I was going to say that at least here, it seems like she initiated the divorce, but apparently not! 

It’s also a weird choice of words because what she said is not remotely surprising or especially candid. Like, usually when we talk about “leaks,” we’re talking about either info that was actually a secret, or at least a politician saying the quiet part loud with an unexpectedly not-a-dog-whistle plainness. This…

Exactly. We all risk death every time we get behind the wheel; that doesn’t mean we’re all choosing suicide by leaving the house. If we do get into an accident, we reasonably expect that medical science will do its best to save us, even though we perhaps could have avoided the risk in the first place. A ban on…

I never heard of her before she made the bigots shit their collective pants, and probably never would have otherwise. So, good job raising her profile, bigots!

He keeps using that word. I don’t think it means what he thinks it means.

The gravaman of his complaint doesn't seem to be about division of assets, but rather the fact that she's allowed to leave at all. 

It’s pretty common among the fundamentalist LDS sects for the additional "wives" to file for benefits as single parents. Granted, they don't have the option of marrying the fathers, since polygamy isn't legal. But it seems like something a person ought to feel icky about. 

If guys like this had to pay fair market rates for not only housework and childcare but also to have someone sleep with them, they'd realize half their income was a bargain. 

California, like Texas, is a community property state. In general, what that means is that property acquired *during the marriage* is split evenly upon divorce, with some exceptions. So if you earn or inherit a lot before you get married, that’s typically going to count as your separate property, and will not be split…

Pointless anecdote: I bought my wedding dress at David’s Bridal in 2016, but I bought a green bridesmaid’s dress, not one of their expensive white bridal gowns. FWIW, the saleslady was lovely, praising my choice with no discernible sarcasm, and I absolutely loved the dress. My friend and I had very different (worse)…

Because we really sucked in the ‘90s. That was also the era of using "gay" as a catchall insult. 

Yeah, 25 years ago, Keanu Reeves’s name was routinely used as shorthand for “stupid.” I remember some teen magazine describing every girl’s dream guy as “Keanu with a brain.” It was mean and untrue then, but it was understood; no one would’ve been confused by a line like “why do original thinkers like River Phoenix…

Now I’m not a doctor, but I have a cat, so I know a little something about biology. My vet told me this cat would be healthier and happier if I had him neutered, so I did, and goshdarn if he isn’t just the sweetest, most contented little guy now. Mike Pence seems very agitated, and I can’t help thinking, based on my…

I don't think someone appropriating another culture deserves the same deference as a trans person asserting their gender. I'm not losing sleep over the harm she's doing to the poor Spaniards, but I'm also not losing sleep over people making fun of her for it.

Your username is especially apt here! 

You said it yourself. The dog finally caught the car, but he has no idea what to do with it. A total abortion ban would be the worst thing for them, because they’d have nothing left to rile up their idiots over. So they’re hoping if they slow down, the car gets a little ahead of them, and they can keep chasing it. 

I never know how sincere they are in their wildly erroneous stated beliefs about LGBTQ+ folks preying on kids, but I'm becoming increasingly convinced that their only objection to the idea is that they don't want the competition. 

Your story gave me the warm fuzzies. My childhood was so much richer for all the books I read, especially Bloom’s. But I rarely had the pleasure of a shared experience, and never anything like you describe.

Agreed. I used to be a defense lawyer for parents in these types of cases (I quit because the stress was killing me, not because I lost my passion for it; I still miss it.) There is absolutely racial and class bias within the medical profession, the child welfare system, and the law. When the first story about this…

Of course consensual conversations are a thing. He just wasn’t having them.