Sunday Snippets: Halloween

Kiddo wanted to be a firefighter for the second year in a row and he delighted in his costume. One of my favs from a kid was Harriet the Spy. I loved that book.

Dads spend time in Louisiana high school after 23 students were arrested in string of violence

The Angry Mama

Sikh men created a lifeline using turbans and jackets to rescue hikers at a park

The Afterlife of Rachel Held Evans

The parenting problem the government can't fix

We need to stop buying stuff – and I know just the people to persuade us

Sunday Snippets: Leverage

I've been bingeing all 5 seasons for over a month. I still crack up and love this show all the more every time I watch it.

Trump moves to permit new logging in Alaska's Tongass National Forest: report

The Quickening A story of two births

Trump administration leaves menstruating migrant girls ‘bleeding through’ underwear at detention centres, lawsuit claims

Black breastfeeding week matters—mamas of color are not getting the support they need

What White Feminists Get Wrong about Black Women

Inspired by the women of scripture, Baptist minister champions reproductive rights

Sunday Snippets: Happy Mother's Day!

My mom and I are getting pedicures. We roll hard.

Abortion rights

The researchers found that “a year after being denied an abortion, 7 percent reported an incident of domestic violence in the last six months,” compared to 3 percent of the women who received abortions. The researchers concluded that this “wasn’t because the turnaways were more likely to get into abusive relationships,” but that “getting abortions allowed women to get out of such relationships more easily.”

Shut up and take my money

Because puppies

Happiest picture indeed

Sad but even more sadly, not surprising

In 2002, Iraqi officials asked for the return of the Gate, to no avail. A year later, the U.S. invaded the country.

Holy shit, that's awesome Bill Nye the Science Guy = one of my favorite people ever

Haven't tried this method, but plenty others

I used the sea sponge for awhile (you want to inspire awkward looks in a public restroom, try washing one in the sink sometime) but now I use cloth pads. I do have a few disposables at work, in case of emergencies, but I rather enjoy not having to literally throw my money away.

Names are important These women's names deserved to be told and remembered and they need to be found. & More Information

*headdesk* Yes please, let's pink-ify everything that has female attached to it. And people wonder why I don't want to reveal any future squidlets' gender ahead of time.

Truth

Oof, in the feels

It felt like buying a house meant buying the cultural narrative that came with it.

This. Right freaking here. I feel like this with all of the adult decisions I've made in the past five years.

*pets* I need to go exploring with my camera more.

Exactly. There are so many children lost.

That's terrifying

Because cats

Sunday Snippets: I'm waving the official white flag edition

So very very tired of snow. Yes, it's pretty. But this winter jacked up my heating bill and I'm very tired of being cold, stepping in mucky puddles of melted snow and wearing seventeen different layers of clothing to stay even remotely warm.

Shit I definitely didn't learn in college Really wish I had learned more than just the surface in my women studies classes.

Lol Really and truly have no problem if you choose to practice any religion, be it Christianity or Islam or Wiccan, etc. But be truthful and honest.

OMG PUPPIES!!!!!!!!!!!!! If I had a bigger house, I'd have a Saint Bernard. I have always loved them, the adorable big giant slobber monsters.

Monkey's face is priceless

Recess = classic kid's show

I'm such a sap for small fuzzy critters Especially ones that make cute noises like this. And these kitties.

Really interesting way of looking at purchases I could not imagine having to catalog every purchase I made and I think that would be a good way of cutting down on misc spending.

AAAAAAAAnd new favorite person Preach Jesse Williams.

Exactly! I love my job to pieces but we don't have paid family leave. We get FMLA, which is something, but dammit, if we got paid leave, I could probably be that much closer to tiny overlords. Three months of leave is nice, but my bills still need to paid during those three months.