Is it sad to say that as an extremely single 33 year old, the fact that she’s 49 and having a baby gives me real hope that I might be able to do this?

All of that said, I don’t think Tammy Duckworth is the postermommy for that narrative.

I understand where you’re coming from and appreciate the fact that you’re fighting for the rights of people in positions you’ll never be in. But, and this will frustrate you, I can tell you that there really is no way to understand how difficult and life changing having kids can be—there truly is no way to prepare…

Your point is valid in the general discourse - there is absolutely a consistent narrative from mothers to child-free women that is along the lines of “you don’t understand x,y,z or anything because you don’t have a child.” The idea that I and many other women do not have a child by choice, is very much lost on them.…

Some of those Congressmen could stand to learn what childbirth looks like. (Oh my God! That doctor is ripping the baby out of her room at 9 months! It does happ...oh.) 

Are you being serious? This woman is an Iraq war veteran who lost her fucking legs piloting a helicopter that went down and you’re going to drag her like that? Consider your bullshit before you share it, please.

What a ridiculously uncharitable reading. She explicitly says she cared about it, but noticed new things about the issues when she was undergoing it herself. This is natural, and exactly why we want all kinds of diversity in our representative bodies. She never refused to sign an airport breastfeeding bill - she just…

It’s a helluva filibuster.

That is a smoking hot take and I am afraid to engage with MissCrystal.

Honestly, what’s wrong with a traditional hospital birth (apart from the costs of course)...

Gotta think she’d be better off in a hospital or at home with a midwife, but if she wants to give birth birth right on the Senate floor, who am I to stop her?

Nice dogwhistle on the “prison” too. Like he’s destined for prison just because he’s a smart black child. Like racist, ignorant teachers aren’t a vital part of the school-to-prison pipeline. Like you aren’t the problem yourself.

You’re taking a lot of liberties in assessing what did and did not happen in this situation. I wonder if she actually did say this and not the perhaps bullshit that you assume she probably said. In my experience, teachers will often treat young students as if they are completely clueless to anything that their lesson…

That is still what is being taught in my nieces’ schools. I also see textbooks posted regularly with the same ish.

Ok.

King Johnson, your journal entry is spot-on. Good job.

The “OK” knocked me out. It has to be the the step child of “I said what I said” This child is COMPLETELY unbothered by his teacher. It’s fabulous. And I have been trying to find a way to articulate what my mood for 2018 is and this child found it for me.

And also, it’s going to put off the Norwegians.

Pro-tip to the fucknuts at ICE: Picking up a 40+ year old white doctor with two decades-old legal dings is not going to make you look any less racist and is definitely not making you look like you’re out there rounding up ‘bad hombres’.

I’m glad there’s finally a dude willing to be the arbiter of when women can feel like a guy acted inappropriately.