... there are many reasons why a woman would want to change her last name in general, i.e., what if your last name was Bigbutts...

Reproductive coercion is a form of abuse, period, and the show didn’t treat it as abuse. The surprise anal sex attempt is somewhat rapey, and more serious than the show treated it. Also, remember when Danny secretly set up a nanny cam to watch Mindy? Taken together, it paints a more grim picture of Danny than the show…

I love TAL and it never bummed me out. Then I got my spouse to listen to a few episodes with me and he said he can’t listen to it anymore because it is such a dark and depressing show. So I think you nailed it in this post. For me, TAL handles dark issues in a way that softens the blow a bit, so I can listen and learn…

Seeing tomatoes in the refrigerator makes me crazy! Especially coming from someone trying to teach you about lifehacks.

Sniffing lavender before bed.

The idea of letting oneself accidentally get pregnant worries me the same way it worries me when friends say, “we’re not trying to get pregnant; we’re just not trying not to.” In both cases I want to urge them (both men and women) to take pre-natal vitamins! They really do prevent a lot of bad and sub-ideal…

Yes! My mom did a nanny share when I was young with me and her friend’s son. It makes economic sense.

I love Chrissy Teigen’s openly expressed anger here. I really think that if people (who tell pregnant women what to do or “inform” them) were yelled at and told to f*ck off more often, they would stop. I think that women are conditioned to be nice and grin-n-bear it in these situations, but I really wish they would…

#2 -Lorelai’s shirts at home.

My parents taught me that merely carrying a clipboard can accomplish a lot. They aren’t as selfish as someone trying to cut the line. One example they gave me was that they were trying to sell their apartment building but the neighboring building had a lot of trash in the alley, which was unappealing to potential…