibly uncomfortable being very pregnant because you’re short of breath all the time, you can’t eat normal sized meals, just snack which ruins your teeth, you can’t move freely and your bowels don’t work well being squashed like that. Luckily it’s only for the last miserable months, then it all moves…

I don’t mean to call you out because everyone is doing it, but isn’t it funny that we’re all assuming that the “suburban busybodies” are moms? And by “funny” I mean “pretty terrible.”

Jesus, really? You’re gonna condemn the moms whose kids this woman “hates being around” and hates taking care of for a living when she’s fired for publicly admitting that as “suburban busybodies with nothing better to do?” Moms have plenty to do, including work for a living and having to send their kids to be cared…

This article overcomplicates these recommendations all over the place. The Birth spacing that is referenced here is actually the time between the first live birth and the start of the next pregnancy. “Reproductive health experts recommend a minimum of 18 months between births,” makes it sound like you only have to…