Meanwhile other women are being denied the exact same care in every state with abortion bans — Chaos erupted in the “prolife” community this week when it was announced that reality television show star and outspoken proponent of forced birth, Jessa Duggar Seewald of 19 Kids and Counting fame, revealed she had a D&C over the holidays to remove a problem pregnancy. There seems to be confusion…

We have always lived loud, and we’re not going to change that — Gen X refuses to die with dignity. We will die in the spirit of Grace Jones and Poison, thank you, as we express ourselves in any way we see fit, whether that be in a regular suit and tie, or a full body of tattoos. Most of us are not…

From no exemptions for rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother, to women forced to travel hundreds of miles for lifesaving care, and now a mass exodus of doctors from states with abortion bans, the “prolife” reality is anything but. — The fallout from the repeal of Roe V Wade is playing out exactly as healthcare professionals and prochoice organizations predicted. First the news was about underage rape victims being forced to leave their own states for abortion treatment:

An update on going no contact with both my parents — Quick background: My parents divorced in 1980, when I was 8 years old. My parents’ marriage was dysfunctional from the beginning, because they’re both immature and narcissistic. When they separated, they made no attempt to soften the blow for my brother and me. After the divorce, they were at each…

We love your animals almost as much as you do. Really. That’s why we do this job. We understand animals are individuals, and we like to learn your pets’ likes and dislikes, habits, expressions and behaviors. We’ll be patient with them, and never push or punish. We call openly hostile…

When you take it upon yourself to take other’s rights away, you’re putting your own rights in danger — It seems as though today’s American conservatives are in a panic. They can see they’re losing supporters, so they’re going for a last, desperate attempt to push their wildly unpopular views and laws on a society that doesn’t want them. There are plenty of conservative views many of us find…

Maybe not what you think — In all of this ridiculous trans panic— and now the banning of drag shows — it has come to my attention that millions of Americans don’t know anything about drag. At all. First off, let’s go over what drag queens are NOT. Drag queens are not: strippers pedophiles trans women…

I have questions… — Dear Sir, Today, as I was I was locking the front door of the last house of the day for my part time dog walker/pet sitter job, I heard a voice — yours — from behind yell what I thought was “Hey, Amber!” which is my name, so I turned…

Sure, it’s a miracle. That doesn’t make it safe, or easy — There is a disturbing culture of minimizing the dangers of pregnancy and childbirth in the United States. That would be bad enough on its own if it wasn’t also for the fact that many people refuse to acknowledge pregnancy and childbirth: kills approximately 800 American women every single year, and…