Here’s an interesting new finding: teen pregnancy may not lead to poverty. In fact, poverty may lead to teen pregnancy. Mind-blowing, right? Here’s a little of what I wrote about this over at Babble today: There’s a new paper in the Journal of Economic Perspectives that says teen girls don’t become poor because they have [...]

Remember a few months ago when I lost my shit over all the hoops legislators all over the country were making women jump through in order to get an abortion? And I went off on a major rant about the stupid fucking paternalistic attitudes that male politicians take towards women and their bodies? I wrote [...]

Did you all see the piece in the New York Time Magazine yesterday about women being prosecuted for “chemical endangerment” of a child after their newborns tested positive for drugs? This is a real thing that’s happening in Alabama. Apparently, Alabama has laws on the books to protect kids from living in an environment that [...]

Here’s a little something-something to get the week started snarkily. I did a series of “motivational” posters with things pregnant women wish they could say to people who say dumb shit to them. Or maybe it’s just stuff I wish *I* could say. Whatever. Here’s the link to the whole post. And here’s a one [...]

I’m at Babble today with a collection of motivational posters for pregnant women. I think they’re totally hilarious. Check one out:   To see the whole collection, head on over to Babble!

Today is my first post at Babble’s Being Pregnant blog! Please go read it because they think I have lots of fans. Also, it’s a funny post about how I feel like Kourtney Kardashian is a my friend because were both pregnant. I’ve been all excited about Kourtney’s second pregnancy since she and boyfriend Scott [...]