I have it on very good authority from Strawberry Shortcake that Blueberry Muffin’s vagina* does, in fact, taste like blueberry.

I have been asked exactly six times, during different interviews at different companies, how I plan to balance my work life with children. My husband has been asked exactly zero times. My point is even if you have an egalitarian parenting role, it is still assumed by corporate America that the woman will be the one to…

Just a suggestion: it would be interesting if Jezebel did a piece on multi-level marketing, which as far as I can see exploits women’s desire to be both successful entrepeneurs and sexy stay-at-home moms. Personally, I think women are being victimized by the idea that a successful woman must 1) run her own company, 2)…

Remind me again how America was founded as a Christian nation by Christians for Christians?

there are a lot of women who have learned that they can succeed as long as they can play like the boys—as long as they’re not too feminine—as long as they reject some part of themselves.

This should be a top comment! There are too many comments saying we need to fix the parents’ attitudes about this, when people don’t realize that kids are very smart and pick up on these things.

Both of my daughters, both pre-schoolers, have started in on this “X is for boys” “Y is for girls” nonsense. They absolutely take notice of boy sections vs. girl sections, boy costumes vs. girl costumes, and are very vocal about how certain things are just not for them. My husband and I are working SO HARD to unteach…

YES. Amen. Have you ever read the Masculinity is Killing Men article? It does a great job of explaining how incredibly early (in utero, basically!) gendering starts:

I think the major issue is marketing them as “girls’” and “boys’” costumes instead of just “kids’” costumes. Your absolutely right—when your kid is 3 there’s really no physical difference between genders that would affect their clothing, so there’s no reason that parents can’t just say, “Hey, do you want to be a…

I’m totally behind this woman, and I think it’s awesome that this is getting attention, but I always wish these arguments would go even further. Yes, girls should be allowed and encouraged to dress up as train conductors and firefighters and so on. BUT ALSO, boys should be encouraged to dress up as Elsa from enchanted…

Super interesting story... I have often wondered why prosecutors, generally so reluctant to prosecute rapists (difficult cases to win), are sometimes super into it to the point of being careless. I don’t see the prosecutors in the cases as major feminists, so what was the deal? The racial card? The highly scandalous…

She could have, and nearly did, cause her own child to die. Over a spider. But, yeah, go easy on her.

I heard that if they feel threatened, gays can charge and gore you with their horns.*

I think we can all agree, though, that George is a chimp and Margaret and H.A. Rey should have done their fucking research.

IT’S SPELLED SHAWN YOU FOOLS

I think we all came here to be that person. I figured out why people confuse the two when my son was a toddler. It’s all Curious George’s fault. No tail, but they constantly refer to him as a monkey.

You know what I mean. Everyone hates that person who corrects grammar, misuse of terms, etc. Hell, I usually hate that person. But I love apes. I couldn’t hold back on this one.

By “that person”, presumably you mean “the person who is correct”. Who the fuck still conflates Chimps and monkeys?

I came here to also be that person!

I hate to be that person, but bonobos and chimps are apes, not monkeys. Science, I dig it.