Then, he stabbed his would be baby-mugger on the way home from the hospital, before befriending him and asking him to be his godfather. (Allegedly.)

Yes, if you are 19 years old and up for the lead role in Winter’s Bone, not getting pregnant literally means being a success.

If she’s comparing herself to the people she grew up with and not Jennifer Aniston, she might just deserve a damned cookie for not getting pregnant and being wildly successful at age 25. Being as successful as Jennifer Lawrence is pretty cookie-worthy.

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I dunno. She is only 25. When you have 2 kids before you’re 25 it is pretty challenging to be wildly successful prior to pregnancy. I think the comment is accurate and not in a bad way. Women that want the ability to be independent and move up in the socioeconomic ladder need the tools that planned parenthood provides…

Well not everything has a nefarious meaning behind it, I think people are overreacting to her statement.

Whatever is normal for you is normal for you. If you didn’t need PP then that’s cool, but that doesn’t negate the fact that plenty of teens do. It is completely normal for some teens to have sex. Just as it’s…

As a woman who became pregnant as a teen because I lived in the same kind of household and did not have access to PP and as someone who has gone on to have children intentionally as an adult I don’t find anything about her statement to be even remotely confusing or in any way insulting to mothers. And I don’t even…

Counterpoint: In my tiny, Jesusy Texas border town, not having kids by 25 was CRAZY. I think that’s kind of her point- she was raised in a less progressive atmosphere and was able to live the life she wanted anyway thanks to PP.

Where I come from having kids before 25 is the norm- largely because there aren’t enough services for young people to get educated and receive low-cost birth control. She was explaining how important Planned Parenthood was in her life, not saying “give me a gold star I don’t have any kids”.

She wasn’t asking for a cookie. She was saying that thanks to PLANNED PARENTHOOD, she has not had an unplanned pregnancy. She was a sexually active teen in a very religious household and she was still able to get important services that prevent pregnancy thanks to PP. She wasn’t patting herself on the back, she was…

She’s not boasting, she’s giving a nod to PP for allowing her to have safe, baby-free sex.

Jesus house survivor here. Fist bump. I was one of three girls and it became clear to me early on that sex was bad, sex wasn't discussed, sex was for married people and therefore you won't be having it so therefore we aren't going to educate you about sex or STDs or birth control. I had it anyway and relied on PP for…

Funny you say that because when I looked at this photo I thought it was interesting that she’s in a pose that makes her appear broader in the chest/shoulder area because of the arm-over-head. Almost more masculine, in a way. It looks like more of a powerful sexy pose than a coy/sultry one to me.

Let me guess... serious women aren’t allowed to be sexy too?

First of all, are you serious? I can't always tell. I think for a woman growing up in her circumstances, having a child (especially out of wedlock) would have made it pretty close to impossible to succeed , especially in her field. There’s always a woman with kids that makes it big despite the odds (e.g., Loretta…

I went to a conference in reproductive health and it was all about women and I remember a doctor that said (like you now) that he did not mean to sound bad but: what about vasectomies? I remember he said: I want to perform vasectomies. And there was some desperation in his voice ha ha. We should definitely talk more…

I hope you figure it out soon!! She is probably waiting with BATED BREATH!

I love this. I too grew up in a Jesus house and it was sad how, despite my mother’s reassurances that I could ‘tell her anything’, I really couldn’t. There was no way in hell I could bring up anything to do with pre-marital sex or fooling around, even if I just had questions. I learned about sex from my friends…

What harm comes from supplying people with birth control, condoms, Pap smears, and cancer screenings?

She seems to be on a Jolie style trajectory of becoming more political and outspoken as she gains more power and I’m kind of loving it. I’d be shocked if she took it as far, but it looks like she’s having the same “maybe I should do something with all this attention I’m getting” lightbulb moment.