She did fine Mama, We’re all watching

I don’t think prostitution is wrong, as long as the prostitutes weren’t trafficked into it and truly chose it of their own free will. In my opinion, it should be legal everywhere.

I love when women watch out for other women

I respect her so much. She has some very biting things to say about purity culture in general and it is wonderful.

I can’t see a downside. Bernie is a pro, and he’ll dismantle Trump piece by tiny piece. Upside for the Dems, a much more public version of Elizabeth Warren’s Twitter war with El Drumpfo. If, by some longshot, Bernie became the nominee, he’ll have already embarrassed the Donald on a national stage. If the more likely…

What you said. I am in the midst of (finally) dealing with my fucked-up childhood and making the connections between my past and the way I behave now. The issues are totally different, but I totally get the author’s point- that having no roadmap for what a normal, healthy relationship looks like makes it REALLY hard…

I have never read so many comments from so many people that really don’t understand what the writer was getting at.

I can’t guarantee that this information is accurate, but I’m pretty sure I’ve heard that it’s actually fairly common for victims of sexual assault to come across as cold and detached when recounting their stories just because they’re trying to get through reciting the details rather than spilling their guts to a…

Yep. I was gang-raped when I was 19 and just walked around like a zombie the next day. And I am actually not a stoic person at all. Actually, part of this whole “victims MUST be hysterical” narrative is part of what prevents fast reporting of sex crimes. We all have the trope in our heads, “If you were victimized,…

Same, and I’m a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. Some survivors “steel themselves” before attempting to describe what has happened to them, and may seem quite emotionally detached. I myself get this way. How we live and heal (or not) after traumatic events may not always make sense to those who have never had…

“During her testimony, she became very emotional and cried. You could just see something different in her when she started talking about the rape and when it happened,” said Speaks.

Women can literally only have PPD if they are postpartum. Their hormones ARE all over the place. I could see where you were coming from if women tried to use PPD when they kill their elementary-school-aged children, that would be a fair comparison. Men do not go through significant bodily changes after their partner…

are you discounting this woman’s mental health troubles?

Folks. There isn’t enough funding going into mental health. There aren’t enough facilities/beds, and in the rare instances where there are, it’s difficult to keep staffing up so that those beds can be filled. Mental health workers are often overworked and underpaid, and in those spaces where more is needed (outreach…

I will repeat what I wrote upthread:

Squeezie bottle of lukewarm water.

I dunno, I *get* the outrage. This whole “meternity” thing shows that most people think maternity leave is a perk or a vacation and not a necessary time to heal after EXPELLING A HUMAN BEING FROM YOUR BODY ONE WAY OR ANOTHER! I mean, the fact that maternity leave still isn’t mandatorily(ok i made that word up) paid…

And he seems a little confused about who exactly changed her life by adopting her from Korea.

When your first response to “how has your wife changed you” is “well, she gives me a lot of pleasure” ... that is not a healthy dynamic.

When we get in the car and we’ve brought everything and everybody has socks on, it’s like a dream come true.

Jesus if this just isn’t the perfect summation of what it’s like to be a parent, I don’t know what is.

WHERE ARE YOUR SHOES GET YOUR SHOES ON