The catch is that “family values” is usually just bullshit buzzwordery employed by conservatives as shorthand for “everyone have lots of babies* and take nice family photos in matching polo shirts, mommies stay home to raise them and don’t you even think about IUDs or abortion.”

My job essentially allows me to live anywhere there’s a stable internet connection, as does Mr. Ginger’s (we also have no little gingers), so we moved from the northern-midwest down to the deep south to be nearer to some of his family, specifically a grandmother battling cancer.

At one job, all I asked was to start a half-hour later in the morning, so that I could drop my son at school and have enough time to get through traffic to not be late. Also, I was working overtime every day, so it wasn’t like I was hustling out the door on time every night.

I am glad to see elder care mentioned and discussion of “family” leave. Because even if you don’t have children or plan to have children, women also generally end up bearing the responsibility of caring for sick parents/siblings/partners.

We’re also removed from the multi-generational living that used to exist in our culture. Living near retired parents who can help out is just not the norm anymore. Being isolated from reliable family makes it that much harder to have a work/life balance. I had to start my own business to be able to do it, and…

If this is how a naturally thin woman is treated, imagine chubby or fat actresses. I don’t even want to know what they are told but I’m sure it ain’t pretty.

SJP has always been very fit so this is just bizarre.

Winter is the worst. Summer is the best. I used to be meh on Fall but Taylor Swift’s Red sold it to me and I’m Pro-Fall now.

According to Kristin Cavallari inflammation is a HUGE problem. You should totally cut out the gluten and GMO produce. It’s the #1 source of stress and weight gain. We should all listen to her, like about not vaccinating our children.

My big red list no-no’s - flour, sugar, dairy, and red meat

I just... what would be the point of the two of them keeping it a secret? I feel like it (ETA: I know babies are not things) has to be from an affair.

god dammit i love sourced quotes to celebrity magazines

I always name my house spiders. If he doesn’t have a name, suggest Bob due to his apparent interest in the sponge.

Omg I would run screaming from the house never to return!

“Unicorn salary” for journalists is a LOT lower than the same for many other professions.

I’ve had jobs that were worse than unemployment. I’ve also had the misfortune of having to stay at a job that beat me down for years.

Anyone who is a Beachbody “coach” is a body bore. They deluge their Facebook posts with constant discussion of health and fitness, photos of their gross dinners (it’s dry broccoli with a side of lentils - no one cares), condescending updates about how you need to care more about your body, selfies of them after…

Rest in peace Phil Hartman, you magnificent bastard.

Weren’t people afraid of this when JFK was elected? that he’d force everyone to eat fish on fridays and make the pope king of america or something?

Can we elect an atheist already? Then we can discriminate against all religions equally!