No. to the public asking you to a dance thing. Because then you’re stuck in front of a crowd of people in the lobby with a guy holding a dozen roses and singing and you have to say yes even though you DO NOT WANT TO GO WITH HIM but can’t say no because then you’d be a “bitch” who said no to that very sweet offer. UGH.

Having prom-asking being turned into some Huge Major Life Event Proposal is over the top and silly. These are teens! This is not a marriage proposal! STOP DOING THIS, KIDS!!! It’s seriously not that big a deal. It isn’t.

I can’t with these promposals. It’s fucking ridiculous. Too much pressure on a boy to come up with something over the top; too much pressure for a girl to accept a date she might not want because some guy has put in a lot of effort. Awkward phone calls are sweet. Getting a note passed in class asking you to prom is…

Is this what being old is? Wanting to yell at these kids to get off my nonexistent yard?

Yeah, he was involved with 4 top 20 Billboard songs so as much as I don’t like his music, he’s technically correct. Which, you know.

I love you so much PHILLIP J FRY

I dunno, I was thinking more along the lines of “Thanks, moderate spender. Please select erotic transaction.”

On NPR there was a story about a 56-year-old man who was getting a master’s degree from George Washington University. At the same time, two of his children were also getting their master’s degrees, and a third was getting her bachelor’s, all from the same university as their father.

Hi Jezzies! What are you up to tonight? Netflix PSA - Best in Show and the Princess Bride are both streaming now, so that basically sums up my plans for tonight (adding in some time to pump breastmilk, enjoy a couple of glasses of champagne, and chill with my cranky 7 week old baby.)

As a major-league fan of Mr. Rogers who didn’t expect this spin-off to merit the same kind of enthusiasm, I’m gonna have to disagree pretty vehemently. There are plenty of cheesy crap kids’ shows that are *educational* in all the most superficial and irritating ways, but Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood is teaching a…

I thought that usually they the only did the “mom behind the sheet”thing when the child was alive. The mom was there to keep her squirming kid still through the long exposure times that cameras required then. I can’t imagine why you would need to do it with a corpse...

I used an “abortion” drugs to end a non-viable pregnancy at 11 weeks, instead of having to dreadfully go day to da, waiting for my body to realize it needed to miscarry.

This bill would require full anesthesia for childbirth induction due to late-term labor or preeclampsia. I was induced for preeclampsia at 34 weeks. Ladies in a similar situation in Utah will be forced to have a C-section, because you can’t push when you’re unconscious. Insurance companies should be furious. This will…

I was just discussing laws like this with my physician yesterday, mid-annual check up. I was saying how ridiculous it is to have people who clearly know nothing about reproduction much less medical science writing laws about women’s health, referring to Indiana (and sigh, now Utah). She was all “I know, AND don’t they…

Quick reminder that most of the abortions performed after 20 weeks aren’t for women who changed their mind about having a child - it’s more often for women whose pregnancy is life-threatening or the fetus has severe abnormalities.

Ignorance always wins, because it is stronger because it is easier. And they’ll clutch their Bibles the whole way.

Non-religious mom of 2 here. My kids are 12 and 15, and we’ve always celebrated (secularly) the Christian holidays, but then, we have celebrated Hannukah, Solstice, Chinese New Year’s, and Diwali. ANy excuse for a party, basically. I think of it as cultural education. Why the hell not? My family was protestant, and my…

He's not a part of this system!