what for, they’re both middle aged.

I have a friend in her first trimester after a long and difficult process of trying for pregnancy, and my first thought was “Oh she should know this stuff...but maybe until she passes the 3 month mark and is less stressed about maintaining the pregnancy in general”. Still that protective instinct—even though I know…

Baby food and breastmilk are two entirely different things. You can substitute formula for breastmilk, but in case you were unaware, there is an ongoing shortage of formula. But I can’t expect a barely sentient tomato to understand that.

I had no idea I would be in pain AFTER I gave birth... I figured it would be fuzzy slippers and I’d be running around like normal maybe a day or two afterwards. I remember a week of extreme cramping, pain, and weakness... and anger that my partner could go to the store whenever he wanted and I could barely get out of…

I’ve never given birth (and never wanted to) in part because I’m well aware of the horror stories around pregnancy, birth, and post birth. And I’m always really surprised that birthing folks are caught so off guard by them.

I would by lying if I said that part of the reason I decided not to have children is because the idea of this happening to my body is so inherently petrifying. No amount of Cute Baby Promise could get me to sign on for this. Fuck no. And that is an okay choice! 

Most of what’s brought up here could be covered by stating the simple truth that every pregnancy and newborn is unique. That may come across as being trite, but it’s true from what I can tell.

FANTASTIC article, and so agreed. I was also the type who researched EVERYTHING I could about pregnancy before I gave birth, because I wanted to know what could happen - and still, there were things I learned that I never found out in my months and months of obsessively researching.  I have high blood pressure now…

Since my pregnancy, I have had to wake up every night to pee.  My son is now 12.

Wow a familiar name - happy to see you publish here again!

Is this a good place to discuss my theory that Boy Meets World takes place in a slowly collapsing, Matrix-style simulation?

Yep. Not sure he’s sexy enough for Tucker Carlson, though.

If DeSantis wore those in public in Tennessee he’d be committing a felony! Won’t someone please think of the children!?

Over at Kotaku they scream any time some one brings up AI generated anything meanwhile half the articles at the AVClub feel like they were written by an algorithm

Yup...the very ones who usually start talking about phrenology and being the master race tend to look just like an even dumber Gob Bluth.

And much too low, in my opinion. (Though I fully understand that Rolling Stone isn’t exactly a devotee of folk music.)

Why did she single out Joan Baez who is ranked very low on the list?

Oh good God, can everyone just stop talking about this? I have been on Wegovy for a year and it has immensely helped my blood sugar (pre-diabetic) and my binge eating disorder. I have lost 50 lbs. It has decreased the inflammation all over my body. If you do not want to take it, do not take it. I’m not judging you for…

>>State Rep. Brad Sherman (R, duh) sponsored both measures, but said they don’t mean queer people can’t believe in marriage. “If they want to call their relationship a marriage, they are free to do so; that is freedom,” Sherman told NBC News via email. “But, by the same token, people who do not define same-sex unions…

I wonder if it was one of the actors? Or a producer? She's not obligated to name names, but it’s sad that women still worry so much about possibly ruining the lives of men who sexually assault them.