I've diligently spent the entirety of my motherhood teaching my kids the proper names for genitals- no cutesy terms for them. When I was growing up, there were doo-doos and dee-dees, and that was it. It was confusing, because our word for 'penis' (doo-doo) is the word most other people use for 'shit'. This lead to…

I feel like this is something that should be provided for you. You know. For work, and... science?

Not just a nipple (in the brothel), but also some blurry, semi-artistic lady arse. Still, I was pleasantly pleased at how restrained the show was in that scene.

I love-love-love that the Claire character (book and show) like sex, and that there's no 'oh, that's because she's damaged' or 'CONSEQUENCES!' reasoning…

This has happened to me and my husband before, too. It took us a while to realize what was going on, and now that we know, we are a little more careful about checking that the other person's actually awake before going forward.

Anecdotal, I know, but my MiL has been known to get up in the middle of the night, cook rather complex meals, and then go back to bed. She would have zero recollection of this the next day, and get upset with her husband, thinking he'd done it- leading to some rather strange fights. She's told of us of situations…

Five weeks ahead of my due date, I went into early labour- and it was progressing quickly. Since the hospital in my town didn't have a NICU, they decided to transport me by ambulance to a city about an hour's drive away. Lucky for me, my OBGYN had happened to be at the hospital when I arrived, so she joined me in…

You've gotten a lot of great responses so far, but I just thought I'd add mine.

A number of years back, a guy that shared a mutual friend with me decided he was interested in me. I'd spoken to him very briefly at a party- nothing particularly remarkable about the conversation whatsoever in my mind. I wasn't attracted…

I definitely appreciated the perspective in this article. But I will agree in that this is also how I've always used the word "urban": I live in a rural community, as opposed to an urban community. (Though, I suppose there's a difference between referring to a city as 'urban', and referring to someone's style as…

My first two Christmas presents came in the mail today- though, this is VERY atypical for me. Basically, I know my kids want these particular gifts and they're a little on the pricey side (at least for us)- but they were on sale, so I ordered some with the intention of stashing them in my closet for the next few…

I just caught myself joker giggling. As in, not even my normal laugh- just this involuntary hysterical giggling because I legitimately don't know what's going on and don't care because every post is like a little orgasm covered in chocolate.

Short answer: Yes.

Longer answer: I think I need to change my underwear.

I didn't expect to be as upset about this as I am.

Oh, right, forgot about him. He sucks.

I guess I will put it this way: There's a lot about the first book that I found problematic and that made me uncomfortable. Enough so that I was hesitant continuing the series (though I chose to do so because characters like Claire don't come around too often). The first book…

I was bothered by that as well but, really, the villain is the only really negative gay character I can think of in this series (and I took his tendencies towards rape to be a reflection of the fact that he's a sadist and likes having power over strong people). Lord John Grey shows up later, is a hugely important…

I care more than I should. I'm so ashamed.

I honestly didn't get the big hullabaloo about MLP until I watched the Bronies documentary (and cried like a little baby). I'm a person with ASD, married to a person with ASD, who has two boys with ASD. I also work professionally with kids on the spectrum. To see these guys- many of whom were on the autism spectrum…

Yours too? Twinsies!

(Though, my MiL is Team Jen because she doesn't like Angie's face. Seriously, that's her reason.)

My MiL, who for whatever reason loathes Angelina with every fibre of her being and can't pass up an opportunity to badmouth her- though she can't say why. She just doesn't like her face.

(Not me, though. I'm delighted. I love both of them, and I'm probably more happy for them than someone who doesn't know them…

I disliked Kristen Stewart for a long time, and then realized after all the Twilight movies were over and done with that she's actually sort of cool. I think I just got my hatred of the books and movies mushed up with my opinions towards her, which wasn't really fair. I guess I just got sick of seeing her face (and…

Fuck all the haters. Blue Ivy is perfect just the way she is.