Yet another reason why I firmly believe that kids/young teens do not belong on the internet, and another reason why it makes me so angry when my kids are given internet-based homework assignments at school.

Geez, what a vile law.

Jez, THANK YOU for printing that Kristen Johnson story.

I do know ModCloth, yes! I haven't bought anything from there because in general the prices are a little steep for me—I just don't wear dresses often enough to justify the expense—but they have great stuff and yeah, most of it seems tailor-made for us smaller girls. (Funny, the retro Fifties stuff doesn't usually work…

I have a new life goal.

Rather, I'd wanted to counter what I have known to be a dangerous statement: "I believe abortion is harmful to women." (the qualifier "I believe" here does not make a difference; for context, imagine a comment like this, "I believe vaccinations cause autism.")

Lol, yes, there have definitely been issues with some of my characters, too. :-) And yeah, I am vocal about things like gay marriage; one of my main secondary characters (if that makes sense) is a gay man who gets married in the fifth book in the series (alternate history/dystopian world) so I don't hide my feelings…

Word.

Yep. I've found that very few in the industry will penalize me/us for what's said online, but there certainly are readers who will.

I understand and appreciate that your comment was meant to be helpful. I really do. But no offense—and I genuinely mean that—what I get from your comment is "I'm going to ignore all of the other points you made about male responsibility/abortion seen as an easy fix for them/abortion provides an excuse for people to…

Actually, in my case, the pressure didn't come from anything like the conservative-type agenda. My father is deeply conservative and I knew he'd be happy to have me move in with him and take care of me/the baby, and that he wouldn't guilt or judge and that he would encourage and help me go back to school and do…

And I get upset when women try to restrict the rights and options of other women, too, which is why I repeatedly said that I believe abortion should stay legal.

Yes. Anti-abortion or being against abortion really, honestly doesn't automatically mean "hates women."

I'm not anti-choice—I believe abortion should be legal—but I do dislike abortion and think that's not necessarily inconsistent with being feminist, and here's why.

Thank you.

Thirded. I have some serious issues with abortion, not least that I think it can be/is harmful to women in a lot of ways, but I don't believe it should be illegal. In fact, I wish people would stop chipping away at abortion rights, not just because it's not my place to tell others what they can do with their bodies…

I know!! Dr. Reid, aren't you too smart for that?!

Yes, but remember, what Polanski did wasn't "rape rape." It was only getting a thirteen-year-old girl intoxicated so he could ass-fuck her. That's totally different and okay, according to famous people who pretend to be feminist and/or caring. And they're always right about everything, because they have Secret…

Personally, I'd rather have a teacher with a degree in the subject they teach who learned by doing than someone who went through an "Education" degree program, judging by what I know of those programs from friends who've been in them and what I've read about them.

You're right. It's all his fault for being JUST TOO DARN SEXY.