Even people who are experienced with guns probably shouldn’t have them at home. The only thing they do is make it more likely that someone, somehow, gets shot and dies—more likely you or someone you love than someone trying to harm you. That is a fact. (Also, yes, this site is full of dudes who read too much Cormac…

That is an understatement.

I guarantee that most people who have guns believe that they’re responsible gun owners. Many of them are. But you can be a responsible gun owner and make a mistake just once—get distracted, get inebriated, have a sudden medical issue, any of the million little variables that can cause chaos in our everyday lives—and…

For all you weirdo gun fetishists here arguing that people who are serious about survival should have guns:

Counterpoint: It’s many, many times more likely that your child will accidentally murder themselves or someone else with a gun in the house—or that someone will commit suicide with it—than it is that you’ll actually need and be able to use the gun in a survival scenario. In a theoretical disaster scenario, there’s a…

Yeah, ask your doctor! They’re more than likely to write you the prescription, unless it’s for pain meds or something. (I once had a doctor who was a major pain in the ass about it, but I put up enough of a stink about how hormonal birth control is one of the safest medications out there and it’s irresponsible to…

I think it’s probably a good idea to have both! Tampons would be useful in the short term, but for anything longer-term, you’ll hopefully have figured out a reliable way to boil water, and then you can re-use a Diva cup indefinitely even if you run out of tampons. (And they’re less wasteful, just in regular,…

“Car fare?” Where do you live?

For prescriptions that you take on a regular basis (so not antibiotics or anything like that), you don’t stock up on extra and just keep it around. You just keep a reserve and continually use and replenish it. i.e.:

Your insurance might not cover it, so it might be cost-prohibitive depending on what prescription(s) you have, but my doctor prescribed me an extra month’s worth of my BC so that I’d always be a month ahead and have the supply on hand if I was ever traveling or sick or couldn’t get to the pharmacy exactly when it was…

Oh man, that sounds ROUGH, I’m sorry.

Oh! And in case you’re interested in further reading and haven’t seen these articles already, I’ve found both of these articles to be really useful for male allies, too: http://www.alternet.org/gender/masculinity-killing-men-roots-men-and-trauma and http://news.nationalpost.com/life/everybody-in-dresses-why-does-gender…

Yup! It’s really long, but SO worth the read. I think most dudes who read it have some defensive feelings about it at first, but end up finding it really rewarding and eye-opening overall after they have some time to absorb it all. Happy reading! :-)

What about baking coveralls?

This is absolutely amazing:

That is an amazing idea.

Hahah, not at all! :-)

Yay, good for you!

I’m posting a link to this thread on emotional labor for the millionth time here, because it’s relevant, and because it’s one of the best things I’ve ever read on feminine labor, and because someone new always seems to find it helpful every time I share it: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0UUYL6kaNeBTDBRbkJkeUtabEk/v…

Yeah, there are a lot of reasons why I try to avoid online shopping. Sizing is one reason, and then there’s the fact that it’s really impossible to tell quality from photos. You can make any cheap garbage look nice with a good photographer—there’s no substitute for actually touching a garment with your hands and…