I became pregnant as a single woman in North Carolina. First I considered abortion. The nearest clinic was 3 hours away. I changed my mind and decided to find a low cost obgyn. I learned of a state run program like Medicaid for single pregnant women. All I needed to do to qualify was to get a diagnosis of…

You left out step 4. PROFIT!

Seriously, it seems like every food-related article recently is about the supposed dangerous of gluten. From what I can tell, the argument is:

Increase in diagnosis of certain diseases doesn't mean there have been actual increases in certain diseases. It just means people went to the doctor, complained and found out about it. This frankenwheat-IBS/Crohns thing is pretty much the same as the vaccine/autism epidemic nonsense. If you want to stay away from…

Hear, hear. This whole "bad food" schtick is tired, and the holy wars that opposing sides fight benefit no one. This author has a thing against grains. Why? Beats the fuck out of me. Moderation and exercise.

I'm sorry. Is this a sponsored post from the paleo-diet people? Since when did io9 become a repository for diet fads and borderline junk science? While some of this is true, some of it is untested at best — and contradictory or useless at worst. Don't eat gluten, but don't eat gluten free. Don't use vegetable oils.…

People keep saying that Betty and Don are shitty parents, and I think that's wildly inaccurate. Betty and Don are deeply flawed human beings attempting to be parents— just like every other human being on this planet who has children. The show realistically depicts emotional transference (when Betty slaps Sally for…