Tonight in Fuck the Patriarchy: I participated in a speech contest where I was fairly sure I won. As so often happens, a man won. I mean, it happens over and over and over. I see great women get beaten by mediocre men. It wasn’t just me. At least a dozen people came up to me and said I won. Several women were very…

I bled every day for 5 months. I called my midwife and begged her to rip it out. She asked me to give it a little more time. I did and poof! I haven’t had a period since 2007. It went away and never came back. I’m in love.

I found out a was pregnant and went to my local hospital. Unfortunately, the baby had no heart beat. I had miscarried around 8 weeks but my body was still acting as if I was pregnant. I was told I need another ultrasound a week later to confirm. A week went by and I was back at the hospital with the same results and…

My friend has had one healthyish pregnancy thanks to PP and is now on her second, and totally healthy pregnancy.

Many years ago when my then-boyfriend and I decided that we wanted to start having sex, I went to PP to get on birth control. I was young and did not know much about birth control, but thankfully the name Planned Parenthood had stuck with me in association with it, though I don’t remember when I first heard of the…

First of all, I’m glad your sister surgery went well and that she’s recovering, second, Bob acted like a bit of a dick (to put it mildly) but I don’t think getting riled up about it it’s actually going to do any good to you or your relationship. What I mean is, I think you guys need to have a frank and (as much as…

I know this is very personal but, are you planning on having children? Because this attitude could make co-parenting very difficult for you.

On one side I am sorry for him that he can’t understand these things. I have no idea what being in the spectrum is like and I understand that you are evaluating this with a different set of rules due to his condition.

He’s not really going to do better than this. He can’t, apparently. He’s had ten years and this is the best he can do at grasping important emotional states.

I’m 40? (No, that’s not it.)

What do I think? This reminds me of life with my ex, who I was with for nearly 10 years. In our final year, he refused to drive me to my best friend’s funeral, which was 90 minutes away. Then he refused to even accompany me to the memorial, which was 9 BLOCKS away, where I spoke.

In my experience, I learned the very…

Two of my kids were gone for dinner, so I picked up Red Robin to go for me and the 13 year old. It was yummy, especially when paired with a Shiner. The rain has me sleepy, too.

Noodles in gingery broth with spinach, carrots and papaya.

can I be overbearing and just tell you this recipe unasked? it’s from a cookbook called Quick and Easy Vietnamese and i can’t remember the author.

a long time ago on Jez someone mentioned making chicken marsala and leaving out the chicken because they were vegetarian but doubling up on Mushrooms.

I made this today: http://www.marthastewart.com/313216/apple-cinnamon-bundt-cake. It’s so fucking good, it has SO MANY APPLES that I didn’t think it would even stick together, but it did and it’s freaking delicious.

I put skinless chicken thighs in a pot and browned them and then tossed on a can of cream of chicken soup (this dinner is dedicated to 1977), some portobello mushrooms chopped up, a few splashes of white wine, and fresh sage. On rice with steamed broccoli. It actually tastes good and it’s got that warming thing going…

My rainy night/comfort food meal is roast chicken. So I marinated some chicken thighs with soy sauce, coconut oil, sesame oil, gojuchang, minced garlic and ginger, and rice wine vinegar. In the oven now with garlicky roasted potatoes and broccoli.

Good luck! I’d start a semi-routine just to get used to the new lifestyle.

Moved in to my first real post-divorce apartment with 2 roommates this weekend. I also turned 27 on monday! Feeling terror and excitement in equal measure about starting a new chapter of my life. Trying to figure out how to love myself enough to make my life good.