I submit:

I know a lot of people cosleep and love it but I find it interesting that the societies where it's the norm also tend to be the ones where the extended family takes a large role in caring for babies. As part of a society where mom goes back to work 6 weeks after birth, and there is no extended family around the house…

I'm a research assistant in a psychology department (I have a Masters in education and a social science background). Most jobs similar to mine do require some kind of scientific background, because the researchers who need assistants are people doing social or hard science research, by and large. Research in the…

I have seen a lot of working mothers get the stank-eye from teachers and other parents for not also being omnipresent at their kid's school. It depends on where you live but if you're in a community with a lot of SAHM's, people don't really seem to understand that you can't Do All the Things at your kid's school or…

I think I have just concluded that whatever Lean In is, it's not for me. I'm low-level research staff at a university. I don't get promotions, I just cross my fingers and hope my lab group's next grant gets funded. I wear jeans every day and don't have set office hours and don't get paid enough to lean in any…

It's a medical procedure that involves sticking a catheter into the spinal column so yes, sometimes it does go wrong. Not often, but it's not a risk-free procedure. M0st 0f the time, epidurals and spinal blocks go off without a hitch, but every now and then they don't work, or they work too well, or they cause…

You understand me on a spiritual level.

I am pretty sure their internships are paid, actually.

Huh. I... well. That's quite a thing.

Deep down, Tumblr is 13. Come on.

Wow those are back? In my day (the late 80s/early 90s) we called that a Baja.

Haha yes us too. Way cheaper than getting a sitter and going out.

I see plenty of standard poodles around where I live. They make great family dogs, basically like labs but smarter and less shedding.

Do I have to just pick two characters to love? I didn't know there was a limit.

Oh yeah. "Turn over!"

I've been told I don't "dress my age" either (I'm 39) because I wear jeans and t-shirts the vast majority of the time. Though that's also partly not dressing my gender, either. But basically I guess if you're older and too trendy, you're wrong but if you're the same age and not trendy enough, you're also wrong. Last…

They need to stop because users are dropping like flies in my city because of it.

I have a feeling he's just banking cute points for when he hits the Terrible Twos and Threes and every day is a series of Calgon, Take Me Away moments.

It's a true provable fact that months 14-24 are scientifically the cutest. Seriously my toddler (20 months) does at least one thing every day that I'm like OMG HOW IS THIS LITTLE PERSON REAL??!!

He's posh as fuck, I don't understand how this is suddenly surprising.