Public health insurance pays for it and all employers, big or small, pay to the public health insurance for all their employees. None of this “if you have fewer than X employees or if they work less than Y hours you don’t have to pay”-crap. If you have a job, you’re insured. Everyone has the same benefits (although…

“She said yes, but she didn’t see why she should help others now.”

I fucking hate that excuse. I tried to change the parental leave policy at the private school I worked at, and when I asked a senior member of the administration to back me up, she said she made do with only 6 weeks of maternity leave, so everyone else should too.  I told her if everyone thought that way, no women…

Ah, the old, “Well, we used to do it this way” reasoning.  My retort is always, “Yeah, well we used to ride horses everywhere. We used to have polio. And we used to paint our houses with lead but we don’t do THAT shit anymore, do we?” They usually shut up after that.

In response to 2), my office operates in a very similar manner. “Well that’s how it was done in my day.” I’m pretty sure hazing the new mom at work is a hideous workplace ritual that happens everywhere and is usually, unfortunately, perpetuated by other women.

I know, ew ewe

And if it’s done in a way that’s incredibly sensitive and about the story, what are they worried about? I don’t understand that.

I think we need to approach a world where “respecting yourself” means dressing in the way that is appropriate to the situation, not to how much skin you’re showing. It’s one thing to show up to an interview in clothes that don’t represent you’re a professional, but if it’s hot and you’re walking around outside, your…

I went to an exchange day at the brother school for my all-girl high school meaning the schools swap a few students for the day so you can check out what the other school is like. Predicably the guys made dumb sexist comments all day but the highlight was when I was sitting in a class and felt something hit the back…

catholic school survivor here; please find below a list of some real fuckin gems my school offered me during “sex ed.”

My husband comes from a #catsjustneedtoroam background (Europe) - and he almost had me convinced. So we let fully clawed, black Cat out and he didn’t come home and after an hour I didn’t trust it and ran out looking for him.

There’s one really good, foolproof way to ensure that strangers don’t overfeed your cat with inappropriate food.

*Looks at headline photo*

Generally stuff like this is more obvious to people who study a language; native speakers may pick it up organically, which also means they’re more likely to pick up the incorrect usage.

You do. Personally, I don’t understand why the government should have any say in the issue. If a woman wants an abortion, nobody’s got any right to stop her, it’s her business and everyone else needs to fuck off. If a doctor declines doing the procedure, he’s also got every right to (though unless you’re in the south…

As an ally (I think, at least in this case) I don’t know what it took to reach me. Maybe just me stop being an asshole and learning to respect women as people?

You asked so kindly, so sure.

People have told me, here in Alabama, that my ex hit me because I don’t believe in Jesus and that I am going to turn into a lesbian because of that.

Thank you for this, especially the links to the sites that test supplements independently.

Until laws are passed demanding that the labels be 100% accurate and the government has the ability to enforce those laws, it's caveat emptor for us all.