I knew a man who, in order to avoid calling grown women “girls,” called them “females.” He was just viscerally opposed to the word “woman,” it seemed.

Well, literally even one-piece bathing suits will show hair if one doesn’t shave at least the edges of one’s bush. So I started shaving my bikini area at 16, to avoid the area looking like Larry Fine when I went for a swim.

I read about that in Bringing Up Bebe, and I really, really wish we had that here. Especially now that I am pregnant.

As a kid, there was a fair amount of foraging knowledge being passed from child to child, now that I think about it- I definitely ate dandelions, clover, wild strawberries, and blackberries in the company of other children.

I appreciate the explanation. I think part of my confusion stems from the fact that getting an A-rating from the NRA seems like it should be as controversial as getting an F-rating from them. Like the way I want my politicians to have an A-rating from NARAL, but plenty of them wear an F-rating from NARAL as a badge…

That’s thing- maybe it shouldn’t be surprising, but it is. I didn’t know how many people were armed to the teeth for most of my life. Yes, I knew people could get guns, and I had some friends whose dads hunted, but I just had no idea that for most of my life 40-50% of homes had guns in them. (I guess it is down…

So this is where I get confused: Why does the NRA have so much money to spend on buying Congresspeople? There’s a lot of money in this country, I know, but I think I have trouble visualizing exactly how much the NRA has, because it seems to be more than other industries (is it more than tobacco had at their height?…

It would be really nice if the children were given up for adoption. That family is not a safe place to be.

I’m just gonna warn you now- you’re not gonna like the women’s porno mag I edit.*

Considering women read the bulk of erotica, I don’t know why you would bother with articles. If I were in charge of it, I would have all the text be erotica in between the sexy pictures.

From the Esquire article: ‘Playgirl’s staff changed a lot. One female art director said, “The dicks are too big. Women don’t like to look at big dicks. It’s like a weapon.” A couple of months later, I brought in more Polaroids, but she said, “Oh, this guy, his butt is too big. Women don’t like the whole butt thing.”’ 

Nestled in a hot dog bun.

Yay.

“Playgirl: The Magazine for Urologists & Urology Enthusiasts.”

Why the fuck would I ever want to see a flaccid penis? I’m not a urologist.

My mom has stayed with us for months at a time several times when she needed help getting on her feet financially. If we had an extra room for her to live in, I know she would find it ideal to stay with us and watch the baby, cook, etc. But we don’t even have an extra room for the baby right now.

I know that part of it is that childcare doesn’t scale up very well, because more children means more employees and more square footage. In expensive urban areas especially, I think a huge chunk goes to the rent.

I’m glad she said it, and I’m also glad she only wants one. I’m pregnant, and I just want the one. I know in the mid 90s, people seems to have all agreed that two is the exact right amount to have, but one feels right to us. Also, not for nothing, I live in a city- we will be stretching to get ourselves into a two…

Yeah, I was swimming at the beach once, and there were 5 dolphins near the pier about 25 feet away from me. I know how big dolphins are, but it is difficult to get a sense of just how big that actually is until you, a puny human, are near them. I felt justifiably frightened of what they could do to me if they felt…