"It's because women have babies, DUH."— every person who didn't read the article/refuses to acknowledge that this is a legitimate concern.

I completely, 100% agree, but really what I took away from this piece was: "wait, is Britney Spears pregnant again?"

I bet her fake weight WAS 180, but then they realized it would look suspicious with the next sentence. So they benevolently dropped her fake weight two pounds.

You are not alone, my friend.

World domination. It starts with helping new parents, it ends with my own personal fiefdom formerly known as Ireland.

Well, thank you, but really, you'd be surprised how many people are willing to help out once you mention it. The most recent meal service I organized started out with just four of us but word got around and I ended up with seven people (including me) willing to participate. Basically, I asked a co-worker of the new…

Dude, I could *easily* organize this from afar. All I need are email addresses of people you don't mind walking into your home that week.

Exactly! I first participated in this for my friend's second baby (organized by some of her friends) and she told me flat out it was the most helpful "present" they've ever received, especially since they not only had to feed themselves but also their toddler. I've organized it a few times myself since then, and so…

For those of you who (like me) are childless and relatively powerless to effect social change on a large scale due to not being in Congress, here's something I've done for a few friends of mine who had babies: I organized a meal service. It takes a bit of planning, but my friends have so far all really appreciated…

I don't remember the article/website where I saw this off the top of my head, but I'm pretty sure the creator expressed those same sentiments— if she pitched a show about women of color in prison, she would be rejected. But framing it with a white woman's perspective allowed her to get the show on the air and then…

I had to be pedantic, but by "Laverne" do you mean the character Sophia? Because Laverne is the actress who plays Sophia, but everyone else in the piece is referred to by their character's names. And more on topic: I thought the point of the stereotypes at the beginning was that was how Piper saw them (and Piper…

Honestly, I'd settle for an extra 4-5 inches of legroom in coach. I'm 5'2, and on a recent flight my knees were brushing the back of the seat in front of me. And really, unlike me, most adults are larger than the average 5th grader. It's ridiculous. (I know, I know, they're maximizing "efficiency" by cramming as…

I feel like I'm missing something here— if these employees already *had* health insurance and are now losing it, what would the ACA have to do with that? Would it have required Forever 21 to provide *better* insurance and that's why they are dropping some employees' coverage? I don't doubt that this is shady, I'm…

Plus, I feel like if I, a person with no real interest in scientology and zero connections to Hollywood, know that she's missing and something's seriously shady, SOMEONE should have done SOMETHING about this by now. If it's such common knowledge, why hasn't anyone contacted the police before now? (Just to clarify:…

Hold the phone. Since when is "roughly 15 years" the same as "decades"? I mean, I suppose you could say it started in the 90s making this the third "decade" that their feud/friendship/whatever has existed, but that seems like a reach.

I'm mostly concerned that his wife apparently has to call an ambulance once a month. Honey, something's *not right* and you should get that checked. (And I'm someone with incredibly vicious periods, so I know of what I speak).

Right? As a person he sounds kind of insufferable (I know zilch about her) but I would wear that shit around the house every damn day. And outside the house. And I would make my friend who knows Elvish come up with an Elvish name for me and then demand to be called that.

My husband is the human equivalent of that. We'll meet someone *once* at say, a giant party, and then 5 years later he will not only remember their face, but their full name and what we talked about. (He is also madly in love with Rashida Jones, so I hesitate to offer his services to her. Then again, maybe I will— I…

Or maybe have it just removed from your responses and then hang around in the greys all by it's lonesome (I forget which commenting system did something like that, but I liked that one). Then if you made a mistake you could always go promote it/reply to it, but if it's a troll (like the darling who informed me no…

I also wish that "dismiss" actually removed their response from your notifications though, because I hate when I get a troll and I do the responsible thing and dismiss it I still have to see their hateful garbage whenever I check notifications until I get enough to knock it down the list.