Avril Lavigne is suffering from an undisclosed health issue

Thank you for writing this Rebecca. Purm was also a badass feminist and loved Jezebel.

This year is the very worst. I have been run out of Ferguson because my house is right next to the fires. I am crashing on an air mattress three hours away with my two dogs at my mother's house, a woman I try to limit my encounters with to twice a year at best for various reasons. Some highlights from yours truly, the…

it was a shot gun wedding

So, anyone else prepping to explain to friends and family over the holiday exactly why this was so fucked up? Anyone? As the resident Liberal Artist Kid in my family, I expect I'll be assailed with questions. And if I can't answer them satisfactorily, then of course The System Works.

Imagine if the baby is born half African-American?

Please, my fellow Gawkerites, what she did was irresponsible but let's not gloat over someone's accidental and tragic death because it confirms your already held political beliefs about gun control.

Well, at least she was beautiful and noteworthy enough to become more than an anonymous statistic.

Nonononononono... This is not an angry cat. THIS is an angry cat:

Um. Yes. He made her pretend they didn't know each other because of his own insecurities about being a Nice Guy who never got into her pants. It's not her fault she was more attracted to Logan.

Do also have friends who go on a diet, and that's all they talk about? Do you have friends who are into fitness programs, and that's all they talk about? Do you have academic friends would love academic gossip, and that's all they talk about? People talk about their main project a lot. Mothers are often singled out as…

Better yet, why have interactions with other people at ALL? Lets all just talk to computers.

Statistics.

Great. More sanctimommy crap heading our way.

Word. I would suggest we form a club to celebrate our childless laziness, but that would be too much work.

I get to not deal with children AND be lazier? WIN.

If by downside, you mean upside. Because, yeah, I'm cool with not being the busiest bee in the world.

If diminished productivity is the downside of remaining childless, I accept.

It's damned expensive to sew, now. When I was in H.S., it was considered part of being well-rounded to be able to make your own sundresses, skirts, knit your own sweaters, etc. (Yes, we had the Martha Thing going on before Martha was a Thing.) But that was before fast fashion, and the cost of good fabrics and…