As I work in a creative field myself, I have absolutely no problem with artists being paid (or even paid quite well!) for their work. That’s how it should be. But I would much rather that creative talent be recognized, that the art in question can be for the benefit of all, and that art not just be yet another shiny…

Did the buyer get a shitload of unwarranted press about this, increasing the value of that object to the buyer? Can the buyer display this somewhere, to the envy of all the other loathsome robber-baron industrialists like, as the saying goes, a “huge middle finger to everyone who enters [that buyer’s] home”?

lol I was with you until baby leashes. My baby doesn't walk yet but I imagine she'll be crazy as all fuck and I'll definitely need one if those leash things. (I also hope she walks soon because she's like 22 pounds now and my arms can't take it) 

TBH that’s why I posted. To show it’s not always some shit-show of demanding toddlers and/or mothers with no control over their boobs. It’s a personal decision just like any other that works for some and not for others.

How else are you supposed to ferry your sleeping child down The Strip at 2 AM with two fists of yard long cocktails, if not with a stroller?

A-MEN, sister!! Said this up higher in the thread but breastfeeding a toddler has been an amazing experience for me. There is no pressure about supply. There is no worry about whether she “getting enough.” Her not being dependent on my milk for nutrition, but still wanting to nurse for comfort, relaxation, bonding,…

Wait... people who use strollers are weirdos?

So I guess my question is do you ever posit to your 3 year old what life would be like without breast milk? Or what life would be like if she never gave up breast milk? I’m a mischievous uncle by trade so I like peppering my conversations with the wee ones with long term thoughts like this because the answers can be…

Not necessarily. My child was a faster nurser from birth, 10-minutes for both sides and completely drained. Since we stopped night nursing around six months, I could have the occasional beer or wine and not worry about it. And after his colic ended around 3 months, I no longer had to avoid cheese or other gassy foods.…

No matter what you do or how weird you are chances are you don’t fall far from the center of the bell curve. It’s a big wide world. In some places in Africa ladies breast feed goats during droughts (thanks radio lab). The point is you shouldn’t obsess. There’s always something weirder than you.

As the risk of being judged mercilessly, here goes. I still nurse my 3+ year old. To dispel the assumptions: I don’t do it out of some sense of superiority or even because I think it’s “best”. Kid just hasn’t got around to weaning and I haven’t got sick enough of it yet to cut her off completely. I work full time, I…

As a mom who breastfed my first kiddo (until she started biting HARD at 11 months) and is currently 6 months into breastfeeding my second, I try very VERY hard not to judge these moms. Emphasis on try. However, once you’re into the 3 and 4 year old territory, I kind of wonder if this isn’t an extension of the whole…

Calling Collins a feminist is remarkably generous. The only woman she cares about is herself.

Let’s not overgeneralize. Kavanaugh is highly unpopular among white women too. We don’t need this kind of infighting if we wanna defeat Trump. 

Like Souter lied? How many women died because of him?

Vaccines are so great. 

My question to my husband last night was, “If Kavanaugh could see into the future, do you think he would have not allowed himself to be nominated?” And he responded “No way, I know guys like him and they can’t imagine a world where past indiscretions would hinder future opportunities.” Made me realize how true that…

A black teen in Texas was expelled for refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. The Texas attorney general is siding with the school board, because we live in hell.

I’ll never get tired of that.

Question. How come you guys don’t link to stories that you couldn’t cover that other GMG sites did? For instance the pledge of allegiance story was covered by TheRoot.