Yes, and when they get caught up in this idea that the root causes are all in the past (“it’s not MY fault!”), it becomes hard for some white folks to be an ally.

Yup. They think: oh slavery was over a million years ago, and on day 1 of post slavery US all black ppl had equal rights & opportunities. Except, Jim Crow. Ok then, on day 1 after the Civil Rights Act all black ppl had equal rights. Except, what about institutional racism? What about a long history of laws that…

I think you’re right... It’s a “wait, now, I’ve had it hard too...” thing. And while it’s true that EVERYONE has hard times at some point, that life is unfair, etc., that line of thought leads folks like the white guy in Wisconsin to be blind to the dozens of times every single day of his life that he would of had it…

Thanks, those are good tips & I'll give it a try in the mornin!

In my state (NC) they will give you a vasectomy for free if you are eligible for Medicaid. And NC is NOT generally known for its generous welfare programs (they were one of the states to refuse federal funds to expand Medicaid thru the ACA, for example). I wonder if that's one of those things no one knows about, or if…

That’s your Former ob/gyn right?

Gonna have to try that! I can do crow for 2 seconds, or maybe 4 seconds if I’m lucky... Been working on it for what, a decade? Thanks for the tip

Yup, she can when She wants to, right? My now 4yo girl ran straight up to some shiny hot pink doc boots last time we were at the shoe store & later upon seeing them on her & hearing the story a lot of older relatives had these silly comments for me like “oh, remember how you didn’t want pink for her, hmmmm?”, implying…

I know! When my daughter was born, some thoughtful lovely aquintances passed along some clothes. Every single piece was pink. It was so nice of them to share but I sent the majority of them straight to goodwill. Now she’s 4 and she can wear as much pink as SHE wants (yes, some! 😊) and that’s the way it should be.…

Man, I was such a bitch. I found out the gender but kept it secret so they wouldn't blueblueblue it up. And you know what? Everyone was just fine. 😊

Oh yeah! So many times when I bring something up, it’s just a big sigh of relief from the other parent that its out in the open.

Yeah, I really liked that she let the teacher know she knew he wasn’t trying to do anything wrong by his female students. He sounds like a good guy to take the note as intended & I completely support the way she handled that one!

Dang, the Hillary text memes!

I am old enough to vote & honestly Bernie’s beliefs more closely mirror my own... But that’s EXACTLY why I’m toying with voting for her in the primaries.

I had one for about 2 yrs & gradually came to hate it so took it out. It hurt a lot going in & I had the gamut of cramps for a week, then they went away.

Now what fun would that be?

Thing that I never get is how she’s “not relatable”. What rock are they living under that they’ve never grudgingly admired a middle-aged woman who works hard & doesn’t give 2 fucks what that [insert any male republican ever] jerk said?

I just wish they’d threaten to spank Bernie too...

But the damage is done. Don’t think for a second that this is gonna be picked up in the news cycle like their false accusationsn were. Years from now right wingers are still going to be believing “PP sold baby parts”...

This isn’t going to get a tiny fraction of the press that those criminals’ actions got against PP.😣