Comedian John Oliver and host of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” is trolling Vice President Mike Pence in the most adorable and charitable way possible: with Pence’s own bunny, Marlon Bundo. Marlon Bundo is the Pence family bunny and currently the star of two children’s books—not bad for a creature that […]
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We Looked for Barbie’s Diversity, And Mattel Finally Created It
By Angela Repke This past December, my husband and I got a babysitter and trudged through the Michigan snowstorm to Toys R’ Us. We hunted for presents that Santa would deliver to our two small children. We had just finished picking out some new Star Wars Lego sets for my […]
A Birth Control Pill for Men Is on the Horizon and It’s About F**king Time
A birth control pill for men has been created and successfully tested and it’s about f*cking time, y’all.
Want to Live Your Happiest Life? Move to Finland and Ditch Your Pants
The results are in. According to the UN World Happiness Report, the Finns have us all beat. Never mind that Finland is one of the northernmost countries in the world, plunged into soul-sucking darkness for the majority of the day in winter months and burdened with some of the highest […]
What You Can Do Now Before the Next Mass Shooting
By Kate Mayer I got an email from an old neighbor from some 20 years ago. Twenty. Way back when I was the young mom in Bath, Ohio, had three kids under three feet tall, was pregnant with the fourth, and wasdesperate for a good babysitter, her daughter came to […]
Reusable Toilet Paper Is Apparently a Thing: Behold the “Family Cloth”
I had just spent a gazillion hours cleaning bathrooms (Boys are gross. The End), when a Buzzfeed article entitled, “What is the Family Cloth and Why Do People Use It? An Explainer” showed up on my newsfeed. Clearly the Universe in all its cosmic humor thought it would be fun […]
A Boyfriend’s Plea For Help Buying Leggings Has The Internet Laughing
Ahhh, the age-old tale of sending your partner to the store with the simple task of picking something up only to have it blow up in your face. This all-too-familiar story is one many of us with significant others have had the displeasure of experiencing on more than one occasion. […]
Explain How to Tell My Kids You Value Guns More Than Their Lives
If you believe your right to bear arms (that shred human innards beyond repair and leave exit wounds the size of oranges) is more important than my kids’ right to live, explain how I’m supposed to tell my young children that there are people in this country who believe more […]