My sibling-in-law went to Choate and remembers Ivanka as totally normal and not-brainwashed, to the point that she isn’t 100% sure the person we see on TV is the real Ivanka.

Wonder if Choate alumna Ivanka Trump will make a statement about this horrifying news.

I’ve spent my whole morning reading up and down this thread trying to make sure I understand everything. I appreciate all of the voices and perspectives, and want to say “thank you” for adding your voice as much as “I’m sorry” that you have to keep (re)educating cis-folks. Thanks for being you and being here.

I didn’t even see the title of the post “Will You Cry...?” and was sitting here sobbing during the trailer. It ends, and I realize my (male) partner is watching it from a few feet away, also crying. “Let’s go see that NOW!” he says...

I’m so sorry to hear about your experiences with your family. One bright spot in this dark world: when I was in 4th grade our teacher announced a new student would be joining our school after winter break. She was disabled and non-verbal, meaning she could only sign. All 3 sections of 4th graders in our tiny bo-dunk…

Your comment and remembering the power of last night’s episode just gave me a second round of chills!

Why is half my stuff gray when I’ve been commenting on Jez for years? So confused!

As someone who was raised Catholic and has worked in clinics for the past 15 years, there are as many stories as women who get abortions. One thing I am continuously disappointed in the pro-choice movement is that we uphold certain abortion “reasons” are more valid than others. While abortions for rape, incest, and…

Clinic worker here. Same-day abortions aren’t common. The wait times in states that don’t have laws about them are usually for availability. Many (most) clinics don’t have an in-house Doc; instead the physicians come from other practices, and sometimes other states, to do abortion services on specific days. Also,…

I used to work at a clinic that had a library and I read the Story of Jane. A late-middle-aged coworker asked what I thought about the book and I expressed sentiments similar to yours. She then clued me in she was one of the women (names were changed) that helped the Jane Collective. Holy Fucking Shit did she have…

Except the PP in Arkansas probably won’t be the ones to sue in this case. They only have 2 clinics and only do medical abortions. There is 1 independent (= non-PP) clinic and they will probably have to get the Center for Repro Rights to take the case with them. CRR gives the quote in the article.

My mom once told me about orgasms and men: Don’t EVER fake it, otherwise they will just keep doing it wrong. I’ve taught sexuality ed to high school and college students for the last 10 years and I always tell that little quip. The women laugh SO HARD and you can see the guys start to get embarrassed and then…

Yep, we eloped and are planning a party for whomever wants to come hang out with us on that day. We eloped to avoid all the wedding hoopla. In the same breath as “oh, that’s SO romantic” my aunts said, “Well, we WOULD have thrown you a shower, so we still want to do that, so you need to register.” Um, what?

I teach college students and recently had a white male student submit a 6-page manifesto about being a 4th generation Swede and how his family “came here legally” and made “good personal choices” and that’s why white people are better off. This was not an assignment...it just appeared in a pile of a different…

I’ve only seen male strippers on the 2 Magic Mike movies, and it is funny to me that women, while enjoying themselves, giggle and look shy. It it almost uncomfortable to see a woman blatantly non-shyly (pretend or otherwise) enjoying herself. Yet men can (and do) blatantly enjoy themselves with female entertainers.…

I teach at a college and a student reported this happened in a *college* classroom, leading her to promptly transfer to another school (ours, were I met her). They were “randomly” assigned to the roles, and when she asked the instructor if she could be excused from the activity because she is Jewish and lost family in…

Great comment — love reading your analysis. Besides Rose’s arc, I found her physical presence to be very intriguing throughout. Having seen Allison Williams, an already thin woman, become so thin she almost disappears, but then she is this sleeper cell racist despite her slight appearance in the film. She is the…

**SUPER HUGE SPOILERS** Don’t read this comment if you are going to see Get Out (which I highly recommend). Seriously, DONT READ THIS unless you’ve seen it...

I’m from the rural area west of Chicago and we often had wild turkeys terrorizing our neighborhood. Specifically, jumping from roofs and mean-gobbling at people trying to get in their cars. Also have semi-regular fox sightings at dusk. Seeing a fox IRL is surreal because they are so much smaller than you’d expect.

ProAvocadoTip: You can leave half the avo with the pit still in, put it in your fridge, and it will stay good for up to a couple days. Even if the top turns a little brown you can easily scrape it off and go on eating the rest of your avo. Problem solved, and no cardboard or plastic wasted in the process.