The Bad Moms Club

Hey Ricky Gervais: Thanks For The Office But Now Please Shut The Hell Up

Alternate title: Ricky Gervais Hates Babies. No, really.

Ricky Gervais might be a talented man, responsible for pop cultural gems like The Office and Extras, but I lost all respect for him after reading an interview he did for the Times Online in which he argued for - no joke - forced sterilization of women.

When DIAPER FAIL Means Something Entirely Other Than Smelly Leakage

Okay, so if I asked you if you wanted your toddler to emulate David Beckham, you might say to yourself, oh, the soccer player? Sure! I'd love my child to get into soccer! and be tempted to say hell, yes, with the proviso that he or she not demand the back tattoos.

But I'm guessing that if I made the question clearer and asked you if you'd like your toddler to emulate this David Beckham...

Bad Moms Are Beautiful Just The Way They Are

Dear Heidi Effing Montag:

So I hear that you want your mom to get cosmetic surgery.

Your mom does not need cosmetic surgery. YOU did not need cosmetic surgery. Impressionable girls do not need to hear about how you think you needed cosmetic surgery and whatever nonsense that was that you were spouting about cosmetic surgery being a gift from God (theologians, get on this) or WHATEVER and so I would LOVE it if you would shut up about your new boobs and your new nose and your new plastictastic everything but especially? I would love for you to not prattle on about how you are going to buy your mom plastic surgery.

Pelvic Examination Under Anaesthesia: Immoral Teaching Tool? A Nursing Student Weighs In

Posted by Karen.

Like Shannon, I read and was horrified by the Globe and Mail article "Time to End Pelvic Exams Done Without Consent."  My first reaction - as a student returning to nursing school - was that this article was written quite inflammatory and I began to search for a semblance of truth behind the article, or something to prove otherwise.

I couldn't.

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Posted by Karen.

Like Shannon, I read and was horrified by the Globe and Mail article "Time to End Pelvic Exams Done Without Consent."  My first reaction - as a student returning to nursing school - was that this article was written quite inflammatory and I began to search for a semblance of truth behind the article, or something to prove otherwise.

I couldn't.

Dear Nether-Probers: We, The Undersigned, Say STOP IT.

The letter below is an open letter concerning the practice of non-consensual pelvic exams, about which you can learn more at yesterday's angry rant. Please leave a comment in support, as a virtual signature, and we'll circulate this everywhere and make a big stinky fuss until these policies get changed.

Dear Canadian Medical Association, Doctors of Canada, Ob-Gyns of Canada, Medical Students of Canada, Federal Minister of Health And Anybody Else Who Has Anything To Do With The Policy Or Practice Of Non-Consensual Pelvic Exams Performed On Women During Surgery:

Bad Moms Don't Like Non-Consensual Nether-Probing

Sometimes, you're just fooling around on Twitter while the toddler naps and suddenly, some piece of news just slaps you in the face like a wet surgical glove. This, for example: apparently, if you're a woman and you've had surgery, you might have had a team of medical students poking around your nethers and you don't even know it.

If It Makes Me Yearn For K-Tel, You KNOW That It's Bad

There is so much that is bizarre and disturbing about this video that I don't even know where to start. NO, wait, I do know where to start. Let's start with the creepy tweeny Bratz back-up dancing. Yes, kids rapping or hip-hopping or whatever - OH GOD I AM SO OLD - can be really, really funny, but you know what's not funny? Little girls pretending to be video harlots.

No Kicking Penguins: Bad Moms Like Good Kids That Do Good Stuff

A young Canadian boy from Newfoundland drew a picture that became the 'official policy in Antarctica' for a British research facility in the South Pole after the image becoming popular  on the web.

This right here is an excellent example of the positive power of internet.

The boy, who is in grade two, and autistic, drew a picture after witnessing an adult clearing away an inflatable penguin with a swift kick to it's inflatable snowballs.

Mother Punishes Son For Bad Grades By Forcing Him To Kill His Pet

Excuse me while my head explodes. *BANG*

And here I thought my parents were harsh when they grounded me for a month and didn't allow me to go to the first dance of my junior high career because I bombed a history test in grade seven. Boy was I wrong about that being harsh.

Actually, harsh is a huge understatement in this case. I think sick, demented, and abusive are a better fit.

John Edwards Admits Paternity Of Daughter, Fails To Impress

John Edwards has finally admitted what everybody already knew: that he really is the father of Rielle Hunter's baby, Frances Quinn. Which is great and all, but really, it would be better if he'd man up and admit that denying his baby in the first place was really kind of vile.