These things force me to never want to put myself in a position where I have to sacrifice everything.

Shit, The Bay Area!

It seems weird to me to give a sic to “premedidated” rather than just assuming that what was heard as a d was actually a t?

Koala me surprised.

Ursine it, not me :/

So, I’m a business owner and real estate investor, and his business record is not impressive. He started with millions of his dad’s money and proceeded to use corrupt, purchased influence over politicians to build just enough equity to leverage himself to the sky. Then he used the free cash flow to make himself flashy…

This. I had three abortions - two when in my early 20's and a third with the man who is now my husband. We just weren’t ready - went on to have two healthy kids at the time and place that we WERE ready.

This is brilliant, thank you for writing it. And just to help you contextualize your experience a little, the second-largest group of women needing abortion in the U.S., (though not Canada) is women between 40 and 45 who are mothers. It’s not you, though your copper IUD failure is a spectacular one!

I had 3 abortions before I decided to have a child. All with the same guy. The abortions all happened before we were married. That’s not why I had them - I had them because I wanted a life. One where I wouldn’t resent any possible children for all of the things I “could” have done. I did a shit ton of shit before…

I dread anyone having the occasion to say, “Now you have to keep the coat, America” regarding Trump.

I just want to commend you for your commitment to journalism before I read this.

I looove this aesthetic. Has anyone seen the pics of the Ebony magazine offices? They moved out in 2012 but they hadn’t updated anything since they first opened their doors in 1972 and I want to live there.

Thank you! I said something similar in another comment. At this point it really is not about guilty vs. innocent, it’s about the right to a fair trial and the miscarriage of justice that took place.

“the woman card, an all-powerful card worth 78.3% of a regular card”

Awesome turn of phrase.
(awful that it’s true. :()

There’s a Woman Card?!? Where do I get mine?! Because being a woman in engineering I could kinda use one...

This image is (according to the internet) two photos of 7-months pregnant Sarah Palin, the one on the left with Trig in 2008 and the one on the right with Track (the eldest) twenty years ago.