Oh no, I meant it more as a response to the fact that it IS being recommended more often, and personally I think it's almost cruel. Women who are already obese are extremely unlikely to be able to meet a goal of losing weight while pregnant if they weren't able to lose the weight BEFORE being pregnant. It makes…

I'm guessing you've never been pregnant, right?

Typical misandrist. Forcing boys to train to be able to be functioning independent adults

"The fault here is any parent who doesn't feel this is essential training for boys, too. "

I would love Jezebel to do an informal poll asking their readers how many of them were sexually harassed like that at their first job. I tried to handle it myself (but I was 15!) and that didn't work. Finally broke down and told my supervisor when people started noting my reduced work performance (I was dragging my…

I don't know, I thought her tweets were pretty coherent. Hmm,,,an accusation, then all of a sudden a statement by her parents and then an involuntary psychiatric hold? They'll kill that poor girl before they'll let her speak her truth. My hope for Amanda is she finds her voice again.

I was obsessed with those. Especially the Super Special Mysteries in which someone always tried to kill/sabotage the BSC members, which in hindsight makes me wonder, "Who is in charge of these children, and why aren't they more concerned that these 13 year olds think that they are the police?"

I am pleasantly surprised that Stacey is that far from #1, but also vindicated that Claudia is #1. Also - random things I ALWAYS remember from the BSC in my day to day life:

THE VERY SAME

What do you MEAN, the Samantha of the franchise? Surely you're not referring to Samantha Parkington of the American Girls collection.

i literally gasped when i saw this. and mallory's family is the best character, and so was that australian boy she had a crush on. also the mystery books were the best ones.

Does anyone remember the Super Special books? There was one where they all went on a cruise and then to Disney World. I think I read it 50,000 times. I once faked sick on Yom Kippur so I could read it alone and not have to deal with family.

hell no

"I didn't want to be birthing a breech baby at home alone with my 2 year old."

I am reluctant to give Claudia the top spot because I remember her being such a bad speller that she would spell her OWN NAME wrong, and nobody's that dumb. But I think her insane outfits tip the scales - she can stay. Stacey is #2 because ~*~*dIaBeTeS*~*~ Shannon is #3 for being in an exotic private school - such a…

It's not bad, it's just... weird. I like Taylor Swift's music, and I like how she's changed over her career, but... why is she rapping? Moreover, why is she rapping vague and generic insults when one of her strengths has always been really creative and specific insults?

I had a similar thought. I had 2 c-sections and the recovery from each was awful. My neighbor had a baby at the same time vaginally and was jogging(!!!) 5 days later. it took 2 months or more each time for me to heal, with several problems along the way. a c-section is fine, but the author's experience is not…

Yes, having a C-section can be totally legit, but it IS really problematic the way this article, and tons of people, present this as a choice between natural= painful and dangerous! and C-section= easy and safe! Nor is a natural birth somehow in conflict with "medicine and science". There are major risks to C…

The one criticism I have heard about the rate of c-sections is that doctors are quicker to recommend them because they're quicker and more expensive, so the rise in c-sections could be in part due to concerns about hospital bottom lines and patient turnover, which, since c-sections are about three times more likely to…