1. This makes sense, but I definitely found that my body changed faster after my first pregnancy. I would assume that someone who has had at least 7 full-term births would show quickly and undoubtedly.

2. True

I normally have very little compassion (read:none) for folks who injure babies or children, but serially getting pregnant and then committing infanticide is not the action of a sane person. She must either have been mentally ill, or in some kind of horrific abuse situation that she would consider killing her own…

All states have them now. You can call 1-888-510-BABY to find the nearest Safe Haven to you.

Europeans are not quite so paranoid in general about a glass of wine in pregnancy.*

I appreciate your point of view here. I also think we're talking past each other just a little bit. I agree whole-heartedly that adoptees should ideally have access to information about their birth parents, and that birth mothers might not be in the best place to assess whether they want a lifetime of anonymity. …

I think the mothers can choose to leave their information, but the primary concern is that mothers feel safe leaving their babies. If anonymity is what it takes for the baby to be left in a firehouse or hospital rather than a fast food bathroom or (worse) a trashcan, then I'm all for anonymity. Job one is making…

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…

Steal away. This stuff is important. As one of my favorite bloggers likes to say, "Motherhood should be an all-volunteer army."

But once a baby is born, it deserves safe guardians just as the mother deserves to stay anonymous and secure in the knowledge that her child will be well cared for.

I'm so glad that the baby was alright and that she grew into such an amazing and confident young woman. This is a good chance to plug Safe Haven laws, which decriminalized leaving newborns in specific places, such as hospitals and fire stations. More information here: http://safehaven.tv/states/

Meh - extrapolation. Someone who cared enough about conflict stones to get an ethical diamond wouldn't be shopping at H&M after the revelations about their garment factories in Bangladesh.

No. Is there any indication she took a proactive stand and asked not to be gifted a diamond? Clearly not.

Human is Duped by Diamond and Advertising Industries, Buys Object Mined by Slaves and Polished by Children, Gets Karma'd in the Head

This answer makes a lot of sense, and I think is very honest. But now the question is why Kat, as someone who identifies as a woman, felt okay joining a male-only space that perpetuates inequality by providing the connections that you mention only to men.

If folks tell me they are female, I believe them. But when…

Very much agreed. I have to be honest, I don't think Kat has done a good job explaining WHY she would want so desperately to be a part of an organization with such a strong racist, sexist, and classist history. I mean, particularly to do so as part of a group that is explicitly male-only.

I don't think Kat would…

So, you identify as female but were so anxious to be part of the Greek system, an institution with a history of racist and classist exclusion, that you were willing to do so in an all male environment? That does not compute at all.

People are crazy. I mean, I get it. I have a preschool-aged girl who is absolutely over the moon for Frozen. She listens to the soundtrack every day, begs me to buy the movie, and relates most of the events in her life to "something like this happened to Anna/Elsa."

But, seriously, being disappointed is a HUGE part…

I can't afford it, but if I had the money I would absolutely have bought a Routan. The commercials about how they were so cute that they made folks have kids were really effective on me.

Yeah, I checked his online resume. Cum laude, which is great but it isn't like this guy topped his class. No clerkship. I'm kind of at a loss.

This seems like a really good chance to point out that only 12 percent of workers have access to paid family leave through their work. Senator Gillebrand and Representative DeLauro have introduced legislation that would change that, but it has not gotten a lot of traction. Read about it here, and please…

How much did Yulia Tymoshchenko pay you to say that? /insidebaseball