Yes get the diapers! And one of those squirty bottles. And snacks. Lots of snacks. Oh and clothes that come on/off easily. Good luck! 

Do a lot of people out there really not know about tearing/episiotomies during childbirth or that it can (at least temporarily) mess up your vadge? I know sex ed in this country is garbage these days, but I thought it was fairly common knowledge that childbirth really does a number on your lady bits.

Homemade padsicles are pretty great and easy to make. 

If you end up with a c-section (it happens) what you will need is low cut underwear so that your underwear doesn’t bother your incision.

There are the things you can make called padsicles, all my friends who gave birth vaginally swear by them. I made a dozen, stuck them in my freezer and then ended up with a C section. I was checked so often before they did the section that I was sore, I can’t imagine pushing a baby out after all those checks.

Alright ladies-as someone giving birth in hopefully the next month tell it to me straight what else do I need to know? Should I really stock up on Tucks pads and adult diapers?

Episiotomy was once said to be a preventative against those complications but is now known to be medically unnecessary and in many cases more dangerous to a woman’s health. Please consider correcting this article

“and it’s like... i did.”

I hadn’t read about how important Sears was in the broad sense for black folks, but I had read that it was a popular way for them to build housing if they could get a small plot of land. Get the plot of land, order one of those Sears Housing Kits that you could order through the Catalog, and then you build the house…

I know that Melania is no Michelle, but like... we would be pissed if someone did this with Michelle, right? Or Hilary? Is it less misogynist because she is an asshole married to an even bigger asshole?

Melania: Boycott T.I.

Vulgarity? Perish the thought Melania...

“Like it or not, she is the first lady and this is the White House.”

If T. I. had just limited himself to calling her “horseface,” it would have been much more dignified.

wait. Cardi B’s team made an announcement that she is going to diss Nicki Minaj in a rap track without actually releasing said rap track track?

Family got me tickets for my birthday, booked well in advance of it coming to town. On the night I was very, very sick but felt obliged to go as so much money had been spent. Pretty much all I knew about the show was that it was about cats and the song “Memory”. I was delirious and feverish and also, in retrospect,…

I love virtually all musicals, and I’ve never gotten the appeal of Cats. It’s weird and the plot sort of sucks. As much as I love Idris Elba, I’ll be taking a pass on this one. 

Not even Elba can make me interested in this movie. I love musical theater and pay to see shows at least a couple times of year, but Cats is fucking awful. I went to see it with my mom and a family friend when I was in high school and all 3 of us were ready to bounce within 20 minutes. We only stuck it through until…

Ugh, I am not optimistic about this movie thing at all. Cats is a dance show. None of those actors is known for dancing. It has a bunch of set pieces and no plot except for the bit about Grizabella, who should be the singular A-lister in the cast. Eh, maybe Old Deuteronomy and the Rum Tum Tugger can be A-listers too,…

The idea of being forced to show even the trailers for this movie caused YouTube to break.