You were a child once were you not?

Because you are a member of society. Even if you don’t have children, reproduction is necessary for society to function. When you are 90 years old, younger people who were once babies will be your doctors, your nurses, your cooks, your plumbers, etc.

I ran a Cat Shelter for twelve years. This infection is very rarely contracted and when it is, it tends to be by people with compromised immune systems.

My best friend’s mom needed a kidney and no one we knew was a match. So my friend and I gave genetic information to the Univ of Neb Med Center and they submitted it to the Paired Donation database. Turned out I matched a guy in Iowa (who needed a kidney) and my friend’s mom matched his wife (who was a willing donor).…

Just over here, realizing how I don’t think I could ever be so selfless. O.o

Pack yourself up and leave, you asshat. I’m not any less an American than you are, just because I would like our country to be a decent place to live.

Ugh. I know. Whenever I feel frustrated at my maternity leave I realize how incredibly fortunate I was to be able to take that unpaid time. And then I get mad for feeling like I have to feel grateful for less than we all deserve.

The thing is with generous social programs is that they pay off in the long run. Affordable daycare=more women in the workforce=more people paying income taxes. I live in a place with fairly generous social programs (long maternity leave, affordable daycare, medicare and free dental for kids under 12). This is purely…

Why don’t we ever have the MRAs over here bitching about *this* sort of thing? This seems like a perfect issue for them. Men should get significant time off with their newborns too, and they shouldn’t have to use their vacation time to do it.

I’ve been handed unopened soda cans on many carriers, United included. But then again I was white and not wearing a hijab so clearly was no threat (eye-roll).

I believe her. Irl I regularly have to deal with old white people who call me a Pakistani terrorist upon seeing my brown skin and hearing my accent.

I cannot understand why no one spoke up for her. Especially when the bigot told her to shut the fuck up. No way in hell would I have kept my mouth shut.

I know Tahera. She is the real deal, and a totally reasonable human being who gives everybody the benefit of the doubt. This is bullshit and shouldn’t happen to anyone. But it probably happens all the time, and I’m glad she’s in a position to call it out.

You don’t get a whole lot of choice when searching Google Images for “Biblical traffic jams”.

And Esther better be walking her way to Ahasuerus to beg him not to kill all her people.

Judith is still allowed to decapitate Holofernes, but G-d forbid she drives to the Assyrian camp.

I feel bad for her. She’ll never get this infographic:

I sort of hope they start with the same Mail Chimp commercial. It really became part of the experience to me.

A 43 year old essay? Obviously a reason to totally discredit a candidate. Days old support for a pedophile? Well, that’s just an expression of religious freedom.