Well, there’s normal gear like water bottle, cycle shoes (if you’re hardcore), and a padded seat cover if needed (I need one). THEN there’s the glam gym gals who have their outfits, full makeup, styled hair, and no fewer than 3 fancy drinks or snacks. I am NOT ever into body shaming, but I get peeved when the…

I’ve never been to a SoulCycle class, but I do cycling classes at my gym several times a week. We spend a lot of time going over proper fit of the bike, technique, posture, etc., because you don’t want to single out the “new” people every class, and it’s easier just to refresh everyone and hope the new folks…

My uncle and his Catholic 3rd wife that go to pro-life protests for fun, and whose teenage son, his WIFE, and their 2-year old baby live with them. #florida.

I was born on a full moon...that also happened to be a Friday the 13th. My mom worked at the local hospital and just KNEW she was going to have me on the full moon at full term, and tried to stimulate labor in the week leading up to the full moon to deliver me early. Her contractions started, and labor progressed on…

Don’t forget Rauner in IL. We are going on almost 1 full year without a state budget.

I live further downstate in IL, and Rauner was in my town for some sort of “town hall”. Several middle-aged folks and their high school/college aged kids disrupted his photo-op walk-in hand-shake thing by ripping up their admission letters in front of him to show that they can’t afford to go to college because of MAP…

Taylor is already 5'10" or 5'11" so I love thinking about how amazingly amazonian she is in those shoes — like 6'4"!! I’m pretty “whatever” about ButtPadGate. That’s a lot of silhouette, especially in those heels. Either she’d be criticized for looking too thin, or now picked apart about her body and outfit on a…

Thank you so much for posting this! Please share this link all over this discussion thread — I think it’s very important, not only because of what the author says, but the quote from Cory she uses at the end. Thanks again!

Prom 2002, Senior year of high school. My dress was blinged-out iridescent DENIM, y’all! I think it may have even been on the cover of one of the mags, and I went to the local boutique and wrote down I was going to like 6 proms so no one in my whole damn county could have it. I wasn’t prom royalty; snatched a pic with…

Yup. I’m a 6'1" tall woman with a lot of muscle, but I’m a size 8. I continuously show up as on the high end of “overweight” on the BMI chart because I am a sturdy lady! Every time I’m weighed at the Dr. the nurses are always like, wait a sec, let’s try that again — nope, I really weight that much.

I had the honor of presenting at a conference about abortion in PEI in 2014. My best friend flew and met me there to see my talk, but also so that we could stay on a few extra days to see everything Anne of GG. It was the best trip ever — abortion activism and scholarship, and reliving our childhood literary…

Folks are learning...

Whoa, never thought I’d open Jezebel and see my dear friend Stephanie!! <3

Now that men’s health is being impacted, and their infections can impact women, we need (more than ever) for men to stand up and demand consistent and unimpeded access to birth control. Men can only use condoms to prevent transmission, but they can also advocate for their female partners’ contraception that prevents…

We are renting an historic house owned by the city preservation society — it’s $750 for 7 a.m.-midnight, and we get the whole property (house, gardens, yard, etc.). They have several similar venues in the $750- $1500 range. I live in the midwest, but perhaps similar city/county/parks societies near you might have…

Read back through StingingVelvet’s comment history. He is a guy, which explains why he can’t wrap his head around what dozens of other commenters are saying.

Read back through StingingVelvet’s comment history. He is a guy, which explains why he can’t wrap his head around what dozens of other commenters are saying.

Read back through StingingVelvet’s comment history. He is a guy, which explains why he can’t wrap his head around what dozens of other commenters are saying.

Read back through StingingVelvet’s comment history. He is a guy, which explains why he can’t wrap his head around what dozens of other commenters are saying in response to his bogus citations.

I read the whole thread and am responding to your first post on purpose. Your comments suggest that you don’t understand how abortions work, and how overly restricted they are in the first place. There are only 4 abortion doctors in the WHOLE COUNTRY that perform 3rd trimester abortions. Women from all over the world…