I don’t have children. I do have a job with long hours. But I also have nieces that I like to cheer for, and it drives me nuts that all of their talent shows, programs and even PTA events seem to be scheduled during the school day. I went to the same school system and most of our stuff was in the evening back in the…

I am in the process of transitioning from the nonprofit world to a for-profit industry, and will be attending lots of tradeshows in my new role. I went to my first one, and was shocked at all the women standing for 10 hours on a concrete floor in high heels. I have an old ankle injury that makes it excruciating for me…

Between me, my sister, and my best friend, we had one Barbie, one Skipper, and 3 or 4 off-brand barbie dolls. No male dolls. I remember that a lot of the time we “played city lawyers.” What that generally meant was getting dressed in something classy and going to a client meeting to give them advice, then coming home…

Yes, I agree with BorgCubed - it’s a good strategy. I’d “loan” a few hundred to a very close friend, but in that case I’d probably know that they needed money before they posted on Facebook. (I put loan in quotation marks because I’d call it a loan to let them save face, but wouldn’t actually expect that they’d pay me…

In my area, some of the churches have funds they set aside to help for just this type of thing.  You don’t have to be a member or know a member, you just have to be in need.  Are there any churches in your new neighborhood?

I didn’t realize this until I spent more time around new mothers, but that’s not how breasts work. Even if she brought a bottle along to feed the kid, her breasts would still fill up over that time period and would need to be emptied, either by the kid or by a pump. If you don’t empty the milk very regularly, then you …

Well, if a woman is pretty far along when she miscarries, then she may need to seek medical care because she is bleeding profusely, or there is dead tissue festering inside her. So at that point she’d have to decide between getting medical help and being accused of trying to abort, or staying in hiding and risking her…

Are you left handed? Do you have limited range of motion in your shoulders?  Do your bras all have 5-6 hooks?  All of these together make it pretty damn hard to hook something correctly without stretching my band way out.

They don’t make front-close bras in my size.  Well, I’ve found two in the last ten years, but they were both sports bras that gave me uni-boob.

Yup! Most of my skirts with a zipper also have a hook or a button at top. I am left handed, so buttons and hooks are not put in the right direction for it to be easy for me. But more importantly, I’m not bendy enough to be able to do a button or hook behind my back. I mean, I could do it I guess, but it would take a…

Good point - I’m left handed too! Didn’t even think about the fact that bras were made for righties, like everything else in the world!

I agree - I used to wear front closure bras as a teen and loved them!

Yeah, I was thinking this too. My bras all have 4 or 5 hooks on them, there is no way I can do all of those correctly without looking.

EShakti!!!  You pick out a dress, then for about ten bucks extra, you can customize it to whatever type of sleeve, neckline, and hemlength you want.  You can also order made to your exact measurements.  The only hitch is that you have to wait a while for it to arrive, since they make it to order, but it’s well worth…

Plus, 40% of the military are not white. I have a hard time believing that many of those troops are big fans of Trump.

Thank you for your dedication to your students, and for fighting the good fight.

This is why I was a dork. As a girl with a big bosom and a high waist, I have always looked ridiculous with anything tucked in, so I just couldn’t bring myself to do it. I was so relieved when grunge became a thing and I could steal my dad’s flannel shirts and go around untucked.

Yes, I agree. I do what I can to choose products with less packaging, and choose more easily recyclable products (for example, I only buy soda and seltzer in cans, not plastic, because I know the cans will make money for my county’s recycling program). But I have a lot of time to research products, enough money to…

To be fair, some of these commenters are so knowledgeable that I suspect they do work on these issues, either professionally or as an activist.

Preach!