She had good partner. It just goes to show picking the right partner is really what makes is possible to "have it all." I doubt she could have done it without Cliff taking care of dinner when she had to work late and visa versa. Don't be dismissive of his role because he is a man because she didn't do any of that…

Family Ties is on Netflix, and the Cosby Show is on Hulu!

I'm a white woman but I always loved watching their egalitarian family growing up. Both of my parents had working class jobs and split household/parenting duties. Watching the Huxtables was like watching the educated, upper-middle class version of my parents, which is what I wanted to be! Love taking a moment now to…

"A Jezebel Commenter Was Given a Sub-Site, and You Won't Believe What Happened Next!"

I'm a high powered, educated scientist...and I find myself obsessively refreshing jez at 21:00 my time because goddamn it Beusman, this is the best regular feature on the web. I salute you ma'am.

That's weird, because when I read "Me want butts" the voice in my head is that of Cookie Monster.

Everyone does get so vicious about how stupid people that buy diamonds are. Which is fine. We're all entitled to our opinions. But I always find it interesting that it seems like it's the people who can't afford the diamonds that seem to have all the knowledge about why they suck.

I cannot wait for the time when this kind of inclusive advertising is the norm and is no longer newsworthy. We'll get there some day... right?

I seriously doubt that she had to talk to her kids about sex just because they saw a billboard of this woman in her underwear. First of all, if her kids have questions about sex, she should answer them because if they're old enough to ask, they're old enough to be given some answers. Second of all, if my young son saw…

My high school gave boys a belt and ziptied it shut til the end of the day. Sagging solved!

Call me old fashioned, but I think even all public schools should have uniforms. Too many distractions as it is, and the playing field should be leveled until 12th grade. As a parent now, I've been at schools where it's just a fashion show and a who's-wearing-what, and it's actually being promoted by their equally…

Eh. This isn't that unrealistic. You can't wear a crop top to school. You can't wear strappy tank tops. It's not like those clothes are all that's available.

I teach at a high school and while the rest of the world and the kids don't understand why we are all so medieval about this, there is a method to our madness. #1 I'll bet that the reason this school is going gonzo on this is because last June the outfits were completely unacceptable. That's what happened here. The…

They're talking about the menu plans for what they serve in the cafeteria, not what parents pack in their kid's lunch. If you want it to be up to you what the contents of all your kid's meals are, just prepare your kid's lunch's for them.

Exactly. Maybe this is because I'm a lady, so that's the only perspective I have, but I feel more confident about being able to offer a daughter a smorgasbord of options of things to do and like and be at least slightly more backed up by society if she picks trucks over dolls or whatever. Whereas with a son, oh man, I…

Exactly - those same parents likely aren't pushing dance and fashion on their young boys in an effort to be even-handed. Message: girl stuff is lame, boy stuff (like SCIENCE somehow, grrr) is good. It's well-meaning but not well-thought-out.

When I was newly pregnant (and didn't know it) I went with my partner to a cafe that was particularly popular with gay men (I don't know, it just was!). He went to the bathroom and I asked the waitress for eggs Benedict. She said she was very sorry but they'd just run out of sauce. I burst into tears and my partner…

Anyone else creeped out by #2? He's basically saying if he thinks of his wife as a toddler her "annoying habits" become cute.

Yeah, I understand. Religion seems ridiculous to me, too. But...don't be a dick about it all the time. That's really easy. Someone using religion to be an asshole? Go to town on them. But every time you prove that you don't respect someone's religious beliefs when they aren't hurting anyone, you give religious people…

I thought that went well with, "You believe religious people should be tolerated, rather than educated."