And I teach there. I can only hope that a student of mine will grow up to be a drag queen. That would be amazing.

My favourite bit was the list of tags:

Yup. I was about to say — if a Victoria's Secret in Cowboy Stadium doesn't seem like a totally natural fit to you, it's because you've never been to Dallas.

You know, I do think some of that has to be muscle... it's such a workout lifting those babies.....

Omigod, that is hilarious. Can I ask who the visiting poet was? I did my doctorate there, and I. cannot. imagine. doing that. Though given the Yale stuffiness, it perhaps should be seen as a bit of performance art.

My favourite detail is that the second time around, mom has makeup on and her hair done. *That's* the real fantasy of the commercial... "you will have two kids and still look polished when going out." Oh yeah, and "you will go out."

I don't get it either. And you know what? Although the entire time since my son has been born (6 mo) I've been just waiting for someone to complain about my nursing him so I could give them a stern talking to, nobody has. Nobody has even given me the stinkeye (at least, not that I've noticed). I've nursed that kid in…

:) Yay! I loved it too. I've gone through that progression with just the one kid. First I still covered him up and stuff. Friday I met a potential work connection over lunch and just put that baby on the breast, no special bras or shirts, just lifted up my shirt and latched that kid on.

I suspected you meant something like that... like, own the weight, because it's part of you, not some external bit. I think panties got knotted because a lot of women are sensitive about anything that could be read as critical of weight gain, and assumed you were doing that. Which leads to comments like the one above,…

Yeah.... I think you're on to something. I have seen this *so* much on the internet, but have not met anyone like that IRL.

Not sure where you get that last idea from. It really depends on the woman. Due to losing weight in the first trimester and then losing a bunch of blood, plus placenta etc., at birth, I weighed 5-10 lbs less when I gave birth than when I got pregnant. There was nothing pathological about it. I did not diet, I wasn't…

Thanks for that wonderful reminder. I would press my child into Barack Obama's hands any day. The guy has the moves — by which I mean that effective, baby-soothin' little jiggle.

Actually, if you read saveourcountry's post, s/he did not write that Romney was "God-fearing," but that Romney is a God. One who fears gentle, polite, generous man, if I have it correctly. The punctuation is a bit off no matter what.

I would distinguish between talking about it and posting the pictures. I think it is very brave to talk about her struggle, and I don't want to take away from that one bit. But I don't see what's that brave about posting pictures of herself in what most people would consider fighting form, especially since she has…

I hear you. I wondered about the last Gaga post, all about her "bravery" in posting these pictures. She looks way thinner *and* fitter than I have in the past decade and a half. Or ever. If I looked like that, I would send photos to my coworkers.

I also wish more people say this. It's not just that the grand narrative is of love at first sight, it's "I had never loved anything as much, ever, so powerful was the incredible rush of emotion."

Yup. My son turned six months old today. I didn't love him for the first few months — it was like keeping alive a particularly needy kitten — and while I love him now, it really gets more interesting the more he can do. And at six months, he's adorable and can charm me with his smiles, but he still can't do very much,…

Okay, Jezzies... how do I convince my privacy-loving husband to get on board with me putting adorable videos of our baby on youtube? Surely one of them will go viral, and the resulting ad revenue will pay for his college, nu?

Or maybe it's a place where the baby plays/hangs out?

Thank you. Thank you. Punk rock also works wonders.