Two things:

How about everybody stop trying to "train" their long term partners and instead "talk to" their long term partners.
And how about we stop using "people" to mean "men."

/rant

Here's a cute dog.

A friend's husband filed for divorce because she "wasn't meeting the goals he had set for her." True story.

But....but...but...

Yeah, because her doing the "dead starfish" in bed has nothing to do with you or your sexual skills. Nope, nothing at all.

Girls be faking pregnancies, amiright?

Drinking while pregnant =/= exercising while pregnant.

Yeah, work out LIKE A LADY! You do some yoga or jazzercise, or you are actively trying to kill your baby.

Yes. Just last weekend I was chastised relentlessly by my father-in-law because I remained standing with my plate after my husband and I arrived to a graduation party. I simply replied that I had been sitting in the car for 2 hours, so I wanted to be able to stretch my legs for a little bit, but he would NOT let it…

I'm surprised pregnant women aren't forced to be chained to beds for nine mouths to ensure that the baby is 100% safe because women are just baby incubators and we have to protect the unborn precious little angels. *massive eye roll* What is this shit, the Giver?

When pregnant people gorge themselves, people condone that it's "OK to give in to cravings" and "eat for two." (I totally condoned it in my own pregnancy, for the record...heh.) But when someone does something like this, the internet turns into Dr. McJudgerson, OBGYN.

REAL americans take pride in not knowing any geography outside the US. It's unpatriotic to learn about things that are not american

Seriously, I think my hedgehog has a better grasp of geography then most of these people.

I'm also a huge Atwood fan. I'm currently reading The Edible Woman. I read at least one or two of her books every year. I haven't started the Oryx & Crake trilogy yet, but I think I'll probably go there next.

I had no idea this book existed. The title is so clever. Waves, get it, WAVES and he was a fake lifeguard. There is no end to what the Hoff can do.

LAURA BECK LIES.

Good lord, this is like a book report from Ja'mie King.

The best books I've read this spring/summer are: Transatlantic by Colum McCann, Americanah by Chimananda Ngozie Adiche, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra, The Son by Philip Meyer, The Cuckoo's Calling by JK Rowling, and The Golem & The Jinni by Helene Wecker (that came out this year). I also read We…

Sometimes I just love her so much I kinda want to cry about it. Not a bad cry, just an overwhelmed-with-feeeeelings cry.

The album is just so fucking good. Every once in a while something comes out that I love so much I just want to consume it non-stop. This is one of them. I'm a little obsessed.