She apologized and said she should have worded it better. What kind of awesome liberal purity do you have that she’s not a valuable ally? She got successful, how dare this woman get successful and make minor mistakes, then apologize and say she’s always trying to be better? She’s definitely not good enough right?

But at the time I worked with him I knew absolutely nothing about what was going on, and it came out subsequently.

But that’s the thing, so far he isn’t being accuses of being a shitty person. Two women came forward to say he had behaved inappropriately towards them and stopped when they said they weren’t interested in having that sort of relationship with him. Their statement makes him sound like someone who had mild boundary…

Would Oprah send her kids to public school?

Women who have trouble getting pregnant are in no way the butt of fake pregnancy announcements.

There are many things I truly want but can’t have because my body doesn’t cooperate. “Desperately” wanting children is a luxury item I could never afford. As an involuntary member of the “suck it up and deal” class, walking on eggshells around women who have the material means to “desperately” pursue pregnancy does…

If we can’t joke about things that may be sensitive issues to some people, we can’t joke about anything.

I have a disability which helps me hit “Loser” marks in many aspects of adulthood, including never having/raising the children I always assumed I’d have. Does that fall under “whatever reason”? Because I don’t feel slapped in the face by stupid jokes about being pregnant, and I’m slightly disturbed knowing that many…

I agree it’s a very dumb joke, but why is it cruel?

And for the dozen or so replies I’ve had to dismiss,

Israelis live under Israeli civil law.

So Gypsy, only without Naomi Watts and on HBO instead of Netflix?

Not to mention, one of the more common and potentially debilitating disabilities, Autism (again depending on how severe) can’t be tested in utero. I did all the testing, but I watch my 7 month old every day for the signs of autism. I know it won’t even show up until he’s near to 2 if it does. But I had kids knowing…