I’m still not sure I understand how having Obamacare is supposed to make PP unnecessary but that’s apparently one line of reasoning. Oh, and it’s all about the baby parts now.

The thing is, later term abortions are frequently done because the mother’s life is in danger or there is something really wrong with the fetus. It can be a medical emergency and the procedure is not as simple as an early term abortion can be. The 12-week old fetus is still just a fetus and the 12-week marker…

Limit access to birth control and abortion, force women to endure pregnancies they don’t want/can’t afford, force women to give birth to babies they don’t want/can’t afford, chastise women for not being responsible enough to not have babies they can’t afford. And remember, unborn babies are precious and wonderful…

No one is saying that curly styles can’t be worn by non-black women. Do what you want with your hair. But is it really necessary to have the usual barrage of stories and complaints about how people are being silly because its just hair and stop trying to make it a race issue? It comes off as dismissive of women who do…

Even if they didn’t meet the criteria for the folie a deux diagnosis, it certainly seems as if there was a degree of shared mental illness and emotional and physical dependence. They were a closed system - just the two of them - and it’s possible that their anxieties and mental problems fed off of each other to the…

That’s the nature of shared madness. He didn’t try because he had fully bought in to what was happening. Seeking outside help like going to a doctor probably never occurred because of the shared beliefs and anxiety. It’s almost like a contagion and, the more closed off they are, the more the madness feeds on itself.…

That’s such a ridiculous thing to say but, then again, we’re talking about a person who is provided a certain degree of shelter thanks to fame and money. It’s likely that she knows zero about the services for trans kids let alone the struggles that they face. That’s why I’ve been a little meh on the whole media…

First thing I thought of when I read the headline. Some people are very, very good at hiding their inner turmoil. Possibly doubly so if they’re told all the time how lucky/smart/attractive/talented they are. It just adds to the dissonance. Depression and suicide are solely the province of the sad, unattractive loner.

It is definitely possible to get weed in jail and, depending on the jail culture, COs can be willing to turn a blind eye to even obvious use as long as nothing else is going on. The question to me isn’t whether she was able to smoke up while in custody, it’s whether or not anyone watched her hang herself and didn’t…

It also creates a sort of context for what’s happening right now. The fact that Bill Cosby was a massive star with a lot of power allowed him to get away with what he did for so long. Erasing him from history is taking away an important part of the whole story as well as denying the impact that he had on black people…

I swear sometimes people are damned if they do, damned if they don’t. If she’d decided not to work and just received public assistance, some people would jump all over her for being lazy, selfish, and having kids she couldn’t afford. Now she gets in trouble for trying to get a job and I’m pretty sure those same…

But then people would complain about those people getting free childcare while they have to work and can’t afford a babysitter. Why can’t they pull themselves up by their bootstraps like me/my single mom/parents/grandparents?

I feel bad for the fact that Tony now feels old and unattractive. Getting older, specifically passing over that invisible line from feeling young and cool to old and irrelevant, can be devastating even if you don’t automatically need reading glasses and a cane. Tony now feels like an old man even though he’s not even…

I know that. That’s one of the main reason people are searched when they’re arrested, why items like belts are confiscated, and why cells are usually free of things that people can use to harm themselves or other people. That’s also why, even if there are no officers sitting in direct view of the holding area, there…

I actually think some people are afraid to step outside of their little bubble. They’re comfortable with their preconceptions and assumptions and it makes them deeply uncomfortable when these things are challenged. That’s why there’s so much push back when they feel that they are being forced to acknowledge the…

Even fairly non-surgical medical procedures can sound disgusting to people who aren’t used to them. I’ve had people actually freak out at the thought of seeing people receiving dialysis. So, yeah, finding a medical procedure disgusting says more about the person viewing the procedure.

There’s also the fact that there’s usually nothing in a cell that a person could use to harm themselves or anyone else which would include no plastic bags in the trash cans. Even if you can’t hang yourself with a plastic bag, you can cover your mouth and nose with it or shove it down your throat. If you do it right,…

We had an infestation last year and after trying to deal with it ourselves we finally had a pro come in. They inspected, treated, and even did a follow up. It wasn’t cheap but whatever they used killed those truckers dead. We still lived out of trash bags for a month, put covers on the mattress and box spring, and got…

See now I don’t feel so bad about not knowing the meaning of a completely made up idiotic term

I turned 40 yesterday and I really want to know what a fuckgirl is now. Otherwise I’ll feel all old and out of it