And I now realize that Clover Hope meant that it is sad that equal representation is considered trail blazing.

Yeah, I raised an eyebrow at that too. Of the six covers this year, 3 feature black women. So, 50% representation for black women, who do not make up 50% of the female population. So that is in fact trailblazing, since it’s the opposite of what usually occurs. It’s actually an OVER-representation of black women. And a…

Thank you! As luck would have it, I just got off the phone with the hospital and I’m getting the test done on Thursday.

At first they were trying to confirm an ultrasound and said that if *this* doctor thinks I need the zika testing then they’d schedule it after my (totally unnecessary) ultrasound. But I busted out…

And if they did what she suggested can you imagine the screaming about gentrification? I actually don’t think it would be good for a struggling DC neighborhood. It would just speed up gentrification.

So she’s saying the rich black family shouldn’t live in a nice neighborhood?

This is not a prank. This is assault.

Wouldn’t the more helpful thing be to reduce the drinking age to 18? That is something that has actually been proven to lower binge drinking. No college kid is going to care about an alcohol intervention program.

I lost my best friend with shizophrenia to suicide and it was one of the worst things I ever read. If anyone ever said such things about her to me they’d get straight decked. The stigma is terrible. Love to your brother. Living with it takes immense strength so I know he’s strong. I couldn’t have hated it more.…

My brother has schizophrenia. His life has value. I could never imagine writing something like that about him. Just FYI people, stop making psycho or schizo into a slur. Stigma is a real problem and contributes to the devaluing of the lives of people who have thought disorders.

As a woman who has done a collective 27 hours of labor and delivery between two babies, I assure you, assholes who insist on continuing to shackle women giving birth, that the chains are not what’s keeping her from escaping you.

I don’t care if she looked absolutely awful in the dress, no on should be complaining about what she’s wearing to tell them the weather.

Maddie is the worst. I blame her for all of this.

I wanted to hate but I can’t: this looks awesome. Also I tend to find weddings pretty boring and this looks like it would be very difficult to be bored at.

People are having them below, don’t fret. Any time a nice wedding is covered, there is a face-off beginning with someone who had their wedding at the greyhound bus vending machine with a dress they found while foraging for melted down candle sticks.

The “I had the cheapest wedding” face offs were something I could have lived without. The mother in law dramas spoke to my soul.

I miss the comments on I Thee Dread, I liked reading all the wedding drama and the "who had the cheapest wedding" faceoffs. I also really miss the cake pictures.

I don’t get wedding “themes.” In planning our wedding, people have asked what the theme is, and I’m like uh...wedding? Marriage?

Honestly, I think my family topped even Kanye’s Mother’s Day.

Personally, I would have gone to Kings Cross and down it at the fake Platform 9 3/4 spot.