I tried them and they hurt me so bad. So do tampons, so I'm stuck with pads... That is why.

The original concept of barbie was that she was not supposed to be a domestic woman or have her own children, but be a career girl instead. The original creator Ruth Handler did not want to create a ken or babies etc. so that Barbie would be the focus of the line as well as her career etc. It was more the other…

Replying to both of your posts in one. I am more offended at spaces like these where being a mother and babies (and the whole reproductive system really, except for sex) are treated like they are disgusting and unwanted, rather than a part of life and that children and babies are gross/take away your life. Yes, they…

Yes, because that is just so easy for everyone to do right? No problemo.

I think my views on motherhood and childhood are different than most people's. I'm not going to say sorry, and my opinion is not going to change. Please fell free to continue commenting though, and I will respond if you want me to. Perhaps this was the wrong article to comment on, but it was my gut feeling when I read…

To me, the problem is that babies and the reproductive system are often seen as wrong. I hope women feel they can choose whether to have a family or not, however perhaps i have seen one to many times the idea that children are wrong or bad for women, and I do not share those views. Why can't it be acceptable to…

I'm sorry your motherhood was so stressful, still my views on babies have not changed. I have been around children and babies for a very long time (not as there primary caregiver, but often in a caregiver role for long stretches of time) and so I really believe that yes they are great, and yes motherhood is amazing…

Thank you. I often feel like this is glanced over. Motherhood is admirable and not something that should be shameful. It is definitely a profession that should be looked at as such.

Wow, I'd love to come, thanks so much! Yes, Babies are meant to be celebrated, sorry we disagree on that point.

But an embryo turns into a baby (most of the time) not a cancerous cell or tumor, so it does make sense to bring them up. I feel this is more of jezebels and most other feminist spaces that denounce babies (or embryos and fetuses) as being evil blood sucking parasites that are gross.

Yes it a biological process, and it is a natural one that many people go through, and it should be celebrated, not constantly shown as being a horrible malfunction of the body.

Here is my problem with these sorts of articles and the reason why I wish Jez would stop having them so fucking often. You promote children and childbirth as some sort of evil parasite. I get it, "Oh babies are so gross! How dare society try to ruin my beautiful body with a nasty child wah-wah-wah" grow up. Children…

I think that was Bratz that you are thinking of, Monster High is definitely owned by Mattel.

So is this the next person your going to force down our throats as our new BFFOMG and than forget all about her/make us hate her with how constant it is? Just asking

Yup! Thank you! That is exactly what I meant.

No, i hear you, the way it is being used here may be a bit shameful, but if they were already made into meat, than there is no problem using the excess for this, so long as there was no other designated uses, what is the problem with using it? I am a meat eater I get that that bugs people but I like it and require…

I think I am always in the minority about this but as a meat eater anyway, why don't we use the hides and furs of the animals that we eat? It is less wasteful and i think kind of more respectful than just getting rid of a lot of the "waste." They are warm, likely available in large quantities and well, they look…

Yeah I definitely did not get this from the article, at all.

Hate to be that person but I buy all my presents early. I lose a lot of money around Christmas time (paying for next semester, and books blah blah blah). I think it is better that way, and I realize even if the websites advertise that common sense must prevail, buy your presents early and give the people a break. They…

I have always wanted to know what the info from the pay gap idea is from. Is it Cross-referencing the same career, or is it all the careers of both sexes and than tabulated? I think we have to re-examine this information if we are trying to get an accurate read on the actual pay gap.