Shouldn't a boy who got a girl pregnant also be exhibiting poor "discipline" by this same reasoning and also be prohibited from class?

Karen Blake (or anyone in a similar position) should look into getting a sexual harassment suit filed through the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission). A thing that a lot of people don't realize is that for victims in most employment law cases, one can usually get free legal counsel through the EEOC—this…

Um, if you need to pass a bill to "clarify" a law that you just passed like five minutes ago, that should be a sign that you are all a bunch of dumbasses who shouldn't be legislating in the first place.

If you read the story, she and the baby were sleeping in the same bed and it died. If this were a wealthy, white Park Slope yuppie mother "Co-Sleeping", there wouldn't be charges because it would be a "tragic accident" or "SIDS".

I have no doubt there are people who should not be having any(more) children, but I'd love to see the stats on how often this option is offered to men. Prolly never?

Why do we only hear this "but sex isn't just about orgasm!!!!!" as an excuse for the woman in a het couple not getting off? Nobody tells a guy that it's OK if his partner thinks blowjobs are gross, he should realize that sex is more than just his ejaculation. Nobody says that maybe he's just lying there letting her do…

No lie, I am regularly late to work for a variety of reasons, but one of them is absolutely that it makes my cat grumpy when I leave. When I wake up she always comes over to cuddle and purr, and if I abandon her to get ready for work she pouts and does the angry cat tail swish of doom.

Not so much a specific excuse, but throughout my working life, I have been amazed at how often the same people would be sick on Fridays and/or Mondays over and over and somehow think people didn't know they were skiving off.

Can I steal that last one? I feel like my genuine social anxiety (so bad that I have panic attacks right before major events and vomit while in those major events) isn't working as an excuse anymore. You'd think "I will literally hyperventilate and then vomit everywhere," would work, but fuck it, I'm building so many…

I was actually present at the committee discussion of this bill (in the state's rights/federalism committee and NOT the health committee where it belonged). The family planning doctor who argued against the bill was amazing, but I think she knew the whole thing was doomed to begin with. The representatives kept…

In addition to how crazy and wrong and illogical this is...wouldn't "reversible" abortions go against the whole "abortion = murder" thing? Since, ya know, murder isn't reversible?

Why don't they just take her on as an oral history project? Allow her to remain at her base rent, with the condition that she records her memories of the neighborhood for use at the Museum. Everybody wins, nobody's a charity case.

Yeah, I went through a quick run where I looked at the Chive a lot. But there's not enough Cat Saturdays to make up for all of the "College Was the Best Time EVER!" albums with people throwing up everywhere, and pointless underwear photos with uber creepy comments. I got bored very quickly.

I just love how it doesn't matter how things ACTUALLY work. What matters is what you believe.

Any time someone claims the "thigh gap" obsession is self-imposed by women, men give no fucks about thigh gap, they have never given it any consideration, etc., etc., a link to The Chive should automatically appear. Straight men's sexuality is toxic.

Everyone is different. I, for example, have never had a child. And aside from initial discomfort (1-2 days of cramps), haven't had any problems with my IUD.

Hint #1 you are dealing with a super reputable journalist:

A friend was advised by her mom, "You'll know whether or not he's marriage material by how he treats the waitress."

Yes! I came here to say that when you give birth in France you get free physical therapy for your abdomen and pelvic floor. It's also customary once the baby is old enough to be without mom for a while that the grandparents take the baby while the parents go away for a vacation to reconnect as a couple. Also,…

And this, for the tea party commentariat: