True. I can honestly say that I could totally see Jezebel naming a "celebrity feminist of the year" themselves, and wouldn't be shocked to learn that they had something similar in the works. And while Cosmo's poll confuses Jezebel's writers, they continue to publish click-bait stories that pit one faction of women…

No, you seem to have it backwards. I am sorry her speech hurt your manfeels, and if you seriously think her speech was saying that "the role of men was simply to serve" and not that they should support gender equality because gender inequality effect every single person on earth, I can only presume that you're either…

The fact that feminist issues are also men's issues is nothing new and hardly a controversial statement in feminism. I don't know if the "bunch of people" she pissed off by talking about inclusiveness and the need for men to support feminist are just teenagers on Tumblr or whatever, but it's kind of Feminism 101.…

I have served Just Mayo to people who have no idea that it's egg-free and they haven't been able to tell the difference. In terms of vegan mayo, it's a revelation because most other vegan mayo is very oily and sweet like Miracle Whip (which is just gross). There will always be people who stick with what's familiar…

The fact that Unilever is angling to be more humane is probably part of the conflict here. Unilever recently funded research methods that will allow the sex of chicks to be identified before they are hatched, as egg hatcheries typically hatch the eggs and throw the day-old male chicks into a grinder (alive and…

I actually don't have a problem with this. To me, this says that feminism has trickled down into the ranks of Cosmo readers, which I can only consider to be a good thing. Emma Watson did a lot with her #HeForShe campaign to make feminism accessible to those who considered feminism to be the domain of shaggy-haired…

I LOVE MARIA'S VIDEOS. Some nights, when I can't turn my brain off and I'm feeling tense and terrible, I'll put on one of her videos and just drift off. I don't know what it is about her whispering but it's amazing; no other ASMR person on YouTube can relax me quite like she can. And this sounds weird and like a crazy…

No, this is so important! I have gotten jobs I was in no way fully qualified for on the strength of my cover letter, and been told as much by the people hiring me. I have put thought, effort, and a lot of heart into every cover letter I've written and it really does make the difference. The biggest mistake you can poss…

Seriously, don't listen to all the commenters who are telling you that you have to just be cool with this and not talk it out with your partner. Your feelings are valid. Watching a staged production that was scripted, professionally lit, and starring professional performers is different than having interaction with a…

I'm sorry you had a bad experience with Depo. Mood swings aren't a very common side effect of Depo. I opted for Depo because estrogen-based BC methods made my mood unpredictable; Depo honestly evened me out. (Maybe a little too much, I honestly don't get extremely happy or extremely sad or extremely anything since…

I totally understand that they were mainly marketed to women who had already given birth initially, but Planned Parenthood has been pushing me to get an IUD for at least 2 years and I've never given birth. It's becoming commonplace contraception for childless women and it's been used on childless women for years. I…

Yeah, I've read that too, and I think it's a good reason why IUDs are catching on so much faster outside of the US. For one measly upper wisdom tooth extraction, I had nitrous oxide on top of the usual Novocaine, just because I was nervous about the procedure being painful. And the nitrous wasn't even that expensive,…

I've been on Depo for years and it's generally great, especially if you don't handle estrogen well. It's more effective than the pill, the patch, the ring, the implants, etc. "Perfect use" is fairly easy to achieve because all you have to do is schedule an appointment every 90 days and show up. The only bummer is that…

Women's experiences with IUDs seem to be all over the place. I've been on Depo for years for the same reason (life without periods is wonderful), and I've polled my friends with IUDs and there doesn't seem to be any guarantee with any of them. Some have light periods, some have no change, some have a horror movie…

Yes, exactly. I would absolutely get an IUD if there was some pain management offered, like twilight sleep or at least a local anesthetic. I have talked to several people at PP about an IUD (and they urge me to get one every single time I go in for a birth control shot) but what they tell me about insertion ("no worse…

I have been on Depo for years and almost every 90 days, when I go in for the shot, I am asked whether I have considered an IUD. I have but literally everyone I know says that having it placed/taking it out are horribly painful. I would not consider an IUD without being offered some kind of anesthesia. If insurance…

Fennec foxes are wild animals who live in the desert! Not great pets! They're also illegal in several states like Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, etc. and in some states you need weird permits to own one.

Did you read what you just posted? Because it doesn't seem to jibe with your initial statement that being pregnant meets the criteria for being disabled, and backs up what I said in my comment. It literally says that reasonable accommodations should be made for pregnant women who are temporarily disabled due to medical…

According to the ADA, disability is defined thusly: