So to paraphrase: "We are happy with the choice we chose, ergo no one else should have a choice."

I'm glad Rep. McMorris Rodgers and her husband had government healthcare to help them look after their children.

So between this and Rand "the Robin Thicke of American politics" Paul, I guess "Everyone is in the exact same circumstances as my family members" is official policy now?

I watched the response last night. If I remember correctly, she stated they found out he had Downs 3 days after he was born. They never had to go through the decision of whether or not to abort because they didn't know.

The fact that they had McMorris-Rodgers give the GOP response seemed a little bit pandering to me. And by a little bit, I mean a lot.

Just gonna leave this here.

How utterly awful that elected public official be forced to respond to a question they didnt agree to before-hand. Its almost like the reporter thinks they are part of a free press. Madness. Especially after that elected public official did them the favor of talking to the press!

The fact that we, as a nation, cared and still care about this is proof positive that we, as a nation, are pretty lame.

"he encouraged her to go to his father's obstetrics clinic"

"This is not slavery, therefore it seems pretty okay" is a spectacularly dumb argument.

All TRUE AMERICAN PATRIOTS must now BOYCOTT PUPPIES!

There have already been all those comments.

You feel like you have to hide it, really? That statement is...not supported by reality. I climb, bike, ski, hike, etc. I have talked about literally all of the things I do on Jez and in explicitly feminist forums. Never once have I felt excluded, and in fact have participated in fantastic conversations about, say,…

Shooting sperm with a gun insults my pro-life sensibilities. But not having the right to carry a gun to defend myself against rogue sperm insults my pro-NRA sensibilities. I'm at a loss.

When I was about ten, my ex-step-mother lectured me about "over-eating" when I asked for a peach for an afternoon snack after several hours of bike riding.

Then you have to watch out for that hair and nail weight.

The Complete Guide to Never Getting Fat:


Be dead.

I had an aunt talk to me about taking cold showers as a way to burn calories once. I was eight. That was a totally not fucked up conversation.

Well fuck you for being 5' 11" and stealing what should've been my three inches.

I'm 5'11" but I love all those dresses. What I'm saying is get ready to see my pussy, America!