Wow, it’s almost like abstinence education isn’t helping. Weird.

Just look up the photograph of Gerri Santoro and read her story. That is what they want to bring us back to. If I had it all to do over again, I’d go to med school, become a gynecological surgeon, and perform abortions. In my next life, maybe. This is a service that women NEED.

Anti-abortion is anti-women, and yes you can be an anti-woman woman.

When Roe vs Wade led to the legalization of abortion, I remember my mom - a relatively apolitical woman - practically weeping with joy. She’d had me very young, and I’m sure she toyed with the idea of abortion - but it was illegal and dangerous. How dangerous? As a high school student, she’d driven a girlfriend across…

Having grown up in Texas public schools in a city with one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the country, this jives well with my own experience. Girls used oral contraceptives to attempt abortion pretty regularly. Not to mention the even more dangerous methods. It’s a serious problem that’s only getting worse.

This really goes to show that you’re either pro-choice, or you’re pro-illegal/unsafe abortion. I read that somewhere (possibly from another Jezebel commenter) and it has stuck with me ever since.

Imagine if Texas treated abortions the same as firearms.

Almost all students? That’s blatantly false. I certainly wasn’t, and many many students and alum I knew were not. LIke me, there were plenty of lower-to-middle class, minority students (who were on full scholarships).

co-signed. I paint my nails about once a week. I always feel better with a fresh manicure. And since I’ve been doing it about once a week for the last 3 years, I’m awesome at it; nail salons got nothing on me.

I, too, live with two kids and a husband plus have a full-time job (for the time being). I paint my nails all the time and watch crappy crappy television. My husband makes fun of me, but, seriously, my life is hectic and stressful enough I don’t care about Walter White and what his descent into criminality means about…

Long, piping hot, epsom salt baths. I have a tray that goes over the top of tub and I’ll put a drink, a snack, my ipad and a dry wash cloth on it and stay in there for an hour.

Context: I live in a house with my husband, his mother, and our toddler son. I cling to any shred of alone time I can get. Things I do on the regular:

I’m so sorry for your loss, and glad that they were there for you. This moved me to genuine tears.

My mom is a nurse. She ended up working in geriatrics because she absolutely loves it and just feels called to it. Not a lot of people want to work with the elderly, but my mom kicks ass at it. She loves her patients and treats them with kindness, dignity, and humor. She cries when they die and she has attended more…

The day I decided I would not have sex with any man who didn’t first make me cum with his mouth was the day I left sexual purgatory and was admitted to Elysian Fields.

real conversation i’ve had with a tinder date

What’s weird about it is that they can’t tell him that it’s right there. It’s not about the cookies.

My favorite photo from the book:

dean mcDermott, dermot mulroney, and dylan mcDermott all need to change their fucking names so america stops being scared and confused

all they need to say is ‘stop being such a little shit’ or something like that (as long as the kid can’t read)