As canyouguess said, it’s a holdover from when a lot of babies (and moms) died in childbirth. Nowadays you generally avoid announcing before the 3rd trimester is done with because that’s the most common time to have a miscarriage.

Maybe there’s more to hip-hop than being “gangsta”

I mean, I guess if Will Smith can rap about fatherhood.

IOC said delaying until next year is not an option (I presume the world cup has something to do with that decision). It’s either this or cancel.

Is Olympic tennis really compelling to anyone? There are a lot of sports where the Olympics are the pinnacle of all achievement, but when it comes to the tennis it always feels kinda tacked on. 

So what you’re saying is we need a “Masked Belly” type of show.

Wrong question.

That the coverage is no-win for her is exactly why Osaka needs to skip those things for mental health preservation.

From what I’ve read, the Japanese people don’t want the games to proceed, but they don’t get a say. The IOC is the only body that can cancel, and they are adamant. :(

Oh! We bought my granddaughter a similar looking set at the dollar store when she was 3 or 4. She loved it for a coupla weeks. Then we got her crayons and coloring books.

That’s not (just) a tiara, it’s a parure.

Yeah... I imagine the biggest regret is being caught at it.

And she included her initials in the design. She needs to do hard time.

Yeah I don’t buy it. By her own words she’s the one who took it to the level of literally branding women as sex slaves.

Haha! The expression on the dog in the Sharon Stone pic is priceless. “Oh not another skin-pic, mom!”

Harron, I’m with you on Ben and Jennifer. Could you maybe talk to your other Jezebel colleagues into not posting daily about them?

I watched all of The Vow on HBO, and there’s early footage in there of Mack meeting Raniere for the first time at one of his weird-ass late night volleyball sessions.

I could probably count on one hand how many times I’ve ever “up voted" anybody on the internet. You are spot on, and it is 3:30 in the morning. Tip of the hat. 

“I believe that other people can have a PhD level in understanding themselves. You don’t have to think, ‘I don’t have a bachelor’s degree, I don’t have this certification’ or whatnot, you can curate your own learning that is specific to who you are, to what your passions are, to whatever transitional phase you are in…

The ones who shout “wallah!” — guess how they spell it.