In the original documentary, Jill was 12 or 13 and already making clothes for the family, doing the laundry, making lunch, and raising 2 of her siblings, including a toddler. It’s not surprising that she isn’t a literary genius or very self-reflective. I just googled to see if any of them have books in their houses.…

Jinger was pretty clear when she was promoting her own book that she was happy with 2 and 3 is the absolute max.

I always remark that the 2 kids who’ve come closest to leaving the cult are also the only ones who married men who went to actual college. I also can’t help notice that those same kids have also not done anything publicly to correct their own educational shortcomings, but small steps.

Then I contrast the Duggars with…

Sorry,

I’m not American and have never lived there. Of course abortion should be available to all who need it. But there’s not even a call to action in this article, just resigned acceptance that you live in a hell without any acknowledgement that you can vote yourselves out of it.

I keep seeing these outraged articles all…

I want to know at what point everyone stops respecting your claim to a throne that’s been abolished. So like, there are 2 claimants to the throne of France, which last had a monarchy in 1848. But these families keep meticulous records of who would be the king or queen if they ever get restored, and kick people out of…

I’m not American, and of course I agree that these anti-abortion policies are harmful and the government resources that go towards policing private medical decisions are better spent on well, most other things.

And I’m glad to see an article about the Democrats winning. But what would also be great would be to see an…

I’m not American, and of course I think all these laws are harmful to people and a waste of government resources that could go to, well anything better than policing private medical decisions.

But I look at the last 2 paragraphs of this article, and so many other articles on this website and others that outline the…

These are fantastic! Keep these articles up!

Please keep this up! I love listicles like this from websites I respect!

I’m not American and don’t live there. My first IUD insertion, I fainted from the pain. They gave me strong meds for what was supposed to be the removal and replacement, but it got so painful that I told them to stop and asked for it to be done under anesthesia. Still totally worth it, I’m one of the ones who has only…

Recently the Atlantic magazine had an article about the Del-Em device, an underground ‘menstrual extraction kit’ that allowed women to ‘get their periods over with’ in the 1970s, but which is now experiencing a resurgence. Apparently it’s a very popular way of starting a late period in developing countries.

In college in the late 90s we had a version of this called Red Light, Green Light. It usually arose out of a game of Truth or Dare. Never had it happen to me spontaneously.

It was a lawsuit like this that put the nail in the coffin on abortion laws in Canada, as in there are none. An abusive ex-boyfriend sued his pregnant ex to stop her getting an abortion. The Supreme Court ruled that fetuses are not legal persons requiring constitutional protection and that fathers have no rights to…

My grandmother slipped on some ice in our driveway and broke her ankle. My parents were both at work and we kids were at school. This was the 1980s, so she didn’t have a cell phone, but we did have a landline and she had both my parents’ work numbers, plus she could have called 911. But rather than do any of those…

Skor bars are yet another thing commonly available in Canada. Not sure about Cardini’s.

You can still get those in Europe!

I started a cleaning system where I try to do one room each day, though the kitchen always ends up taking way longer. On the way, I go through all the drawers and shelves. I ended up throwing away a ton of makeup and nail care supplies, lots of crafting supplies for long-completed projects, and my entire closet from…

This was such a good book! Any chance Jezebel will do another book club?

When I was a little kid, we lived on the Canadian side of Lake Huron and my parents took us there most days in the summer. When we moved further inland, they bought a house with a pool so we could at least have water right there. I still love…

I don’t think the culture was ready for a show that explored Rayanne’s deep sadness in the early 90s. How many shows now centre around teenage female anti-heroes? The End of the F***ing World and...?