If I ever wondered if Jezebel ran its copy past lawyers before publication, then that question is answered forever! I’m sure Kathy Rumer is boiling mad as she reads this- and we know she will- but legally, reporting facts is not libel, amrite?

To say Kathy Rumer has a “reputation” in trans circles would be a bit of an understatement. Like, even the best surgeons will have some complications, mediocre results, disgruntled patients, or whatever else on their track record. But Rumer has more than the rest of the well known surgeons combined, and never in a…

Disney has been really good about the mask mandate. They saw too many idiots in the park walking around with their masks down/off while holding a beverage and then enforced a rule that anyone eating or drinking needs to sit their ass down somewhere.

Disney opening wasn’t the result of political pressure. Park revenue floats way more of Disney’s cashflow than you would think. Does that mean Disney isn’t making any money? No, but between the park being shut down and no major movies or TV being released or in production, the hit is massive. Even TV episodes that do…

In Disney’s defense, from what I’ve read they’re being incredibly diligent about enforcing masks and social distancing. I was heartened to read that after being outraged that they reopened.

Completely agree. 

I’m so glad y’all got in touch with Alice M/ u/Ebbie45 for this post. That woman is a goddamn national treasure and has probably saved literally hundreds of lives via reddit. 

It’s just strange to me as well, because this means Weiner clearly doesn’t know any professional dancers or certified trainers of a certain age in real life. One of the key components to being that fit and looking that good at 50+ is to keep going and not give up your practice. I know several current and former…

Was so glad to see this Suzanne Sugarbaker-esque rebuttal to that meme.

It is exhausting.

A childhood friend and I recently discussed this. We are 62. We are aging much better than our mothers did, for a variety of reasons other than simple vanity. Fifty years ago a 62 year old woman was considered to have one foot in the grave. 

I don’t get Jennifer Weiner’s point at all. Pretty much everyone is hotter now than they would have been at the same age in earlier decades. My mom, at 67, looks better than Blanche did. We wear sunscreen now, and don’t settle for old lady hair cuts at 45 anymore.

I saw that meme floating around too

Jennifer Weiner has been living off this same exhaustingly self-absorbed, back-handed complimenting, How Do I Make This About Me? schtick for 20+ years.

Bringing a child to a fertility clinic is massively insensitive. 

Not that I think this is reasonable (I don’t), but I think the idea is that single women who are worried they aren’t going to find a person to have children with find it emotionally painful to sit with families while they wait to go through the invasive and painful process of egg extraction.

Some more statistics would have been interesting. And relevant to to title. All you mention is one study, but there is a huge difference in success rate between freezing eggs and freezing embryos, and between a 25-year-old’s eggs and a 40-year-old. How many eggs are usually retrieved? How old were the people in the…

“ In the past few years, the concept of emotional labor has gone mainstream on social media and in articles that revive and expand the idea, with the term moving out of the workplace and insidiously into our homes.”

Yes, that sometimes happens with words in a language. A word that started with a particular definition…

I don’t disagree that the term emotional labour is somewhat overused, but I wholly disagree with the idea that it’s antithetical to friendship to suggest that it involves a form of work. Friendships do take work, and in turn bestow value (in the form of personal fulfillment, not money). I love supporting my friends,…

It has a lot to do with intent. Lena was concerned about her sister having pebbles, uh, up there at the same level she would have been if the pebbles had been up her sister’s nose, and then there are five year old boys at my daughter’s school who stuff their hand down her pants to make other kids laugh. No matter the…