Yeah, I think you have a pretty good take on this, though I have a somewhat higher opinion of Laverne Cox. I think she is perfectly capable of being funny. Though it would not be *this* kind of funny.

I think one point they are making is that they *could* have found a real trans actor to play the part— there are plenty out there. Laverne Cox would have been twice as funny. That said, I like Cumberbatch and I am going to give him benefit of the doubt until I have good reason not to. (Btw, is All supposed to be…

I personally am dead serious about trans issues and transgender equality— and I took this clip as a parody of the silly over-the-top fashion world, rather than a negative stereotype of trans/nonbinary folk. I also think the clip was also meant to show what clueless jerks Derek and Hansel are, and the joke will be very…

I am ashamed to say that those were my first thoughts on this. *Headdesk* I am a horrible person. But very practical....

Speaking as a volunteer counselor who has worked for PP for years: I know of and have spoken to many prolife women who have decided to have abortions (or use IVF) because “well, this is different... God will understand.” This is common. I cannot and will not out them though because it would violate medical ethics, and…

I don’t think you understand the law: If what they said about PP were true and substantiated by actual evidence and therefore “factual,” NAF would have no case at all. It is the fact that they are lying and deceiving that makes the case. Hence the court’s decision to not allow them to withhold evidence. The fact that…

I had a teacher named Richard Fallis. Always wondered if he were ever called Dick.

Nicky Limestone!

From Wikipedia: “In 1930 Pope Pius XI ruled out what he called “the direct murder of the innocent” as a means of saving the mother. And the Second Vatican Council declared: ‘Life must be protected with the utmost care from the moment of conception: abortion and infanticide are abominable crimes.’”

More accurately still, it is the woman who has the abortion who decides to make the donation. There is no pressure. Nobody makes money off of this. Many women feel it is a small good thing that they can do for humanity.

Call up your local PP branch and ask for the Director of Volunteers. Express your interest in being a part of the Sexual Health Hotline— in MA we call it Counseling and Referrals Hotline, but it might be called something else in other parts of the country. The training is pretty steep and intensive, it would be hard…

I am a volunteer counselor for PP, and I take this very personally. That’s my information that is out there, that’s me potentially having to deal with identity theft. And while we are at it, this is my uterus, my life. These people are as low and deceitful as they come. And BTW— WE KNOW WHO DID THIS because the…

Oh I dunno, maybe she was in the company of an abusive spouse who forced her at gunpoint to leave the baby on the road? Maybe she was passed out and someone else made this decision? Maybe foul play was involved and the woman herself was a victim as well?

Thank you, and I feel the same. I felt like I was drowning at the time I was laid off. I was able to take this magnificent break mainly due to good idiot luck being on my side. I had no debt, no children, no mortgage to pay off— and I am still young enough to believe that I may be able to make up for the retirement…

As someone who rebelled heavily against my catholic high school in the seventies, which required girls to wear two layers (i.e., blouse and sweater, blouse and blazer, or a sweater set) even when it was fucking ninety degrees out, I applaud. Go get ‘em!

I got laid off from a job once and was given a decent severance package. I took off five years— during which time I did some contract work, but mostly took classes I wanted to take, worked on projects I cared about, and volunteered as a hotline counselor. I cashed in retirement savings to make this work— and I have…

Last time I had a toxic boss, I took great pleasure in quitting, and made sure that I timed it for the absolute worst time for her (e.g., my last day was the day before a major event where shee needed me to do all of the things she didn’t have any idea how to do). Nothing felt better than walking away from that job.