Jay, let me tell you what the man at the Audi dealership told me when I had a toddler and was expecting twins, “Just go get yourself a minivan. There’s a reason minivans exist, and it’s for people like you. You will be glad you have it, and in five years you can trade it in for something else.”

Asian women. Indigenous women. Latina women. Middle Eastern Women. And yes, white women. Beyonce’s callouts of the issues that affect all women - betrayal of love given, sacrifice, anger against patriarchal attitudes - are beautifully rendered in Lemonade. The fact that they reflect the experience of an African…

I don’t know what that commenter meant, but I think all great art strikes a universal chord -- and it can be highly specific. I heard an interview tonight with August Wilson’s widow about Fences, and she told a story of a Polish man stopping the playwright after a Broadway performance to exclaim, “Mr Wilson! How did…

If this had been a Taylor Swift or someone else who does indeed make everything about themselves, then I would kind of understand that perspective. But it was Adele, who isn’t particularly an attention whore, and would probably be quite happy to sincerely tell the whole world to go fuck themselves. So more likely she…

That line in Formation about the “negro nose with Jackson 5 nostrils” made me, a Korean American, so proud of my flat, non-European nose for the first time.

Right? Though bleeding isn’t necessarily an indication that anything is wrong other than the labor being early. It might have been the bloody show and it’s normal. However, not their call to make.

Yep. I was pulled over (in Florida, where I live...ugh) by an officer for speeding. Mind you, I had my signal on (which in and of itself is bizarre in Florida, because no one uses them. I actually thought cars were sold here without them), changed lanes one at a time (as opposed to sweeping across 3 or 4 lanes)…

We are talking about a bunch of men here who likely know next to nothing about pregnancy, menstruation, general women icky genital stuff. Fuck them. Is there a way to contact them and bitch them the hell out?

Also? Giving birth on the way to the hospital implies, you know, that someone believed you and took you to the hospital.

I don’t understand anything about this situation. A woman who was 8 months pregnant was bleeding and FIVE FUCKING DAYS later gives birth in her jail cell? In five days, they couldn’t have googled it and realized she needed to go the hospital? Do they not have a protocol for this type of thing? How does this shit even…

Yeah except the woman had trouble for five days. That’s like the taxi ride taking... five days and that’s why the baby is born in it.

She has no business being in jail for that kind of offence. Christ.

And such a violent criminal, driving on a suspended license while poor. Monster!

“But in these situations — as anybody out on the street, any husband and wife know — driving to the hospital, sometimes that baby comes out.”

I’m not worried about the number of nukes (100 can kill us all off). START was predicated on the understanding that sane, sensible people will equally reduce their arsenals, and that sane, sensible people would safeguard them. START was important, not because of the reduction, but because of the intent behind it. It…

Great article. Thank you. I appreciate you reviewing the history of the treaty and its importance then and now.

I am a 46 year old Canadian. I have a wife and two kids. I was 13 when 99 Luftballons was a hit. When I was 15, I was terrified that the Persian Gulf Crisis would spill over and create a nuclear conflict. My parents talk about the Cuban Missile Crisis and have more than once, said that they seriously debated bringing…

Given all those who voted for Trump don’t make up a majority of the population that’s actually not that many people.