Support their right to choose it, sure. That’s a very easy thing to “support” ideologically. But what is Choice without access? Would you support someone’s ability to access their abortion? To have their health insurance or government pay for it? To fight laws that make getting an abortion more difficult? To get one…

Many pro-choice people are abortion negative and carry/pass abortion stigma. The comments like “Well *I* would never have an abortion” or “No one is pro-abortion” or “abortion shouldn’t be used as birth control” or “abortion should be safe, legal and rare” ...

Abortion positive folks like myself have reclaimed the term. Check it out: https://secularhumanism.org/2016/07/cont-why-i-am-pro-abortion-not-just-pro-choice/

Hi, I work in abortion care and teach reproductive justice university courses. Pro-abortion is the new term, but I don’t have the bandwidth to explain it for the millionth time this week, so here’s an easy to understand essay about it: https://secularhumanism.org/2016/07/cont-why-i-am-pro-abortion-not-just-pro-choice/

“Kardashian and Barker look like they are cosplaying a vanlife couple.”

Saw Dweezil play “Zappa plays Zappa” live a few years ago. Hot Rats was the first vinyl I ever got from my dad. Will have to check this out, thanks for the rec.

Never even thought to look for Athleta stuff at Goodwill! I fluctuate between sizes pretty regularly, so I have several pairs of my tried-and-true garments in different sizes. At my larger sizes when I get a lot of “thigh rub”, the Athleta doesn’t wear out or tear. I’ve had so many cheaper brands rip/burn in the…

Old Navy and Gap often test out Athleta materials and designs before Athleta launches them. Or they get Athleta designs that didn’t sell or hold up to Athleta standards and relabel them. While an Old Navy pair of leggings may have the same material as Athleta, they won’t have the same stitching or design or cut, for…

I’ve paid for Old Navy, Gap, and Athleta yoga pants. The quality is definitely higher for Athleta than the other two. I think it depends on what you need the leggings for — to wear around the house or under dresses when it’s cold? Cool, go with the less expensive option. Athleta is the only brand of activewear whose…

I’ve seen this info in passing, but your endorsement has me intrigued. I’m in a happy communicative marriage — so very lucky on that front. My area for improvement is with my female friendships. I live like one of those women who says, “It’s just easier to be friends with men than women,” except I WANT and ENJOY…

Yeah, I get frustrated, but she’s clearly still hurting. I’d rather she tell me than keep doing the behavior and stop telling me about it because I dismissed her. It doesn’t take up the bulk of our conversations or anything, it just comes up frequently enough because dude is a choad and pulls that shit frequently…

Exactly. I’ve tried every angle of getting her to snap out of it, especially because they’ve been broken up several years and live in different states now. 

I’m also a block on all channels don’t talk to each other kind of person. I know I won’t move on if I’m constantly aware of what they are up to, or wondering if they’re watching what I’m up to. I agree that it’s totally human to fantasize about that mythical magical closure, and as adults we need to identify fantasy…

One of my favorite pre-COVID moments is hosting a Y2K themed NYE party on 12-31-19. Little did we know how much the world would change in 6 short weeks. Everyone showed up in their favorite Y2K-era fashions, and some folks even dug out some old threads of their own. It was really fun because the guest list spanned…

I can’t have gluten or dairy. A new pizza place just opened down the block with a vegan pizza. And they have a gluten free crust option! Jackpot!!!!! I haven’t had pizza in 5 years!! I call to order and they inform me the GF crust has cheese in it. Wut? Why?!? 😭😭😭

It’s a tough one. To me, labeling ingredients (we have XYZ-free options!) is the best way to go. Disordered eating is going to happen whether ingredients are listed or not. If the fro-yo place had “slimfast smoothies” and “detox dairycream” and “skinny-minnie-mint”...then yeah, go bonkers on the critiques. That would…

I had to read that part five times to understand what the issue is. As someone who can’t have gluten or dairy, but who is neither a celiac nor a vegan, I appreciate when food is labeled for what it is (or is not), and not for particular conditions or diets. Something vegan might have gluten in it, something for…

Congrats!! And very smart!

I hate when people reply to text questions or plan making with just “yeah.” Seems so ambivalent and makes me not want to put any effort into what we’re planning.

Thanks! Yeah, all these ads seem to triple by the day. Seems like they’d want to get this issue fixed... especially because you’d think there’d be more engagement on this article than 2 replies.