I’m not going to begrudge anyone who survived a brutal attack the right to make money from that. She’s profiting from telling her story? I’m cool with that.

kinja wants my “star power”? I’ll show ‘em

I would love to star your comment but for some reason, I cannot. Kinja, you sneaky bastard.

I agree. It happens to mothers who need support instead of condemnation.

Speaking from a career of selling photographs on behalf of photographers who regularly shoot famous people:

Niles was the absolute best.

I'm with you. It was real oatmeal she was wearing while pretending to be a queen. The phrasing is not terribly clear, but this seems like the most logical interpretation.

Thank you for writing exactly what I was about to say. This is a yes, and situation. Have baby boxes and also have birth control and also have WIC, please and thank you.

This was exactly my objection, too! The whole thing is presented as doing what's best not only for the babies but also for the mothers...only Geras isn't willing to let the mothers themselves decide what's best for them. I don't think intruding on the women's privacy by forcing them to actually speak with someone…

wondering about the logistics of the whole thing, here. How many if these will you need so that any desperate mother who has just given birth be able to get to one?

Completely on-point. I get super pissed at the "Oh if she hands it to a medical professional we get a chance to shame her and try and convince her to keep it!"

Double star you if I could. I have an addendum to the baby box. The alarm is pushed, first responders, hospitals, yes. But it also triggers an automatic list of people who have denied women a right to choose, and they are asked to find/be a parent for the baby, since they care so much.

To #2 - this is becoming more and more true as we ramp up the criminalization of mothers and pregnant women all over the country. We'be done a great (awful) job of showing women that we will lock them up and throw away the key for any perceived transgression against the baby or pregnancy. Esp. in conservative states,…

That's all I got. Fuck this.

My Aunt told me that when Doritos first came out, they smelled like straight up vomit in a bag, and she could not comprehend why anyone would eat them at all. Or how they got popular.

She told me that over time, they have somehow become much less vomit-scented. She can even eat them now. I'm scared of what original…

I'm allergic to wheat and my reaction can range from mild to life-threatening. I don't go places that have wheat based cuisine (pasta, pizza, dumplings, etc.,) and I always research restaurants to make sure there's something I can eat. But that's sometimes not enough. I am well within my rights to ask if a dish has…

I understand you've all been working hard to promote the Jezebel: Now Less White identity, but I don't know that this is the way to do it.

I'm sure you didn't create this yourself, so I'm not aiming my vitriol at you, but this little meme is seriously fucking stupid. We'd all have "boyfriends" if our standards were such that we dated child molesters. Who even made this remedial thing?

2 days before Valentine's day, we're sitting at our local bar and somehow get onto a conversation that basically goes like this "you make me miserable." "omg! you make me miserable too!" "want to go to Red Lobster? I have a gift certificate." "YES." Then we went to Red Lobster for our 'breakup dinner' and ordered the…