If you see a photo of a heartbroken woman who is just about to give birth to her dead baby and your first reaction is to offer up any kind of hot take about ‘what people should and shouldn’t share on social media’, maybe you should stop and write a reflection on ‘why am I such an asshole’ instead.

The Netherlands just massively extended paternity leave this summer (because the EU made us) from 2 days to 5 weeks! We’re having our first baby in about 4 weeks and I cannot tell you what a difference it makes knowing my partner will be there with me full-time for the first weeks, especially now that my family likely…

The politics of pregnancy products and the needs of pregnant bodies is one of those things that should really be handled with care, and left with a lot of room for personal choice.

“In a fair world, this would be touring elementary school gyms” is an EXCELLENT diss!! Don’t get me wrong, I saw the Westend production (maybe it feels a bit different than the American one?) and while I enjoyed my evening, I couldn’t really shake the ‘excited high school history teacher raps to offer fresh take on…

It really doesn’t get much better than late 70's dancing John Travolta, does it?

I’m so sorry. I hope other people are treating you better and you’re supported by people who love you.

I’m glad she’s found a way to deal with her depression and find some value in it for her. For me, the most defining thing of every depressive episode is just how it sucks beauty out of things. It’s like that feeling of utter, desperate boredom I used to feel as a child on rainy Sundays, x 1000. And then, every…

Ah man, I hope they can get your boyfriend’s medication sorted :(

Are other people who are in lockdown with their partner actually..... horny? Because idk man, I’m not feeling my sexiest.

This. The fine in my European city for breaking the isolation rules is roughly the same. Apparently it’s one of the few things people will actually respond to. I cannot believe some people still think they can somehow negotiate with this virus.

I got pregnant two months ago after some years of trying, fertility tests and agonizing over what to do next (never actually got to the treatments) and I do recognize those feelings of ‘why everyone else but not me’, though even at the time I knew they weren’t fair or helpful. I do really understand how every month…

Same! Apart from my terrible plating skills (I am truly able to make great food look like it’s already been eaten), most delicious foods just look bad. Curries, stews, soups, pasta sauces, dips, spreads - brownish slop is where it’s at!

I’m 8 weeks pregnant after 1,5 years of trying and man, is this ever shitty timing. I thought I’d be so happy when I finally got pregnant, but I’m anxious and worried. Here in my part of Europe, we’re still in semi-lockdown, and they’re still hoping to avoid the worst case scenario. I’m in isolation and will be for…

Same, I’ve been a vegetarian for over a decade now and it has never made sense to me to treat meat like I’m allergic to it. I’ve even picked it off things and I’m sure I’ve eaten sauces that contain animal broth in restaurants that don’t think about it (esp. back in the day). I understand that someone might not like…

I genuinely love how every report on the shit talking circle leaves out the fourth person in the conversation, Dutch MP Mark Rutte, because he is a right wing prick who gravely overestimates our country’s relevance in world politics.

Yeah, it’s surprising! I live in a pretty liberal country but even here people can have these weird underbelly reactions to IVF (and surrogacy is rare/legally limited). I don’t think it’s the ‘adopt a child who needs a home’ argument here either, because adoption is pretty rare, and it’s not a very religious society…

I also live in a European country where commercial surrogacy is illegal but surrogacy definitely happens, especially for gay couples. I also know several couples who have had someone they know carry a baby for them. (also, because at least in Western Europe we have good health care and maternity rights, being pregnant…

PS or is this article trolling me specifically :(? 

TOTALLY AGREE! I think we sometimes confuse ‘hot with limited range’ as ‘deep person with magnificent understanding of the human psyche’.

SO intrusive. You’re asking someone about their (reproductive) health, relationship, sex life and personal life plans in one go. If these are not topics you usually discuss with this person then fuck offffff.