it isn’t unreasonable for someone to comment that dyes aren’t really healthy for the baby

Using the phrase “a delight indeed” has convinced me that she is my long-lost sister.

Yup. And there’s the whole crew of “you haven’t gained enough, your baby is going to be too small and jaundiced and wrinkled, blah. Here let me show you Ph.D. I got from WebMD and internet forums.”

A baby can still be healthy at 5.5 lbs, can it not? I was closer to six, and I like to think I turned out fine... (Disclaimer: Depends on your definition of “fine.”)

When I was pregnant, I got both “You shouldn’t be eating that BLANK” condescension and “Oh pshaw, you’re ridiculous to be concerned about eating BLANK even though your doctor told you not to, what does he know.” You can’t win. It’s bullshit.

I figure have to use my law degree for something, and apparently today that thing is educating strangers on the Internet :)

But haven’t the Rolling Stones successfully sue other artist for using the phrase “you can’t always get what you want”?

I’m honestly curious; why do you provide the actors’ names in parentheses (Eccleston and Theroux), but Mary is just Mary, not Mary (Janel Moloney)?

Didn’t Salt ‘n Peppa do a song about how haters gonna hate and players gonna play? Maybe he’s the one who should be sued; by them.

Just think, while he was getting down about the liars and the dirty dirty cheats of the world, he could have been getting down to

Clover, I would love for you to write one snarky piece without mentioning white people or black people as your standard trope. Think of it as a writing exercise where you can expand beyond stereotypes. Obviously, it makes sense when you are writing about race, but that is not this article. Thanks.

Now, we know who, um, <scrolls up> Jesse Graham is. So, good for him.

Yes.

Isn’t “R&B bluesmen” redundant?

Legal nerd moment: she’s trademarking things, not copyrighting them. You can’t copyright short words and phrases. But you can trademark them, as long as you can show they are being used in connection with your business.

Elvis didn’t steal lyrics. He didn’t write songs.

Maybe Stevie Nicks should get in on this, too, since “players only love you when they’re playin’.”

Litigators gonna litigate.

Ugh, this is one of those bits of unnecessary bits of information that does more harm than good.