Well, but I think it’s pretty clear in the context, that I am talking about a very specific rhetoric. I’m not, and would never say “overpopulation is impossible and has never happened in other species or even in humans on smaller, local scales”

I’m talking about “everyone on the planet needs to have less children,…

man please be more flippant, it makes me feel like you’re really smart and cool. nobody is saying “the earth can support an infinite number of people”—the point is, and I linked you to an entire organization that is dedicated to this, if you wanted to look beyond your own self-important bubble, that people aren’t…

People aren’t having more children. They’re actually having fewer than they ever have in all of human history. The reason why the global population is increasing is because people are surviving childhood and living longer. Neither of those things are bad. They are, in fact, an extraordinary triumph of human ingenuity…

I lost my uterus (I like to say “misplaced” b/c it gets good looks from people) a while back, and it’s a sucky thing to go through. Since I’m sure Kim K is scouring the Jez comments for advice, wink, here are some good things to focus on:
1. You’ll never have to buy tampons again, and you can re-purpose your existing…

Yes, far better than I’m capable of, frankly.

I know what chrome flakies are. Thanks for the polish snobbery though!

FYI, folks who haven’t pushed a baby out: my shit was also wrecked, but my vag was as tight as ever after about year. I did literally nothing, too. Just, like, 2 kegels whenever I happened to read the word “kegel” in my everyday life. I’m not doubting the author’s story, just saying that there is variation.

Best practice is to rear face them to the height or weight rear facing limit of the seat (whichever comes first). As for their legs, they cross them, or prop them up on the seat in front of them, or let them dangle over the sides. Kids are so bendy! My son is small for his age and still fits within the limits of his…

I was always pretty hesitant to give my kids Cap’n Crunch. Because really, that shit is DELICIOUS and I didn’t like having to share.

I experienced a similar situation as an assistant editor of a fledgling health-through-martial-arts magazine in the 90s. When I was piped aboard, I was told that every issue has a centerfold celebrating female martial artists. Looking through the magazine back issues, I noticed that each female martial artist…

Welcome to New Yorker’s ways of judging photos - its ALL about real estate envy.

There’s no medical reason to do that. I’m a medical student and learned how to do a pelvic exam this year. Here’s how you do that ethically:

I feel you. I’m from Nova Scotia. The only time I’ve seen my province show up on Jezebel was for the whole Retaeh Parsons horribleness, local dentistry students making jokes on Facebook about sexually assaulting women while under anesthesia, and when the water treatment plant malfunctioned, littering local beaches…

Yay! I love finding fellow Mainers on here :)

I am another cynical, shallow doula. I am not at all crunchy. I don’t want women to give birth in a forest. And, if you have a homebirth, there sure as shit better be some real midwives there because I am not taking responsibility for catching your baby. I am quite happy with my un-crunchiness. I am so un-crunchy that…

I also think the general public works with a pretty superficial definition of “mental illness” and “mentally ill.” My whole life has basically been a case study in the vastness and complexity of that category... One of my older siblings is schizophrenic; he was always the kindest and the least violent of my brothers.…

Can they also do away with pumping that vile “scent” throughout their stores that wafts out into the mall area? I hate walking past an A+F as much as I hate being near Bath and Body Works.

Another example this debate calls to mind is horseback riding, because when I started teaching my niece to ride horses, she mentioned it to her pediatrician and he gave my sister a ton of information about helmets and head injury risk. If we had a law that he couldn't ask about her hobbies (that was what prompted the…

BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations were under-researched and not widely known until Gene Wilder testified before Congress and established the Gilda Radner Hereditary Cancer Program at Cedars-Sinai in the wake of Gilda's death. As many others have said, Jolie's first op-ed led to many more women evaluating their family…