Like, I know violence isn’t the answer but SO HELP ME GAWD I want to smack this bitch upside her head something fierce.

He’s only been President for one week and he’s already done more damage than I thought he might do in four years.

A guy I used to work with, who just had a baby girl last week, just posted that his family’s visas were all denied. So now none of them can come visit to meet her. What the fucking fuck is happening.

I had the same thought. Feminism means protecting fetuses! And lower taxes! Feminism means never having to say Happy Holidays! My local diner serves Pepsi products instead of Coke, and every time I go I’m like “excuse me, I’m a FEMINIST.” Feminism is against net neutrality because women can profit from monopolies…

Never an asshole. Invariably polite when I talk to someone who makes a living by picking up the phone to talk to people like me.

As a former congressional intern, basically offices are most likely to take interns who live in their district. I worked for my Republican Congressman one summer for the experience and so I could talk to him and his staff about human rights issues.

“Thanks, but I don’t need any abortions.”

no one in their right mind would ever fuck them?

They’re often also unpaid interns!

So, just from personal experience, our office would ask for the caller’s address up front, just to confirm that they are from the district (and so we could send them a letter following up on the call). If we found that the individual was not from the district and/or state, we’d thank them for the call and not record…

Hello! As a former Hill person, two things:

You handled this perfectly. A sex therapist explained to me once that the best way to handle any tough subject with your kids is to answer the question they asked. Don’t make it a story or a sermon. Just answer the question in terms they can understand. If they need more they will ask, possibly days later, but…

Mine son never seemed interested when I was pregnant with his brother. But when we introduced them, he smacked him in the face and said, “NO!” I’m thinking he didn’t care because he just wanted to be an only child.

While I was definitely a few years older, I was similarly direct with my parents. We had a collection of books from the Time/Life Science Library (which I had begged for in lieu of birthday/Christmas presents) and I searched through them inside and out, trying to figure out how the sperm cell got to the egg.

Might I recommend Sex Is a Funny Word, which might be alright for your kid in another 3.5 years, and which has equal time for queer and gender-nonconforming folks (and folks with disabilities too).

When my oldest was about five, we had a similar conversation about my youngest, then on the way. Unlike yours, he pressed me for details on the mechanics. I just told him. He was like, “Oh, okay.” Never mentioned it again.

I’m not embarrassed, and I’m perfectly comfortable asking for recommendations; I mostly hadn’t expected this particular question so soon. But thanks.

She has the wrong skin color for a harsher sentence.