The body, having literally birthed a child, needs time to bounce back. Wong is upfront about things like having a nanny and says her ability to maintain a work-life balance is because of this—just one fact of life she wishes more famous mothers were frank about. “It’s unfair to the hard-core stay-at-home moms to…

This is definitely “found after a failed auto-erotic asphyxiation experiment clad in a tutu and sombrero with a chocolate orange in our mouths” way to end it all.

I forgot about that. It was great, and realistic. The only drama that came from it was the woman’s best friend not being there for her.

One good thing to come out of the Trump era is the unmasking of so many Americans who have no problem with a dictator. These right-wingers, religious right-wingers, tea-partiers, etc. have always been highly, highly suspect. But every day learn a little bit more about where these people actually do stand w/r/t…

Well, he’s doing the looting now, so hopefully he gets to the fleeing posthaste.

Crazy Ex Girlfriend had a good abortion plotline IMHO. Not angsty or overdramatic, just a character trying to decide on what is right for her. She uses the pill, IIRC, and it’s pretty lowkey.

It’s all good, Lil Tay can’t be President until 2044 at the earliest, by which time the President will be 98.

My only solace is that he’ll be dead soon. I think the average lifespan of a male in the U.S. is about 78? I believe he’s 71? Maybe being president will shorten that due to stress levels.

Every empire falls eventually. But is anyone else just kind of...struck by the fact that America just chose a ridiculously embarrassing way to go out? We’ve spent so much time bragging to everyone that we’re the greatest, most advanced country the world has ever seen and we’re going to be destroyed by a guy who sold…

This reminds me of an article I read a few months ago, relating to Mother’s Day. The author’s husband had asked her what she wanted for Mother’s Day and she said she’d like him to look up and compare quotes for a housecleaning service, and then hire the one he thought was the best fit, because that is a laborious,…

A couple of years ago, the NYT interviewed some moms about their Mother’s Day experiences. One woman said her family gave her the day off. (No, really.) At the end of the day, she went into the garage to find all the dirty laundry her family said they were going to “take care” of that day.

Yeah, reading these comments, you’d think renters were just a bunch of morons getting ripped off by their landlords, and not folks living paycheck to paycheck and unable to pay rent + save for a down payment + any repairs. My sister stuck her nose up at renting, so she bought an old craftsman and four years on has 20K…

“Gina Brashears, the woman Trump has picked to oversee food safety for the Department of Agriculture, is a fun lovin’ gal with close ties to Big Ag and testified in court that “pink slime” is totally delish.”

Monica Lewinsky deserves a huge apology from the world. I cannot imagine what she endured and to continue to face fallout (even as simple as being excluded from an event) is infuriating.

“Despair, or folly?’ said Gandalf. ‘It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not. It is wisdom to recognize necessity, when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope. Well, let folly be our cloak, a veil before…

It’s also in the high 700s. My issue is A LOT of student loan debt. I make just over six figures, but I pay a mortgage in student loan payments each month, so it really minimizes the amount I can afford in a mortgage (and rent). With the prices around here I’d have to find something for under $300k and that’s pretty…

It wasn’t just about supporting myself. If I was dissatisfied with the men I dated, I could walk away.

Ugh, I’m going to be 36 this year and I’m still renting. I got a divorce a couple of years ago and got my share of the equity in the house we had together, but after paying off some debt it wasn’t NEARLY enough for a down payment on anything near Seattle or on the Eastside (where I had to move after a job offer).…

I grew up subjected to the whims of other people. If I wanted something, my parents would tell me to get my own money and buy it myself. My father constantly reminded us that we were living in “his” (not my mother’s) house and the shelter and food we enjoyed was because he provided it and we should never say “my”…

“Identity politics” can be an important tool to combat oppression in an unequal society — but divorced from any actual coherent, liberatory ideology, they become hollow signifiers to be disingenuously wielded by anyone with an agenda (including, funnily enough, defenders of societal inequality!).