And don’t forget, it’s not just making the decision, it’s all the work that comes with making the decision, too. The paperwork, the divers license, the email changes, the voting registration board, the passport, the documents for any future records requests (like old transcripts or medical records)...it’s not just…

No. Why does my husband’s last name belong to him, and yet mine belongs to my father.

But why is it that your children had to have his last name and not yours? Why did you have to make the sacrifice?

Not judging! You do you. I just don’t see why people consider that as a thing...it’s always DEFAULT MANS NAME for offspring. It’s strange to me.

Further, even if you keep your last name professionally, use the same name as your children/husband. It makes stuff much, much easier with the school, etc., etc.

My name is *my name.* It may have come from my father instead of my mother, but it is still mine. It is mine just as much as my hypothetical future husband's name is his. I hate that argument.

I’ve seen and really don’t get this argument. My last name has been my last name from birth. Just like it was my father’s last name from birth. Is it more “his” last name than mine because he’s a man? Or because he’s older? It’s not “my father’s name”—it’s a whole bunch of “Keyser’s” (men and women) names. Including…

While I understand the unity/child surname issue, my biggest issue with the name change is how infrequently it happens in reverse. How many men would be happy changing their surname to that of their wife?

God, this is so dead on. Also: “I will continue your sexual joke slightly farther to show you & those around us that I am not intimidated/can hang”. In certain environs, that show no weakness/”one up you like the dudes” approach is a fucking SURVIVAL tactic.

...and THAT is why I haven’t done 23andme yet.

Maybe these religious organizations should start paying some taxes before they think they can decide what is and isn’t covered by health care.

I mean... or we could refer to Anne Wojcicki’s own (not insignificant) accomplishments like 23andme and not treat her like another man’s former property. Please and thank you.

Besides the seeming complete lack of evidence, has anyone ever explained *why* the CDC would be so interested in covering something like this up? Is it just a vague ‘evil corporations’ answer or what?

The not-being-able-to-buy-in-bulk issue (for anything, not just diapers) is one that so many middle/upper class people don’t understand. The first time my husband visited my family, he was appalled when my dad bought a single role of paper towels from the grocery story. Later, he whispered to me “I thought money was…

I think that the humanities - and not one first year class, but deep education in the humanities - should be mandatory in the secondary school and post secondary school systems.

I figured that was the case. No problem. And, yeah, that velvet glove or iron fist line. Freud would have a lot to say about that.

These numbnut commenters come from conservative/far Right websites where making hyperbolic exaggerated claims is the norm.

I’m a PhD student at a US research university and I’m in complete agreement. BLM is a positive thing, as is most student activism. Quiescent campuses trouble me. I think that one thing that would help the folks you mention who have been silenced and harassed would be a union, but my state forbids that.

Damn, I was hoping we could have discovered a way to funnel all the conservatives out of our liberal palaces and into Texas A&M.

how the fuck does this have 25 stars? am i on jezebel still?

GOOD. I recently left the higher ed world as a student affairs professional and one of the reasons was because I couldn’t properly advocate for my student activist groups as their advisor. Advising groups like V-Day, Take Back the Night, and Black Student Organizations is a very tough place to be in academia. You want…