The most important takeaway from this research is that women know what pregnancy is, they know what abortion is, and looking at ultrasound images can't change their minds or make them feel bad about a decision in which they have high confidence.

Yes - it's the right of bodily autonomy. The right to be able to do what you see fit with your own body.

I do not ski. I do not do snow. Or ice. Or cold. Or this freakin "windchill" crap that somehow makes 7 degrees even MORE miserable. I was born in Baltimore but started gradually moving south at 18 and had gotten as far as Austin before hubby dragged me back north 3 years ago. But I will come in the summer!

Vermont makes my heart happy and I've never even visited. I will remedy that soon!

But if we outlaw chemotherapy, people will stop getting cancer! Won't someone think about the cancer kids?!

So let's take the example of a vasectomy. It's an elective procedure that ends the potential for life for millions of little swimmers. Do men have to undergo forced anal ultrasounds, waiting periods, false counseling where they're deliberately told lies, excessive travel to obtain the procedure, etc. in order to have…

What happens when you're in a business meeting and some dude's cell phone picks up your Bluetooth signal? "The numbers clearly indicaaaaahhh —- indicate that mmmmmm —- uh, that oh yeah, right THERE — I mean, that there are potential opportunities—- And ooohmyygoooooddI'mcoming!!!!!!!!! To um, the conclusion of my…

Damn, you've got classy horses. My gelding was happy with Natty Boh.

I will actually be in the market for a new dressage saddle shortly (as soon as I get a new horse, yay!). And possibly for a long time, even after I buy one...

Pssh. The kids have been telling me I have Child Bearing Hips since middle school. MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I wrote a blog post last year about the photobooth scandal at Vandy that ended up going pretty viral (from 80 hits a day to about 10,000). So naturally I got targeted by a bunch of guys at a site called The Mainboard. They posted pics of me and my husband, they called me names, they discussed how they'd like to rape…

That is sad and amazing and everything all at once. Poor kid, but good for her for doing what she could to speak out against it.

I don't know that I've ever consciously thought about this, but it's something I've always kind of adhered to with other people's kids. With my nephew, I ask if I can have a hug, and if he says no, I'll do the pouty face, but no big deal. It doesn't have to be taken to an extreme, but it's never too early to start…

I got married last year. In a dress with straps and fully belly coverage. SUCKERS!

Ooh! I had a conservative tell me the other day that inflation is a liberal hoax. Sometimes you just have to stop and marvel that people so stupid can somehow manage to survive tying their shoelaces in the morning.

We flew from Baltimore to Birmingham on Friday morning, right when the snowstorm first hit. We boarded the plane, life was good, and then no fuel. We sat on the tarmac with a screaming baby for 2+ hours. Then, flying back on Sunday, we decided to get to the airport a little early to see if we could get on an earlier…

Eeek, hope they make it for your big day!

I like to think she was taking one last little jab at the Republican talking heads et al whose favorite form of apology is 'sorry you're mad, bro!'

Ski pants. I wore my fucking ski pants to work (over my fleece leggings). The constant swish swoosh swish swoosh despite my best attempts to walk bow-legged was annoying, but I'm not dead, so there's that.

I lived in Austin for 2 years and it would get pretty cold in the winter (30s, occasional flurries even). Republican states tend to take the most federal assistance because they campaign on no new taxes, small gov't yada yada yada and then realize, 'hey, we need money to do things - let's just get it from the feds and…