But I think that is what she is slyly trying to imply. She chose a competent male doctor because she was using her MIND. (And look how right she was, because male competence saved her baby’s life!) But her friends chose female midwives for EMOTIONAL reasons and had a better experience.

And really, unless that baby comes shooting out of your vagina like a cannonball, I’m not sure what “reflexes” have to do with delivering babies.

Exactly. Worrying about interrupting someone or needlessly taking up their time seems like common courtesy to me. Why are there never articles about how men should be more courteous in the workplace? Maybe it’s not that women need to start being less empathic. Maybe it’s that men need to start apologizing more.

I never forgot they are human beings. That is why I am interested in their actual emotions around this.

Oh, I don’t need names, dates, or exact locations. Just the UNPRINTABLE details.

Out now, he told me the story, but with so many unprintable details it’s not worth repeating.

So jelly.

Yeah, I’m kinda like, you do you. But I am kinda over the weird sexual fantasy confessions. My fantasy is to find someone nice who makes me laugh to do it with on a regular basis. How weird is that?

But removing it from the Capitol grounds is not about legislation. This is about a community of people saying, “We don’t want this divisive symbol representing us.” That’s the decent thing to do. And there should be no hand-wringing over it. It’s a very simple call.

I always think New Yorkers were more helpful than Southerners, but not necessarily more hospitable. There’s a difference. A New Yorker finding a stranger stranded on their stoop at a late hour would ask them what was up, get the whole story, cheer them up, get them laughing about the situation, tell them how to find a…

I’m a Southerner, but I identify as British. That hospitality shit is sooooo tiresome and pointless. You’re never going to see these random people again! They’re never going to see you again. All parties are better off if you keep the interaction to a minimum, I say.

I agree. Instead of making a biological argument for the difference that is very thin, the trans community should make the moral argument. Because the big fear bigots always raise about the trans community is the bathroom issue. Are men just trying to get into the women’s bathroom? (Notice it’s never about women…

And Uber does supply the drivers with smart phones. In some cases, they make it easier to finance discounted cars.

Not sure what is going on with the chicken one. I hate it when the bun/meat ratio is too off in my sandwich.

Awww. Is that why y’all are starting to give your kids names like Apple? I’m black and I’m going to name my kid Jane. I swear.

I think what people are saying there is no inherent psychological difference between a female brain and a male brain either. If you want to present as a woman and be treated as a woman, that is fine. But don’t say it’s because your brain is female. The argument that women are somehow different psychologically has been…

Huh? It came from generations of men oppressing women throughout history. And the current male population benefits from that. Male privilege doesn’t just spin up over one person’s lifetime. Privilege is the cumulative benefit of assumptions of superiority made by a group throughout history. So not seeing the huge…

I’m black and for some reason I can’t be mad at her. Now, I do think she should lose her position, but you do you, Rachel.

So people who grew up as men didn’t have male privilege even though they identify as women now?

To me, that looks like a few of the black women I grew up with. White people used to think they were white, but our blackdar would know the truth. My blackdar would have totally failed on this woman. It’s really incredible.