Yup, it’s in the books... she started out in History, sort of trying to please Frank, but ended up switching to Engineering.

Probably! Maybe I’m wrong, but I’ve always felt he was just a not-very-bright guy who should never have been president, and whose actions as president have only made the world a shittier place. The world has never recovered from his presidency.

Exactly! The other thing is... When people ask these questions, what they are really doing is asking me about my sex life. I mean, sorry Random Elderly In-law, but are you really telling me to bone with more vigor/effort or something? My husband wants me to respond in a way to make them feel appropriately awkward…

Yep! My husband and I actually have been casually trying to have a kid for a few months now, but I’m not frantic about it or anything, and we’re not talking about it with anyone else – and yet people are ALL THE TIME asking me about when we’re going to have a baby and why are we putting it off and blahblahblah. Like,…

Saaaame. Boo to childhood scrapes messing up my teeth for life.

I don’t defend these designers’ attitudes at all (definitely Team Leslie all the way on this one), but as far as time/expense goes: Honestly I don’t think thousands of dollars is a crazy estimate for making a beautiful designer gown. Fabric, notions, and extras cost a lot, plus you’ve got to pay people for their time…

That is so sweet. :)

Thank you for publishing this. Thank you Elizabeth for sharing your story with us. I shook while reading this—saddened by what you had to go through, amazed by your strength, and angered by the fact that American women have so many obstacles to overcome in an already difficult situation. This piece is so important.

It’s amazing to me how many of these really do describe him accurately. Like, I actually picture Donald Trump when I read “a pair of chapped lips superglued to a hairball.” Well done!

Hahahaha this is so hilariously dismissive. I love it.

I’ve worked in public health for years myself, and my husband is a physician here in Brazil. Don’t worry, I am not trying to play it down! I appreciate the important work that researchers are doing in this area. What I am calling for is perhaps a more reasoned response, for outsiders to realize that they are probably…

As a woman of childbearing age living in Brazil, I can confirm that yes, Zika is a pretty scary thing. I felt near-panicked myself when news about it first came to light. BUT I do have to say that I think there has been a ton of overly-alarmist and unbalanced reporting coming from outside the country. (For example — I…

SAME

Haha I can confirm this. I’ve worked for the UN – both in house and as an external contractor – and it really mostly is a lot of people working very normal office jobs.

I’m surprised and pretty saddened by the fact that DSquared was chosen for this at all, after that whole “DSquaw” debacle last year (http://www.cbc.ca/news/aborigina…). Incredibly offensive, weirdly glorifying colonization... just wrong all around.

So true. I got diagnosed with epilepsy about 8 years ago (it turns out the “episodes” I had been having since I was a kid were actually seizures - great :S), and in general I’ve had to be very careful who I tell about it, especially when it comes to older people. I worked at a clothing store a few years ago, primarily…

I think to say that abortion is “forbidden” in PEI is a bit of a mis-statement... I’m pretty sure that abortion is still legal in every part of Canada, at any time during a pregnancy, but there are major variations in access among the provinces/territories. I think PEI, for example, has no facility that performs…

I’m a Canadian, married to a Brazilian, living in Brazil. We’ve had to put off having kids for years because of being in school, etc. Now we’re in our early/mid thirties and the time to have kids is finally here... and then this shit happens. South American governments are advising women to put off getting pregnant -…