And profoundly mentally ill.  Let’s not forget that.  He is a dangerous combination of stupid and unwell.

I respectfully disagree.  McConnell has good reason to support impeachment.  He’s an evil bastard, but he’s no dummy.  The GOP is facing an existential crisis unless it purges itself of Trumpism, and conviction by the Senate is a good place to start.  I genuinely believe he’ll vote to convict, for his own shitty,…

Thank you so much for sharing your story and perspective. Congratulations on your successes!! You’re a strong and remarkable woman to have faced the challenges you have and to have raised a daughter on your own while achieving your family’s first college degree. Your daughter has an extraordinary mother and an…

It was heartbreaking.

Exactly.  Your body did something incredible.  Why should it be the same as before?

Pressure is unwarranted. It’s your body, and it’s no one’s business what you decide to do with it. As someone who has spent a lot of time hearing her lactation nurse cousin talk about her work, I’d encourage you to arrange a consult with a certified lactation nurse and reach out for follow-ups if challenges arise. …

Agreed. My cousin is a lactation nurse. She says the *overwhelming* majority of women are capable of breastfeeding. But messages that it’s “easy” and “natural” and “intuitive” actually *prevent* women from ultimately breastfeeding. If they had a realistic picture of what it was going to look like, if they knew…

Honestly, I had the exact same feelings about my cousin having children with her bipolar ex-husband. And now we’re all holding our breath until these kids hit 25 and are in the clear. It’s terrifying. You’re absolutely right that there are better treatments now than there ever were in the past. But it’s still all…

Fair!  A woman who launched her career with homemade porn is no personal hero of mine.  And she has more apologizing to do for her bullshit pandemic parties.  Her neighbors in SoCal are dying in droves.  Could she have used some of the money she spent throwing herself a birthday party on a donation to LA hospitals?…

Well, it’s too late to realize that now unless she’s going to leave them at a fire station.  I agree that her biggest burden is having a bipolar husband.  That’s a nightmare no matter your financial situation.

We have to do something about the childcare crisis in this country. Women of all income levels deserve access to quality childcare so they can work to put roofs over their children’s heads. I would like to see this be a legislative priority for the new Congress. And it’ll be on my sign at the next Women’s March.

I know it doesn’t mean much coming from a stranger. But do not feel guilty for putting your kids in daycare. I was in daycare 12-13 hours a day from a few weeks after birth to age five when we got our first nanny. I’m closer to my mother than the vast majority of people I know. Daycare is doing them no harm, and…

I’m honestly not a fan of hers. I’m not even sure what being a fan of someone who is famous for being famous would even mean. But I don’t think we say enough about what it means to have a husband with bipolar disorder. My cousin’s first husband was bipolar, and it was a nightmare. They finally separated after a…

Fuck her from here to the moon for throwing a tone deaf party on an island while people are gasping for air in ICUs.  My one and only point is that I can believe parenting four kids plus a mentally ill husband is exhausting, even with nannies.

And fuck her for that, seriously. My only point is that if you’re a parent who cares, you can be legit exhausted by the act of being a mother even with a lot of help. Motherhood is a 24/7 job of constant emotional, mental, and physical labor.

Honestly, I was a very anxious child, and she was (and still is) my primary form of emotional support. I can’t tell you how many times she stepped out of an important meeting to take a call from me in middle school because I came home in tears over mean girl bullshit. She never missed a parent-teacher conference,…

I hear you. And I’m no fan of Kim K. But do we need to be stingy with our sympathy? Is that a limited resource? Or can we just be in support of all working mothers, whatever their financial situation, and recognize that even the most fortunate among them work some form of the second shift?

This debate is over now. It has been decided for the good of everyone that all essential medical sector workers will be vaccinated first. Yes, that includes me. I’m Phase 1a, and I’m getting my first shot by February. In the state of California, your situation puts you in Phase 1c, alongside those over 65 and the…

Which is why it is beyond essential that healthcare workers receive their vaccinations, and why I have a huge problem with the healthcare workers who are refusing just because they want to wait six months until millions of people can be their guinea pigs first.

I hope I don’t sound like an asshole for saying this, but as someone who was raised with live-in nannies (I know; I’m sorry), I want to say that having help, even live-in help, does not mean parents do not parent and might not be exhausted from parenting. Our nannies picked us up from school, drove us around to our…