Yes, exactly! Anti-choicers don’t seem to care that banning abortion is just sweeping a whole lot of underlying problems under the rug. Besides the small failure rate of birth control, why do we have abortions? Because of poverty, because of our shameful state of parental leave and childcare, because of misinformation…

I always put it this way to anti-choicers:

This is a very problematic topic. For example, if you have two people who both agree that they will marry but will be comfortable with some straying within some specific parameters, then hey! Go for it! I do believe that traditional marriage isn’t necessarily a one-size-fits-all thing.

I was raised in a pretty politically conservative/Republican household. The earliest I was aware of politics were the Bush/Gore and Bush/Kerry races and despite how much the people around me (my town was extremely liberal) hated Bush, he and his compatriots’ politics were never as deluded as GOP politics seem to have…

I don’t know if you read DearCoquette, née Coketalk, but I’ve always thought what she had to say on the matter was pretty smart:

Turning 30 really changes you. It feels like it frees you more.

Kate Beaton is a goddamned INTERnational treasure! I like the cut of her jib!

My apologies in advance for the long backstory, but it is necessary to fully understand the horrible-ness of the situation. I live in a tiny apartment in New York with my wife and son, which, ever since our son has gotten the ability to walk and talk and whatnot already made sex a fairly covert affair (the window of…

God forbid someone takes the time to understand the world around them.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YOU GUYS?

My favorite Effie Brown story:

CA Governor Jerry Brown was also trying to reach out to those that disagree with him (and smack them for their willful ignorance):

I don’t think these posts actually do any good. I think they are more harmful as they create unrealistic impressions of other cultures and encourage American Exceptionalism. See all the commentators who are posting about how ALL Indian men are misogynistic and then look at how many stars these comments receive and the…

Once again, personal responsibility is for the poors. It's never the executive's fault if the business is doing poorly enough for mass layoffs. It's not the fault of the financial industry execs that they crashed the economy. It's not the fault of Republican elected officials if the economy sucks on their watch. But…

I continue to struggle with the fact that several of the republican candidates are so clearly brilliant (Jindal- Rhodes Scholar, Cruz- brilliant legal mind, Carson- literally a brain surgeon) but are so, so stupid. If ever there were poster children for not assuming innate talent endows functionality, it’s these…

I don’t care what you think about dress codes (ok, not entirely true: I do care that people see dress codes for being at best messy and at worst misogynistic), but can we all take a minute to appreciate that young people get it? Like, these young people not only get it, but they can express themselves so wonderfully…

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