Yeah, forging a signature is illegal but the penalty differs from state-to-state.

CAN’T YOU LET US BE HAPPY FOR ONE DAMN MINUTE?!?

False. As long as she doesn’t vote in both places she can vote wherever she pleases or she could not register to vote at all and never vote anywhere.

Sure, but it’s a reminder that all of the symbols of rugged male authenticity in American conservative politics — see also “Sheriff” Clarke’s stupid fucking hat and flair, or grifter Zinke’s upside-down fly rig — are bullshit.

Kim, please.

Ah yes I can see that happening in rural areas more so than metro ones. I’m located in a huge city and the midwives I know are exceptional and talented and serious about their profession. 80 may be slightly high but not by much. It’s very rare that I turn someone away for a home birth if that’s what they want. To each…

Midwife here. There are very few unlicensed midwives practicing. Why anyone would go to an unlicensed anything is beyond me. Licensed midwives are a perfectly safe bet for 80% of births and we are probably more experienced with normal birth than most doctors practicing. Most of my obgyn friends did not get schooled in…

Oh, this is so true. I developed a postpartum case of double-lobar hospital-acquired pneumonia, and even though I felt like I had been through the wringer after an emergency C-section and a tremendous blood loss, when the pneumonia came on, I was like “Holy crap, I feel like I’m dying here.” Fortunately, my regular…

Ha! This is my favorite piece of blanket ‘b-but-how-do-I-avoid-sexually-harrassing?’ advice ever. Because really: so succinct and perfect: The Rock is approachable and friendly! I bet a lot of men would like to hug him in a completely non-sexual way! He’s a nice guy that would probably totally be happy to hug them…

Never mind that for centuries, that natural process was a major cause of death for women in adulthood.

It’s a combination of issues compounded by the HMO style of medicine which pushes women out the door as soon as they can. Birth and the 40 days after delivery are incredibly dangerous times for (all) women but particularly those marginalized by our health care system. Then compound this by resource management - who…

When you put it all together, I see it. Black women deal with racism and sexism at the same time so those are auto stressors. Black women are married at lower rates and are often the sole provider, so they have no choice but to work through the entirety of their pregnancies. That’s another stressor. Where as white…

I had a very strange complication with my last birth: Peripartum Cardiomyopathy. No one listened to me when I described my symptoms in the hospital (one of the biggest and best in the country, btw) after delivering a very healthy baby following a very healthy and uneventful pregnancy. I was discharged but at home, my…

I recently just remembered that during high school, when we were all about 16-17, I knew a boy who put his nuts on two different sleeping girls faces, had someone take pictures of it, framed those pictures and then gave them to the girls for Christmas.

Beauteous!!!

Yaaaaaasssss!!! I was told I was too light but how could that be?! Right???? I just adore you Candace!!! Keep inspiring us!!!

I didn’t know that Mother Sister Patti Philadelphia “had outed” Brother Luther, but I am so grateful that she DID. SOOOOO many of us East Coast folks (of a certain age and in the Life) knew EXACTLY WHY “Lutha” hadn’t come out. I am so sure that his being “closeted” contributed to his health problems (hello? W.…

I told my autistic son to stand an arm’s length from people. Far enough so that he couldn’t touch them if he reached out straight-armed.

Go fuck yourself. Seriously, only fuck yourself if you’re such an inept dickhead that you need a fucking instruction list to interact with women when you don’t need it for anyone or anything else.

A bad joke intentionally meant to diminish the work of victim advocates to name and acknowledge sexual misconduct and harassment. Imagine, instead, if it were a white dude making a “joke” about how he can’t use whatever favorite racial epithet anymore because of “PC culture.” Either way, it’s obviously not really a…