I have a tumblr, but it's more my personal use than anything focused. I thought about starting a blog (in fact I really would like to) but I'm not sure what format is best. Should I just use a new tumblr since that's what I'm (relatively, I'm technologically terrible) comfortable with? Or is there another platform I…

Sooo at the beginning of this summer I had a great research internship for a journalist who was teaching at my school. It fell through (all the feedback I got was great and then suddenly I didn't hear from her, she didn't return my emails/phone calls, all that).

French is great and even if you don't remember a lot of your high school Spanish, you might be surprised at how helpful it is for grammar. Also, try kind of immersing yourself. Listen to French music and watch French movies, or even English movies with the French subtitles on.

I just started using Duolingo last night. It's free and I've heard good things. I've got about 5 years of high school French and a kind of natural affinity for the language though, so it's mostly for me to refresh. I don't know how well it would work for someone with no experience. I'll be watching this thread though,…

In reality, you're giving her a million little victories every time she figures out something new.

I do. I have experienced far more ill-trained, poor teachers than good ones, although the good ones are amazing.

So I was raised much like you're talking about and it worked out great for me. I didn't have serious limits on tv time, because it didn't matter if I saw the commercial or not, my parents weren't going to buy me a toy unless it was a birthday or Christmas so whatever. I think what's far more important than time is the…

So what my plan is, and what my parents kind of did, is create a space in my home where my child can express themselves, where they have some control, where their lives are as fair as possible. I don't feel like I need to replicate the "real world" and all it's harshness for them - they'll be in it. I also don't feel…

That will be so good for your daughter when she learns to figure shit out though.

You are a teacher in the minority, and I love you for it.

Agreed. The advice is incredibly sound, it's just a poor word choice.

Thank you for taking the time to answer me. I really appreciate it, but I disagree that the idea that white people make no effort to understand the experiences of people of other races is immaterial. I think it matters immensely. I think there is great truth to the idea that it's time for white people to prove they…

Here's my question then, and it's an honest and genuine one:

Here's the thing about the Bechdel test though: it's not a measurement of the worth of one specific movie or whether that movie is feminist or not. It was devised to show the lack of depth of female characters in films in general.

Part of it I think is also that when people have children, when those children are babies, they think about that baby's future. They want the world to be the best place for that baby when he or she grows up. And for girl babies, that tends to mean voting more liberally.

Probably not, though. 72 hours isn't enough to really do anything but drug her up so she's not a danger anymore, and it's much more difficult to get her long-term care that will make a real difference if she doesn't want it for herself.

It made me sad, and made me think harder, about the systems in which we live, in which children are abused and then grow up and repeat that abuse on others. It made me think about how we don't do enough to help victims of abuse and break the cycle.

Well, since ALL abortion is now banned in Texas after 20 weeks, and bullshit is bullshit, whether it's here or in Europe, no, it doesn't make me feel better.

This may be modern life, but that doesn't mean you have to settle for crappy treatment. You can always contact the people who blew you off, and say "Hey, it kind of hurt me that you bailed last minute on my party. I was excited and put a lot of work into it. Next time, if you're not sure you can go, just say that."

Ugh I know. I'm in the black on GT I promise I'm nice to people who are not MRAs.