I live in a super-Catholic country where abortion is 100% illegal, even in cases of rape and incest, unless the mother’s health is at risk. Most recent heart-breaking case - a pregnant 13-year-old (raped by biological father), pleading and suicidal, asking to end the pregnancy. Counsel is trying to argue on the basis…

I was there and so shocked. You made me drop my monogrammed thermos. (Stomps off in a huff)

This was my experience as well. People were miffed at the idea of us not registering, the really didn’t want to have to spend the time and energy thinking of a gift, but wanted to send one. We were both 29 when we got married, but we still use the gifts today. Dishes, towels, sheets. Etc. I did replace crappy college…

I’m telling you, though, that wedding registries exist for one reason: relatives.

Ban the wedding registry. Seriously. With the average age of people getting married slowly getting higher and higher and a majority of women (because that’s who the registry was originally for) have already lived on their own for a number of years anyway, wedding gifts and registries are a fucking joke for all the…

We have a lot of work to do. It’s not starting shit, it’s not letting us forget about it. I didn’t vote for him but I know a hell of a lot women who did or who didn’t vote and change starts at home. I say that as someone who, at times, really feels like giving up or stepping back. It’s really hard to make a difference…

Everytime I see this picture, it looks as though the water line is rising, which I’m sure must be a metaphor/omen of some kind.

Too many women, especially women of color, have had a lifetime of practice taking precisely these kinds of indignities in stride,” Clinton said.

Articles like this always make me sad. I read this article on Vice and it conflated many different issues. I personally am a VA employee and know that this specific instance in the article, he did not report his divorce to the correct source. He had them removed from his medical benefits but not his disability…

In fact, I think God’s Plan for this dude is a pair of smashed kneecaps, and I’m feeling a calling from the Lord.

I am a person who got pregnant as a result of a rape. And I say this guy can go fuck himself.

You are correct. Oklahoma is the very buckle of the “bible belt”, where there’s only one book that matters (even if they swear to uphold a different one). They have a very specific, selective understanding of their bible, but it usually boils down to “how can I use this to oppress someone else (and inevitably wave it…

verrrrry interesting to consider that a poll came out today saying that only 17% of Americans aprove of this stupid thing anyway

how you gonna threaten me with a gift, don?

I’ve been an immigration attorney since 2002. This story is very common. Young women (and, to a lesser extent, men) have always been violated in some way by CBP and ICE officers. [Officers also routinely steal money from individuals. (Client had $400 cash when arrested but somehow all that cash is gone when he…

When I worked in a public library, we’d get stuff like this. Random guy would call, chat you up under the guise of having a question, then if you refused to engage with the “So, do you have a boyfriend” type questions, he’d cuss you out and hang up. Then he’d call back again trying to get someone else on the phone. If…

I love how the GOP keeps saying the ACA is in a death spiral. It’s not (according to the CBO), but Republicans did everything they could to kill it:

Don’t for a second believe that they actually don’t have the votes to pass this. They’re giving away political bribes like they’re beads at Mardi Gras - call every single one of your congresscritters today and lodge your opinion.

It’s because it’s banned. So they do stuff like this. You know what else got ruined? Omegle. Man, remember Omegle? Used to be a decent place to meet random people to have random convos. It was a fun place.

I know (from other comments) what this was supposed to be about, but it reads waaaay too much like a smarmy poke at the various groups (such as LGBT people, people of color, etc.) that have had to fight for a long time for inclusion. For queer people especially, there’s still a lot of folks out there who view our…