I now work for a government agency, and being a union member certainly does have its perks! I also live in a state where the governor is pushing for paid family leave for all state employees, so hopefully if babies are in my future, I will be well supported!

Well, 2 breaks were put in their schedules, but my point was more that they weren’t supported in any way that they could take advantage of those breaks. It was more of a lip service thing from the org to the employees- they could say they provided breaks, but rarely were the employees able to comfortably find time to…

I wish that stories like this were the exception, not the rule. I used to work at a very highly respected, progressive organization (which I will not name, because they do great work, and I don’t want to sour the general public opinion of them), and pregnant/nursing employees were not given what I would consider to be…

Is this Britney, or Derrick Barry? Because I honestly can’t tell.

Okay, I didn’t think I was really that old, but who THE FUCK are Miss Peach, Lord Grey, Mrs. Meadowbrook, Prince Azure, and Lady Lavender?? Did they just throw a whole bunch of new characters in there for funsies? Did I only play on antique boards growing up, and these people have been murdering and getting away with…

Your insurance won’t cover it, and they are about $300 a pop. Or, at least, that was the case when I was working at Planned Parenthood and we would bill for it. It also wasn’t covered by Title X funding, I’m pretty sure, because we had to bill some separate funding sources for a lot of patients.

Having been born and raised in Grand Rapids, all I can add to this is that the cops must have had some idea where to look for the body, because there is A LOT of wilderness by where he was found.

Funny fact that I learned the other day: the actor who plays Floki on Vikings is Alexander Skarsgard’s younger brother. You have to feel a little bad about the distribution of genetics in that household.

I have the exact opposite! Crazy, tight ringlets curls on the top/front, straight as a stick on the sides/behind my ears, and slightly wavy in the back. I’m currently growing it out from a pixie and it’s about chin length now, which just exasperates the issues. I feel like I have a good hair day once in a blue moon…

As a born and raised Minnesota, I take offense to this. I know a lot of really thick MN/”Fargo” accents, and none are anywhere near as annoying as SP.

This is beautiful.

“While Marcus’ main argument for backing Trump, the orange fruit to Violet Beauregard’s blueberry in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”

My friends and I decided to do a diy painting and wine night, and tried to follow along with Bob Ross while half in the bag, and he just goes SO FAST! It’s hard to keep up.

“Zingale also reportedly admitted to officers that he’d been drinking and was underage, but noted that his mother was present. Unfortunately, that really doesn’t help at all.”

I once went to urgent care with a bad sore throat, expecting a strep diagnosis. When the strep test came back clean, the doc basically said, “idk what this is exactly, but here’s a vicodin Rx for the pain.” I ended up with a bottle of like 24 vicodin tablets for a sore throat... it was bananas! I get pretty violently…

When I saw the headline, my initial thought was, “I didn’t realize that Louisiana had a population of blue people...” I may need more coffee this morning.

My go-to is a plate of hot, salty fries, or, if I’m feeling really adventurous/hungover, poutine.

So much of this. I just don’t know how some women seem balance and succeed with so many friendships! I’m at the age now where everyone is starting to get married, and these women have like, 4, 5, 6 bridesmaids, and I’m like, I don’t even have that many friends? I just feel like I’m doing something wrong when it comes…

According to Kesha’s instagram, she had been planning to perform a cover of a Bob Dylan song, and now she will not be performing at all :(

Kesha stated on her IG that she was planning to perform a Bob Dylan cover, not an original song, and now will not be performing at all.