Midwives at a birthing center within a larger hospital setting seems to provide the best of both worlds. I gave birth 6 months ago in a hospital, attended only by a CNM and a doula. It was a very chill and supportive environment. During the 18 hour labor, I never felt pressured to speed things up for anyone’s…

Epidurals are administered by anesthesiologists. Even if you are in a hospital and want one, they call in the anesthesiologist to do it. It taps directly into the spinal cord. You do NOT want anyone but a highly trained specialist doing that.

I haven’t announced this to my family yet but I’m bursting with excitement and anxiety and nerves so I just have to tell someone

What’s a “radio”?

If it gets to the point where you ask somebody:
“What’s the deal with Radiohead?” and the whole internet says:
“I’m sorry, there’s never been a band by that name... I’ma get a *little freaked out*”

As an biracial person, 100% of my relationships are interracial.

I'm in one too but people NEVER stop staring long enough for me to forget.

Good for your dad.

They’re too busy sexting to actually have sex.

I wonder if this mostly has to do with teens being able to access information about sexual health without being reliant on abstinence only school programs, parents, or scrambled playboy channel.

Kirk Cameron is to get down on his knees and sniff the glove.

You can make a will without engaging in the kind of complicated estate planning that’s used to avoid taxes, so that wouldn’t be the reason. I also suspect he’s more likely to have at least thought of it than the average person, since he had managers and lawyers who should have mentioned it.

This, of all things, strikes me as not being a horrible outcome. At least his taxes will go to benefit (well, some portion of them, hopefully) the area where he grew up and spent his entire adult life and was by most estimates a very involved community member.

Been half white my whole life and I don't think I ever met a white woman named Becky, so I'm totally confused.

I’m still pissed off that this shooting, which the shooter admitted was an attack on women, did not get a ton of attention. People focused on the fact that it was in a movie theater more than the fact that the shooter was an admitted misogynist. I mean the host of a radio show even said that the shooter frequently…

I am still wondering though how breasts are genitals. We don’t squeeze the babbies outta da nipsies.

Can I just reiterate (because I feel like I’ve seen this comment on your pieces a few times before) thank you so much for responding to commenters. And responding to commenters who are questioning you or reacting negatively. And even more than that, thank you so very much for doing it civilly. It’s really a pleasure…

When I think rural Ohio (or rural anywhere Midwest) I think meth. And the first thing I thought here was someone pissed off their dealer, and the whole family paid the price. It’s terribly sad.

“wirhing”?

I can’t say that I thought hilarious was a great word choice.