Not that this redeems him, but he is Elle King’s father. I like her voice.

I think that there’s a middle ground between children-are-not-the-center-of-the-universe and seen-but-not-heard. I certainly wasn’t raised as the center of things, but my parents did make space to hear our voices at times (there was no shaming/corporal punishment in our home), but I totally agree with you that making…

This is great.  Thanks!!!

Katie probably knows this already, but there’s a new primary school picture book about Guy-Blache.

the group of shirtless men working with the spermateci, trying on the whale penis like a cassock . . .

Some audio books are a bit different from the text, and give a unique experience from that text.

Not the best movie, and the transman isn’t the center of the narrative, but he is a crucial part and portrayed as a loving and supportive parent: 52 Tuesdays.

now I’m picturing Zuckerberg dressed like Tom Petty as the Mad Hatter.

I thought your piece was well written and compassionate towards the trainers, who are also exploited.

awww.

you are my favorite person right now.

“good times with object permanence” should be embroidered on a pillow.

Dear Iceman, I suggest you read some of the scholarship around abortion. What you’ll find is that sociologists, psychologists, women’s studies scholars, etc., have all investigated the reasons and reasoning behind anti-choice activism.

If anti-choice activists were really aghast at killing, they wouldn’t bomb clinics nor kill abortion doctors; they’d support a living wage so that women wouldn’t choose abortion because they can’t afford a child; they would increase access to birth control and comprehensive sex ed so as to decrease the need for…

There are several key predictors that someone will be an anti-abortion activist: conservative/”traditional” attitudes about gender; sex negativity (esp. in terms of women’s sexuality); being unwanted as a child.

Aww, man, I’d forgotten about Fluke. Thanks!

I haven’t seen the film, yet, but in the novel, Enzo the dog gets an arc—he’s a fully fledged character.

thanks for the info!

Reznor introduced the Cure at their Rock-n-Roll hall of fame induction, and he was sweet and thoughtful, and his speech made me reconsider my dislike of him.

I kind of worry that Maxwell will have an unfortunate accident.