I’m sorry things are not going well for you, but I’m not surprised.

And yet, surrogate pregnancy is more common now than it was when Attwood wrote the book.

Yup. The wife holds her from behind. It’s like the wife is holding an artificial uterus between her legs, only it isn’t artificial.

That was my reaction. I guess I’ve been eating bananas wrong all these years.

That’s what I did - barefoot since 2009 (except for bad winter days when I wear homemade moccasins). Not just 4-6E, but also ridiculously square-toed, with extra long fourth toes.

NO, it is not the same thing as a chef complaining about working with food. Acting is story telling. There are a wide variety of stories that can be told, and sexualized content is not a bona fide occupational requirement, not in the legal sense. You do need a camera, and usually sound, and some sort of script. On…

Sometimes you have to limit people’s options, as the greatest good for the greatest number. We have minimum wage laws even though some people can afford to work for less. (They can always be self employed if they don’t need the money. Most people need the money and it’s not fair to lower standards because not all…

Here’s the paper:

It’s somewhere between very hard and impossible for attractive young actresses to find work that isn’t sexualized in some way or other. How many actresses can you count who have never even kissed anyone on screen (something that is a public health issue, btw)?

Thank you for saying this, and for all your arguments here. I only disagree with you in that I believe that it becomes sexual harassment as soon as you put it in the job description to begin with, even with advance warning, because it means those of us who are unwilling/unable to perform anything sexual don’t even get…

It’s a big boundary violation in a way something less intimate isn’t.

I would be more concerned about the synthetic fibres that princess costumes are likely made of. I would be all “Yes, you can be a princess, but it has to be real silk or cotton. And no plastic accessories!”

I’ve been hearing ads on the radio, and Anne comes across as incredibly annoying. I’m not an Anne fan to begin with (haven’t seen any version!) but I really don’t remember her being this bad in the books.

Easy chairs are too big for tiny people with short legs. I always have to sit cross legged or slump really badly, and I’m 5'2", which isn’t that short.

I’m below the poverty level, have been for a couple of decades, and still think long vacations are better than raises. Probably because I’m pretty cynical about raises.

Avengers Tower still reminds me of a speculum. Not as obvious in that poster, but still.

So, basic income; permaculture; compulsory teaching of the logic of complexity in schools? I think about alternatives constantly, so give me more ideas.

I haven’t seen any signs of dying, but then I haven’t visited them lately. (I have seen other malls that are doing poorly, but not in the downtown areas of cities I’ve lived in.)

I thought that was Edmonton and was going to defend it, but you’re somewhere else. #notallCityCentres

Also, I think it helps when people with money to spend live downtown.