“Kid,” wrote one. “Your [sic] not a doctor...sorry to tell you, but not everything you hear on the Internet is true.”

The idea that we should forcibly conscript young girls into combat, to my mind, makes little or no sense.

I don’t care if everyone hates this gif, it’s still fucking apt as hell.

According to Joss Whedon, Cleveland is the other hellmouth. Which is probably why the republican convention is being held there this year

you are criticizing her “fuck off” when you have a screen name of Disney Gator? you think that’s funny? witty? clever? why don’t you go fuck off.

Oh, word: The practice isn’t a 401c3 non profit, as this interview here explains, so the only way to donate is to make out a check directly to the office or to him (Warren M. Hern) and send it in the mail to

‘BREAKING: NRA says anyone on terrorism watchlist who tries to buy a gun should be investigated by the FBI and the sale delayed - Reuters’

Piatt’s mea culpa is well worth reading. It raises the question why do critics eat up misogynistic theater as “raw” and “gritty,” and why don’t they wonder what women have to endure to make that theater possible?

I didn’t see this right away and I called Dr. Hern’s office to ask how I could donate money directly to the practice. I had a fifteen-minute conversation with Dr. Hern himself. In addition to being a hero, he is a very humble and cool guy.

That was so hard to read, and I’m so glad I read it.

Thank you Jia, and thank you, Elizabeth. Telling and publishing these stories is vital to keeping abortion safe and legal. We need more of our stories out there.

I had an abortion at 20 weeks for chromosomal abnormalities. The baby would have lived, but there was no way to tell how much brain or organ function would…

This is heartbreaking. I probably should have known better than to read it at work one day after the 10th anniversary of my first daughter being stillborn at 33 weeks, because now I’m crying at my desk.

I felt physically in pain reading it, i can’t even imagine what she was going thrugh :(((

I am just going to use this on posts about Trump from now on:

I created this burner to comment because I’m not sure I’m ready yet to assign this to my actual name.

Sarah and Jezebel, this is such a tremendous series. Please consider extending it.

Great article. I married a woman who doesn’t drink and I can attest that it’s possible to have a terrific married relationship where one person doesn’t drink. She’s perfectly happy hanging out with people who are drinking and just have Coke. There was only one time someone gave her grief for not drinking, and the…

Hi Sarah. I love your column so much that after almost a decade of Jezebel lurking I’m finally commenting. Along with being truthful and funny, these essays are so spookily recognisable I feel like I’m writing to myself from the future.

In addition to the excellent, excellent advice above, I would add this: you do not need to worry about sobriety becoming your whole identity, because - and I promise you this - it just won’t. You are a complicated person with multiple interests, ideas, hobbies, and roles. Sobriety will never become your whole identity…

sobriety does define me. in every way possible. because drinking and drugging defined me for so long. without sobriety i would have none of the good things that make me me today. i’m so grateful for it.