The name and the fact that she keeps it in her car...I want to meet her. And I feel like I probably would get to if I ever happened across the car. Much to my embarrassment, I once called 911 to rescue a blow-up doll that I mistook for a battered woman trapped in a sedan in a mall parking lot. (She was ok)

One step. BUT THIS SHIT PISSES ME OFF. As a professional dancer myself, NO ONE WANTS TO PAY YOU. It’s so frustrating especially bc sports players make millions. Cheerleading and dance are a SPORT and actually have just as many injuries (if not more) than football. UGHHHHHHH-who has an ativan?

Yeah, I’ve heard some people say it’s “not even a real job” and they should be “grateful for what they get,” yet they have no problem with the millions of dollars paid to each player of football, baseball, or basketball.

Experience AND a chance to build their cheer leading portfolio, which they can use to show off their work when they finally enter the high paid world of professional cheer leading. Oh wait.

Any likelihood of them getting compensated more fairly going forward?

I also loved the argument that these women shouldn’t complain and should actually be grateful because they get to hang around rich guys who may bestow trinkets upon them, or — the ultimate cheerleader ambition — marry them (because why else would anyone be a cheerleader, right?).

Nono, you’re mistaken; it’s not that they should be paid in experience. It’s that they are supposed to be grateful to be in the presence of wealthy professional athletes who might deign to let them be glorified prostitutes if they’re especially good at cheerleading.

Since you posted this comment, it’s actually been slashed to $6.32 and a free basket of breadsticks with purchase of an entree.

Uh oh, here come the assholes who think cheerleaders should only be paid in experience or some such right-wing twaddle.

Interesting. Last year California enacted a law that lets workers accrue up to three days of paid sick leave for year once they’ve been on a job for 90 days. Our businesses seem to be doing just fine. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

That’s awesome. I bought into it at my job after my first pregnancy (for which I did have unpaid leave), and my husband at his. It was great both when my husband got ill and when I had a second pregnancy.

I don’t think this insurance necessarily needs to be *free*, but it should be available without breaking the bank.

That’s a really good idea - although small businesses will scream. Remember, FMLA is unpaid, but businesses with fewer than 50 employees don’t have to provide it to their employees. The ADA doesn’t apply to businesses with fewer than 15 employees. I would expect a system like this to have a similar carveout, meaning…

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I literally worship the Coen Brothers, but I do have to admit they have been crappy with diversity in many of their movies. I have to give them some credit because they usually capture the stupidity, massive ego, and greed of The White Male™ just brilliantly, but I wish they would include more diverse actors. I think…

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