This is *really* common in lesbian relationships. In lots of relationships there is an effort to incorporate both parents into the reproductive process, but not everyone wants to carry a baby. Sometimes that’s because it can be at odds with a person’s gender identity, but other times the person may not have any…

I think she looks like a poorly-aged version of Reese Witherspoon (circa Sweet Home Alabama)?

Ah, no worries at all. This is unnecessarily confusing, to be honest. 

Nope. That’s the case for all other bases, but first base is exceptional in every way. If the runner is outside of the running lane and hit with a thrown ball he is in fact out.

It’s definitely legal to retreat as a baserunner and it happens more times than people realize. Though if Bregman had contacted Lucroy in the process of fielding ball it would have been an automatic out due to runner interference. At the end of the clip you see the As arguing the play. My best guess is that they were…

Ditto. I did alright when I played baseball, but I was one of the first girls in the flag football league and the only one in my age division. Seems like it would have been fine and fairly straightforward as a non-contact sport, except I was absolutely decimated every game by 10/11 year old boys who were urged to take…

Honestly? It hurts far worse to get hit in the shin than the ovaries and the cup really doesn’t protect the ovaries...

I remember this rule, too. They then flipped it to “breast cups,” which were these weird, harder plastic additions to the inside of the chest protector. (I can’t even find a picture of one on the internet, but they were absurd and we were about 12.)

Oh.

Thanks for this piece, Stassa! The beauty of visibility in this project is welcome in this brave new world.

This was actually effective in Liberia in 2003. The “sex strike” helped end the Liberian civil war:

There is a difference between non-incarcerated rape victims and incarcerated rape victims though. Rape victims who are not in prison have the opportunity to interact with loved ones, support networks, friends, co-workers, and crisis centers on a daily basis. They are both seen and heard in society. I say this with the…

No snark at all - thanks for this post. JDI has done fantastic work advocating for reforms, particularly the Prison Rape Elimination Act in 2003.

Sending you good vibes today, pp. It takes work to find humanity and compassion and continue to see it in some of these instances.

It almost sounds like she’s trying to mimic speech patterns for non-native speakers (is she in Greece?) - I know sometimes that’s a pretty decent strategy when one might be worried that an accent, rate of speech, and word choice makes them difficult to understand when others aren’t entirely fluent. If you notice, the…

But considering the circumstances of athletes, an iPad would be an incredibly helpful tool to actually complete coursework while on the road. The athletes that are staying current in their classes are going to be those that manage to do just a bit of reading here and there throughout the day or on ridiculously long…

As a former college athlete, it’s really not surprising or as nefarious as you’ve made it out to be. I’ve committed the same violation they’re being charged with. And, like them, I was also unaware until this very moment that I was committing a violation. To give a bit more insight on how these bookstore accounts…