Kara, I love you. You are amazing! After you leave Jezebel, I will follow you to every outlet you write for & read everything you write <3

Also many countries maintain family housing in prisons. FYI

I ask too. It is extremely weird & socially awkward. But is also a way to signal to gun advocates that people —who they care for and value and see as reasonable — see the landscape of risk differently than they do. In addition to trying to protect my kids, I see it as a form of soft socially-embedded activism.

Georgette Heyer is generally regarded as the author for people who have read all their Austen and are dying for more. She was a stellar researcher and feisty as hell. “Contemporary” in the sense of in the last 100 years.

There are plenty of countries more religious than ours that have national healthcare systems and decent maternal leave policies. Like all of Latin America.

Yes. It’s terrible - the white feminist blindness in Jezebel comments is borderline absurdist comedy some days. Except it is really not funny. But you are doing a public service by staying on. Some people are getting it.

Not all mold is bad! You can self test or get a professional from Angie’s List to do it for you. Abatement with a skilled contractor is usually less than $2000. Which is waaaaay cheaper than the medical bills if it makes you sick. It’s better to just deal with it.

Wait, what? No. What he is saying is that you need a deeper understanding of the dynamics of these high-low income couples to explain and contextualize the finding. And he’s totally right. Or, to put it in social science talk, this income variable is just a proxy measure. Qualitative data is needed to complement the…

Wow, this is timely. My husband is a stay at home dad. He just asked for a bonus this morning! I said no (and laughed at him).