Just saying that doesn’t make it so. The methods that Certified farms use are night and day compared to Monsanto farms (it’s pretty much one or the other around here) and that has clear and important consequences for the people growing our food, and the land and water they use to grow it. I think it’s 7 years without…

But it’s not! At least in Canada, Certified Organic is a very difficult (and valuable) designation to for farmers to obtain because of the strict criteria. In an agricultural area, yes, Certified Organic and GMO have very consequential differences for farmers and soil and water quality, and these people are our…

If they can’t make organic formula that meets the standards for certified organic, they shouldn’t lie and market it as such.

Congratulations on your streak of not shitting on your hands, whatever the length.

There’s a biiiiiiig difference between sharing ideas and using bastardized versions of another culture’s sacred objects as fashion accessories. If kids started wearing Sikh turbans or Jewish prayer shawls as fashion accessories, it’d be just as offensive.

I like it but I don't get it but I don't mind that I don't get it because I like it

I’m not sure your personal dislike of an artist’s work is evidence of pluralistic ignorance. I mean, it’s enough just to not care for the work, right? Not everyone who does like it has to also be mistaken about liking it, do they?

I like it. More importantly, I hate the students.

I hope he's six feet under too. Male violence is too much. It's starting to wear people down and that's the whole point. People who are worn down are less likely to fight back. Canada needs to step up its game when it comes to violence against women, especially those from First Nations communities.

I'm so sorry you had to go through that. I can't take all this bullshit men spew about "don't anger him". What about controlling your feelings, buddy!?

But witnesses are NOT supposed to be on trial. That's the problem.

That may be true, but god fucking help you if you are assaulted in a rural community. The rural police don’t even know procedures for sexual assault, and the sentencing is atrocious; we’re talking suspended sentences for serial rapists here. I had no idea that the laws did not apply identically in different Canadian…

What the hell is wrong with the police? They didn’t even think to just record what was said. We write notes for my IEP meetings. Why wouldn’t the police do the same?

Toronto cops are so tone-deaf to victims of abuse. I had a friend who had her statement taped (she filed charges against an abusive ex), only to find out a week before the trial (this was about a year after her initial statement) that the Crown didn't have audio on the DVD and they didn't bother to write down anything…

There are plenty of non-lesbian friends on TV. We need to have a lesbian relationship where one of them doesn’t get fridged for the plot line.

no.

There was an entire subplot last season about that...

I keep saying I’m interested in seeing this show, but I haven’t yet.

Agreed. As a woman in engineering and a fan of the show, they don’t hide the fact that there are few women in the business. They even have events where women are hired to be there, which is a real thing I’ve read about. They lampoon the dick-swinging dysfunctional culture quite often.

I’ve always seen the lack of diversity on the show as an implicit criticism of silicon valley culture. I think having a diverse cast despite the whiteness of the real silicon valley would serve to protect the very people they’re trying to mock.