I've finally started to see the value in pursuing something I'm good at rather than something I'm passionate about. I just want to have a job where I'm satisfied that I'm contributing something, and leave the passion for nights and weekends. Unfortunately, I spent so many years in school for my passions, I now can't…

Bundling is a terrible idea.

Actually, I read that "fact" too somewhere (about the pregnant Puritan brides) but from what I've seen reading primary sources in colonial New England over the past few decades, this seems to have been *way* overstated. Yes, a few were but the church elders watched all pregnancies carefully and if the baby was born…

Jesus, how judgmental are you?

I do that occasionally for all of 2 minutes then I'm like get off I feel uncomfy. But with my boyfriend, they're not so much soft pillows as hard and hairy flat pillows

I like it when movies mix deep, relevant themes with pulpy nonsense, so I am hugely excited to see robo-suited Matt Damon just PUNCH CLASS INEQUALITY IN THE FACE UNTIL IT STOPS.

I disagree. A lot of women are induced just past their due date, and these are women whose estimated deliver date is just that: estimated. Honestly, it's a rare doctor that will let you go to 42 weeks, in my andecdotal experience.

I hear you—my son handled a cover for a while, but eventually he wised up. It gets HOT under there! And you can't see what's going on! Best I could hope for if I wanted to nurse covered was a crocheted blanket with a wide weave, so he could still see everything and didn't get too sweaty.

But some babies hate to be covered up and will just remove the blanket. Women are not responsible for covering up their breasts when breast feeding just because breasts are highly sexualized. I hate the idea of being exposed in public, but when I have a baby who is hungry, I will be putting my baby's needs before my…

Erik, in this context, service delivery is a term of art from the world of non-profit and government entities that refers to a range of social programs such as free or subsidized health care, counseling, education, and so on. The woman who wrote the post is engaged in service delivery - the service is providing…

I think Planned Parenthood has become a perfect example of this (can't believe I'm going to say this word) synergy. Providing direct services and engaging in advocacy. Behind the scenes, the same people rarely do both - usually someone does one or the other. I sometimes think personality characteristics play a…

And you SHOULD tell men to allow women to lead, because when they don’t it is silencing. That is the same case for racism.

Holy shit. Your comments are the most patronizing, shallow BS I've read in a long time.

But again, she's not saying that being in prison is a positive thing for these women. She's reporting that some of those women have told her they think being in prison has been the best thing that ever happened to them. That's an incredibly telling statement. It suggests that the social supports that exist outside…

Privileged by skin color, socio-economic class, and quite possibly also simply location and/or association. There are so many cases of police stopping black people at much much lower rates than they stop white people that it's a joke. Imagine, if you will: A scenario exists where you are in the vicinity of a crime…

In Louisiana, you only need one prior possession charge to get a felony possession charge, and the amount that you're holding doesn't matter. Plus, if you're poor and can't afford bail (and no one just gets to walk in LA), you wait, at a minimum 3-6 in jail, losing your job/housing in the mean time.

how on earth can you say "fuck obama" when he has done all he could to pass obamacare which is the first step toward universal healthcare? hillary tried so hard and failed, but obama got it passed, despite the asshole in the house and congress dragging it through hell. he's *trying* it's not his fault that we…

THIS!