I’m so sorry for your loss. I agree people don’t understand how brutal cancer is. People are uncomfortable with the reality of it. That’s something that I have thought about a lot with the whole pink washing of breast cancer. There is nothing cute about a slow painful death.

What a brutal, horrible way to go. I am so sorry for your losses.

This is so well put. Sometimes it is the smallest things that break your hear because they are symbols of much larger changes.

She wants to keep milking the “will she or won’t she” attention for as long as she can. While complaining about the attention. Yes, I am cynical.

While I don’t disagree with anything she’s saying, she also cynically uses the same tabloids for self promotion when it is convenient for her. I think she plays her part in perpetuating an unrealistic beauty standard, and using her relationships to promote her movies.

I love this so much. Society minimizes the work it takes to transition to parenting a newborn, while judging a woman for every choice she makes. At the same time, women are mocked for their “mommy brains”. We just can't win.

Is that really the same person? Holy shit.

Agreed. And part of that team needs to be supporting the mom.

Awesome! One of the many things I love about my workplace is that we provide free tampons and pads in every women's bathroom. Which is convenient because today I reeeeaaally needed tampons.

YES!!!! Love this idea!

I have really struggled with this. My best friends are all child free and are awesome. But I wish I had mom friends. Every time I think I have a friend something goes horribly wrong like I find out they are terribly racist, or anti vax. Or...my poor kid is going to grow up really used to conversing with adults I…

Why are people so dumb that they need things to happen personally to them before taking action?

Best idea all day. I fucking hate this year.

YES. I love it when she goes on the offensive! I need to get my ass in gear and make a donation!

That's my understanding

Fuck that’s totally the attitude. Like if you aren’t weeping and pouring ashes on your head for the rest of your life you must be making it up. This is a reason why women don’t tell people about their rapes.

This hits me in the feels. My mom loved Prince and died a couple weeks after he did. She too had chronic pain and was diagnosed with an addiction to prescription pain mess. When I was 19 narcotics anonymous was recommended to her but she refused to believe she had a problem. She attempted suicide by taking pills, and…

I work in high tech manufacturing. I wear a lab coat every day along with company provided tennis shoes and safety glasses. I love fashion but honestly find my uniform liberating. So much less pressure to spend money on clothes. Also when I had an infant the lab coat covered up the door up that was inevitably on my…

The editorial was maddening. Thanks for this take down.

You are right. My mom had some chronic issues resulting in pain. It was so complex to navigate. At one point she did a month long program for people with chronic pain at the mayo clinic that emphasized a holistic approach (self care, psychotherapy, exercise, etc). But most people don't have access to programs like…