Plenty of kittens are in shelters, but a reputable shelter/org won't let you have a kitten until it's around 7-8 weeks old, because up until that point (as someone who has fostered multiple young kittens from 2 weeks old and onward), they need to be fed multiple times a day (x3-4 times for a young kitten), and require…

May I as a proud Mom chime in with something that while not important in the grand scheme of the world, is really amazing to my family? Yes?

Finally, a map to validate the feeling of alienation running through my Syrian-Italian veins as I camp out in Ramsey county, Minnesota.

ANY kind of data on Americans of Middle-Eastern heritage would have been interesting. We've been coming here since the late 1800's. Thought we had a few counties saturated in upstate…

Thanks. In an ideal world, all pregnancies would be wanted pregnancies (birth control for all!) and there would be a robust social safety net so that women wouldn't surrender children for purely economic reasons. Until we live in that world, though, it's really important that women know they can walk into a…

that's very true. Many teens feel pressured into sex either by their partners or their peers. Sometimes it seems like Jezebel forgets this aspect of the situation. Sex Ed could actually mean teens have less sex so early on especially if it focused on things like self esteem and healthy body image as well.

I'd love the opportunity to test this, but I suspect that a really well-designed comprehensive sex ed class that focused on the realities of sex and dealt with consent in a way beyond teaching teen girls how to say no to their boyfriends could do a lot more to delay sexual activity (especially activity involving…

Look, I know everyone here is like "oh funny, haha, how primitive WERE people back then?" But I can tell you that, especially where I live right now, there are women I know who would actually BENEFIT from something like this. They freak out, make assumptions, believe the stupidest stereotypes about women who are gay…

Wait, why is this "bonkers?" It reads like a tongue-in-cheek list written by lesbian (and/or bi) women that's informed by actual experiences with straight women before homosexuality was as widely understood and accepted by the general population as it is now.

What recipe? If it has a complicated, "stealable" recipe, yogurt probably isn't actually worth eating. How to make Greek yogurt? Heat milk to 180F. Cool milk to 115F. Add a bit of yogurt with live cultures to the milk. Insulate the resulting mixture for 12 hours. Voila! You have yogurt! Now drain some of the water out…

I'm not one to coo over babies usually (kittens, yes), but Jessica Simpson's daughter is seriously adorable.

IF Chiobani stole Fage's recipe, they lose something in the execution.

Chobani is what got me into Greek yogurt, but Fage is SO MUCH BETTER. Thicker, creamier, more delicious.

I had a very long at times tense conversation over the engagement announcement that mirrored lots of your points. However, you nailed down a feeling I couldn't articulate. Well done, you have given voice to my cringes.

So I've posted this before, but it is pretty awesome. The song isn't my style, but this video is a pitch-perfect Clueless re-enactment. The only costume they skipped was her Azzedine Alaïa Valley-party dress. It is kind of spooky what a perfect Cher Iggy makes.

When I agreed with him about a movie, I felt vindicated. When he disagreed, I thought there was something I missed. The only other critic I felt that way about was Pauline Kael.

Gene Wilder needs to get some kind of lifetime achievement award, or at least more recognition. He is such a comedic acting genius. Nobody plays the straight man on the brink of insanity quite like him.

Basically he was a dude who brought more to the world than was there before he arrived. Not everyone can say that.

My favourite is his second review of Lost in Translation:

Ebert was a rare class of critic who understood that criticism could be more than just analysis and deconstruction, but also giddily fun discussion of what makes a work great or terrible. He was, in short, probably the greatest film critic of the past 50 years. There are so few critics in any era who truly understand…