That is the best suggestion ever. We should also be entitled to extra space during PMS. It's not our fault that we're cranky and shouldn't be near people. Expecting self control is just unfair.

omg i swear i once heard a dude refusing to give up his seat for an extremely pregnant lady he said 'i dont believe in giving up seats for women because im a feminist'

I think men should be allowed to spread their legs as wide as they want on the bus as long as women are allowed to change our tampons on the bus and throw the used ones at the most annoying passengers. Because of biology.

I think my son has a crush on Ariana Grande. When I opened my laptop yesterday, one of her videos was up- something called Love Me Harder, which in involved her writhing around in a shallow pool.

No, the "what is life" argument is a red herring. Because of course a fetus constitutes "life" — same with the bacteria in your gut, for that matter. It's all "Life".

That's the fundamental flaw in right-to-lifer philosophy. They don't think ahead or care about what happens after the baby is born. They'll fanatically take away a woman's (or in this case, a family's) right to choose, but they won't stick around to make sure the kid is properly cared for or to answer the tough…

That was ultimately what I decided before I went on the trip. I had a really interesting conversation with two older women in Zim that summed it up for me. One, a white Zimbabwean woman, told me if I was her daughter she'd kill me (no irony here) for taking such a dangerous trip. The other woman, a white American,…

Keep in modest shape, some 70 year olds manage to hike the AT so it can be a feasible retirement present to yourself.

Unfortunately, we are so inundated with horror stories that a lot of women are so afraid of bad things they stop having adventures because of the risk. Living your life in fear just seems awful to me. Life is too short.

I think you're my favorite Jez writer.

They pressed against each other, heated denim scritch-scritching against itself as they held each other. "Just...be gentle" he whispered into her ear. They swayed in their embrace, slow, then a little slower, then...even slower. His eyes clamped tightly shut, tiny tears at the edges of his eyelids. "Does it hurt?" She…

I work at a doctor's office, and I can't tell you the number of times women come in cause something seems off, and then there's a whole treasure trove of tampons up in there.

That header image.... why Mark? Why?
You know people are eating frosted cookies this time of year.....

I'm amazed he didn't find a way to land that talented women for life. That's such a particular fetish, you'd imagine he'd try to lock that down. :P

I think he left out a step. Even a contortionist is going to have trouble siphoning that out of there.

Spoons? Idk.

Kind of both. She comes from a wonderful family, but they are kind of on the square side.
So to think that she met me on a computer site was a bit of a pearl clutching moment.

Mine was exactly the same, rachelkemp, right down to the quartz crystal. We also took a nighttime walk and howled at the full moon. :) I wouldn't trade it.

I had a first period party too!! Awesome moms rule! Mine included a Sarah Lee strawberry cheesecake (all red and shiny on top). My aunties and grandma came and daddy cried. It rocked.

Hahaha, I had one of those too! Mine was called a "Spring Maiden". There was this group of women family friends who all had them for their daughters. It didn't directly coincide with perioding, but we all had them around age 13, and it was supposed to represent becoming a young woman. We got little sentimental…

I told my mum straight away I was so excited, but then found out my sister also started. At the same time and she was two years younger! I was mortified. I was older and should have started first. I can still see my sister's look of triumph. We laugh about it now, 30 years later, but she still gets a kick out of…