Yes. This. He was so checked out. I'm at a loss as to why she had kids with him in the first place. My husband is kind of lazy, but damn, at least he tries. Jon just seemed so damn useless all the time.

I would've. He was normally sitting around with his thumb up his ass while she got 6 babies changed, dressed, and out the door. She's no peach, personality-wise, but their original show should've been called Kate + 9.

One of the best ways I ever saw cultural appropriation explained was a girl on Tumblr claimed she bought a band shirt because it was pretty and she had never listened to the band and didn't understand the symbolism on the shirt, she just thought it was cool. Cue a crap ton of the band's fans screaming about how dumb…

Does that mean that Jezebel will stop using the "[Person] is my spirit animal" line? I fucking hope so.

Skyline of New York? Check. Blonde, cherubic comedianne paired with handsome masculine charming man with an insouciance of self deprecation? Check. Book Store? Check. Coffee Cups? Check.

I really wish that my immediate reaction to this post was not to 1. tell everyone as a PSA to check travel advisories for any foreign country you visit, 2. add on that you should never go anywhere without a buddy and then 3. feel as though I might be victim-blaming if I posted said PSA. I hate that, as a woman, I…

I feel that with slight modifications to the story they could have still pulled off an excellent homage to kung-fu without resorting to yellowface.
They could have sent Marshal on a quest to Canada to find Robin's speed master, back to NYC for Lilly's strength (no reason the slapping tree couldn't have been in central…

Philippines, China, Canada and the UK have the highest percentage of women CEOs and they all offer parental leave.

As a woman of non-childbearing status, I have to disagree. It's not discriminatory against me because it is helping society at large to have parents who are bonded with their children and who are less stressed. These are all people I have to interact with. It's not like making them more miserable makes me happier.

This reminds me of a story.

We have no legal requirement for paid parental leave. It's up to individual employers to provide that out of the goodness of their hearts (many do—not most, but many). We also have a law that says that if you work full time at a company above a certain size (50 employees) you can take 12 unpaid weeks off for any…

Almost everyone I know with kids in NYC falls into a few categories: a) someone (mom or dad) quit the job to stay home, b) VERY specific job circumstances give them free rent, c) family money and hired a nanny.

Did you miss the part where most other countries pay for this through a social program so the actual businesses are not the ones having to subsidize the leave? It's not small businesses paying people not to work, it's the government paying. I realize you still are yelling about the government, but at least get the…

Tell that to pretty much EVERY OTHER COUNTRY in the world that is doing this and doing just fine.

Yes it fucking is.

In addition to paid maternity leave, this country needs to figure out how to make childcare more affordable. My friend had a baby at the beginning of her career, so she felt the need to get a job ASAP to establish a work history. All of her post-tax money went straight to childcare. If she didn't have a partner…

One thing I learned after I gave birth is the FMLA is not calendar year. It's 12 months from the time you first take it. When I got pregnant, I developed hyper-ovarian syndrome and was out of work for a month. When it came time for maternity leave (the following calendar year), HR informed that I was then only…