I’m so guilty of this. Usually when I’m following up on something that I should have already received. Fear of being a “nagging woman” makes me put on the kid gloves when I have to ask for something more than once.

I also got a Bitty Baby when I was really too old for one, but whatever, she was cute as hell. Samantha and Bitty Baby live in my mom’s basement with a better wardrobe than I could ever hope to have. I hope someone in my family has a daughter. Or that my nephew develops a love for expensive dolls. :-)

I used to work at a place that required that we aggressively pre-bus. The only exception was, if it was a large group, you didn’t take so many plates away that only one person still had a plate. In that instance, you could pre-bus most of the plates, but you had to leave at least one in addition to the one that was…

Yeah, I think I’m with you on all counts. I think public funding is cool when you’re trying to create something, and people get a perk in return for helping with start up costs. Or even when something really awful happens that no one could expect, to help pay for medical bills and such. But this...eh.

Well I guess we’re not going to agree. I see a pretty major difference between taking your baby with you to do a dangerous activity where a mistake means death, and an adult woman going to a clean tattoo shop and getting some art done. But I guess I’ll just sit my pregnant, tattooed ass here and have a drink while I…

Well, drugs are illegal anyway. Unless you’re referring to legal drugs. But doctors won’t prescribe drugs that would harm a fetus, unless absolutely necessary to the life of the mother. And then the mother has to make a choice whether or not to take that risk. And as for smoking and drinking during pregnancy, they…

As a Texas Lib’ral, I sincerely hope you’re right.

It is a matter of bodily autonomy! Women want to be able to have control over their bodies, and make the decisions that they think are best for themselves and their families. We all take risks every day. It is much more dangerous to put a baby in a car than it is to breastfeed after getting a tattoo. But we put babies…

Won’t you enter my acropolis, and make my yogurt Greeeeek?

The point that you’re completely missing is that it’s a slippery slope. If the courts can ban a woman from doing anything that may possibly have an adverse effect on her nursing baby, however unlikely, then why can’t they ban women from having sex? What if the person she has sex with turns out to be HIV positive? Why…

Hats off to you, sir.

Hoo boy. This may just be too much crazy for me.

Preach, Miley.

Valerie June IS THE BUSINESS. I love her so much. I first saw her when she opened for Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, and have loved her ever since.

Sort of related: I always really appreciate the costume designers on action movies when the female action star has sensible shoes on. I was just re-watched Resident Evil for the 245th time, and was struck anew by how awesome it is that Alice rocks that whole first movie in flat boots. And in the Avengers movies, Anita…

Sure. But Kitchenette isn’t about the state of the American prison system. It’s about food service. And the point of these particular stories is badass managers. In this context, it doesn’t matter whether the result is getting some racist potheads arrested, or preventing a reckless pothead from getting arrested. These…

The “stoned idiots” were being racist and abusive. The girl who got away was not.

I had an ex pull similar shit. I dumped him because he was a horrible racist bigoted dickbag, and it took me 6 months to figure it out. I then very quickly started dating a wonderful guy who I had a lot of fun with. So about 6 months into this new relationship, the HRBD shows up at my house, with the excuse that his…

I like to think of myself as a pretty level-headed, even-keeled kinda lady. But I dated a guy for about 2 months in my early 20s, and the break up absolutely floored me. I’m 30 now, and I’ve been happily with Senior Trejo for 4 years, but I’d be a total liar if I said I didn’t feel a major pang when I found out this…