Maybe she thought that she didn’t have to give us a wedding gift because she was a bridesmaid?

Yes this.

I’m going to make this really simple for her. I work for the government in her neighboring state of West Virginia. When I was hired for this position, I had to sign a dozen or so pieces of paper that regulate my conduct while I’m acting as a state official. For instance: I can’t have a political bumper sticker on my…

You don’t want to issue marriage licenses without discriminatory practices and according to the actual law? Get another effing job. Vegetarians don’t work at Burger King. Bigots shouldn’t work at the Clerk’s Office.

Burning Rash was already taken.

Acne? Acne?

Sheriff: Women should do my job for me

Jails and prisons are full of victims of domestic violence who fought back and ‘dropped’ their attackers. The system is full of cops and professionals more than willing to explain a victim’s behavior as “That’s not how a real victim would behave.” So excuse me if this guy giving someone the pass to ‘drop’ their…

The summer before I went to college I briefly sat in on a trial where the accused was defending herself from a murder charge by claiming she had battered women’s syndrome. She was deaf—and knowing my hometown, i cannot imagine would have had any luck navigating the legal system or the DV system. So she shot her…

Places where it would be okay to have unpaid internships : cash-strapped charitable / international aid / public policy organizations.

California is one of the few states that has paid maternity leave, for 4 weeks before and 6 weeks after the birth. Extensions are not that hard to get if there are medical issues. I had an extension of 8 weeks, so a total of 18 weeks. It was awesome. There is also PFL, paid family leave of up to 6 weeks for spouses.…

If you’re a small business, just holding the job for a year can be a big sacrifice (albeit the right thing to do.) Paying a salary (and benefits) for someone who’s gone for a year could be the difference between staying afloat and going broke. In Canada, last I checked, unemployment insurance gives you ~60% of your…

To be fair, I agree with her that the state shouldn’t mandate that companies pay people on mat leave, only that they hold their jobs/not penalize them professionally. The state social safety programs should replace (at least part of) income, as in Canada and most of Europe.

I’ve always said that humans should live like bonobos—matriarchy, no violence, cooperation, and also fucking absolutely everyone regardless of gender or age. It’s my vision of a feminist utopia.

“Guys view everything as a competition,” he elaborates with his deep, reassuring voice. “Who’s slept with the best, hottest girls?”

As long as we can all agree that the ‘lesbian’ porn where women horribly finger fuck each other with incredibly long nails while moaning in the fakest way imaginable is THE WORST. Please tell me we can all agree.

As a southern lady who watches a fair amount of skin flicks, I would assume a goodly number of the southern porn viewing literally comes down to “I am horny, but with the heat and humidity I would rather roll naked in the fire ant patch outside than touch another human. God so sweaty! I’ll just take care of this real…

I don’t remember giving them the rights to my life story ::takes drag of cigarette; swills bourbon; stares out window at the falling rain::

Completely balanced by the fact that those 3% were the only women who made more money their husbands.

A single long range strike plane for the military costs approximately half a billion dollars. Professional football stadiums (all taxpayer funded) are now topping out around a billion dollars. But these douche nozzles are whining about improving the lives and health of millions of women for the same cost.