Many years ago at the group home for developmentally disabled teens where I worked there was a resident who really, really wanted to go to the best steak house in the city for his 18th birthday. He had behavior and anger issues, but was determined to earn that birthday dinner, and he managed it. So another staff…

I technically did the asking, I’m not sure if this counts though.

HOW BABBY FORMED

Oh I have a LIST of questions for when I finally get my Q&A session with God. Starting with WHY EXACTLY it is necessary for a baby in the womb to be given direct access to kick a pregnant ladies bladder. There are a lot of things I’m going to need explanations for frankly.

Some of the smartest thoughts on the interwebs about parenting up above. Good stuff.

Even easier: move the decimal point, multiply by two.

Feminist Ryan Gosling disapproves.

"Marriage was historically a religious covenant first and a government-recognized contract second."

What happened to Marlise was absolutely sick. You need more than just a uterus to gestate a healthy pregnancy, and asses like Matt Krause just don't realize that. You're not only taking away someone's bodily autonomy and ignoring their advance directives, you are asking to keep a dead person artificially alive to…

I agree in general, but I think that the onus needs to be on the ally to be the bigger person. To listen when people pushback with criticism, to take what it helpful, and to ignore the rest. Backlash does harm the discourse, but the backlash isn't happening in a vacuum. Often times the reason for the snark and…

You can't be an ally if you're not willing to learn anything. Aziz has had 30+ years of conditioning in the patriarchy and it will not all go away overnight. In fact, it never fucking will because the notions of gender that give the system strength are ubiquitous and accepted without argument. It's hard work to be an…

Did it really seem like I was trying to talk down to women? Did it really seem like that was my intention? Don't you think that, deep down in my heart, I was trying to say something interesting and positive — and funny? Do you really have to write some mean thing? Isn't there much worse shit going on? Am I really the…

"Not entirely racist assholes" would be a great motto for a police department.

"When will the white community leaders stand up and condemn this epidemic of serial killers?"

Okay, let me get slightly personal here: There was a period in my life when right after I graduated and my student insurance lapsed but before my job insurance kicked in. To keep getting my BC pills, I had to go to a Planned Parenthood. Now, I am a progressive Christian. I don't like the idea of abortion for me (I…

"In the family way" is my favorite phrase of all time. Bless you for using it.

This is my spouses story. He's an auditor for the state. He basically audits companies to make sure they pay their L&I taxes. He doesn't audit small mom and pop shops, but usually multimillion dollar a year companies. Needless to say, nobody wants to see him when he shows up to audit them.

Also my boyfriends got a great one from the bakery he worked at. Basically a woman came in 45 minutes after closing, he had put up the closed sign but hadn't locked the door. She wanted a bunch of cream filled pastries that they didn't have left and she kept demanding he make them for her (this entails pulling out a…