so timely. that shit hurts.

what he really means is that he's not for discriminating against the hetero Christian right and their narrow and hypocritical view of marriage, because if there's two groups of people who have been systematically oppressed in this country, it's Christians and hetero people.

I had a miscarriage at 10 weeks on Christmas eve (I'm still pro choice), and my anti choice in laws refused to even talk to me or acknowledge what happened to me. I immediately became a pariah. They cancelled plans to visit with us on the holiday because they were made uncomfortable. Which means that they not only…

The water/Ice content has a,lot to do with storage temperatures and transport. Although some ingredients have definitely changed as well

Ginger Revolution would be an awesome band name.

most airlines it's around 7-8 months as a cut off, but you can still travel with a doctor's not, BUT airlines don't really know how pregnant you are...so if you just look big, but are only six months, you may get stopped and asked for proof, or if you're carrying really tight and look tiny, then you may not be hassled…

I have a friend who is doing the Baby Food diet. I laughed when she told me, but days later, she posted a pic on Facebook of herself eating spoonfuls of pureed baby food. Then I googled it and realized it is a thing. Then I got sad, because as delicious as baby food is (I have a baby, and some of that stuff is…

This just breaks my heart. This behavior is still all over the place. I'm currently helping a friend with the beginning stages of transition (finding therapists to work with in the area, being a friendly ear) and his only real concern through all of this is that his parents are going to disown him, that his entire…

Love DIY, but for large jobs involving structural, plumbing, electric, etc it is very important to get appropriate permits from your town/city. Not only can you be fined if found out, but if any non permitted work is ever found to be faulty and causes a leak, fire, or worse, your home owner's insurance likely won't…

If I go shopping at any point from Friday-Monday post-Thanksgiving, I make it a point to only patronize small businesses. Those guys usually have a significant dip in traffic on that weekend, and I'd much rather support the local artisan shops downtown than the large corporate entities at the dying mall. I…

My husband has no college degree (failed or of college three times), and I have a master's, which I finished between being pregnant and popping out our first kid. I'm now looking for full time employment (I'm teaching now), but he's got a great career and advanced really fast and far without a degree that it'll be…

I don't really care if people get plastic surgery or not...but I often wonder what it must be like to be the kid of someone who has plastic surgery (I'm a new mom, and my brain goes to "how does this potentially damage my child?" automatically). Like, isn't it weird if any of these women choose to have kids, and then…

Okay, so on a second-read through of my comment, I see that since I focus solely on the "don't tell people how to parent" thing makes it seem like I am defending the mother. I am not. The mother should go to jail. Being a little bit rude never warrants physical violence.

I'm sorry for the confusion, guys. Narrowing my…

I can see how what I said reads that way. Sorry. Not what I meant. The mother should be put in jail.

Agreed. She is clearly in the wrong. I didn't mean to make it sound like I was "defending" her. Her actions are reprehensible.

I agree, the mother should be charged with assault. I didn't mean to imply that her actions were defensible.

I didn't say a word about the other person because even though I "defended" the mother (not my intentions here, although I can see how my comment reads like this), I really don't think that what the shopper did was all that horrible. A little rude, yes, but not in any way warranting physical assault.

I get…

Nope. Not what I meant. In fact, this woman should be arrested and charged with assault. What she did was horrible. On a second read-through I can see how my comment comes across as defending what she did. Let me be clear on this: SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE PUNCHED THAT OTHER WOMAN, and being a little bit rude never warrants…

First off, team no one.

As I said to another person, you'd be hard pressed to find a politician that was born in a state, lived in that state, and then run for office in that state. Most of em move around. But in NH, residents have very strong opinions about people from Massachusetts. Just as a southern state would be less likely to vote in…