And that show had incredible racial diversity. So good, all around.

In a lot of restaurants waiters actually "tip out" so all the money is communal, no matter who you give it to, then split among the bus boys and waiters, I believe.

You wanna talk about asinine.... Jesus Christ.

I think the difference with Lindsay (and I'm just thinking out loud here) is that she is sick. She is an addict, and I believe addiction is an illness very similar to other mental illnesses. She just got out of rehab and she's trying to start again, and I will support that and hope for the best not just for her, but…

I watch Season Three (including the graduation speech) when I need an academic kick-in-the-ass type motivation. And yes, I cry at the speech too.

Ohhh okay I'm following now. I had the opposite problem when I was an athlete - I didn't get thirsty, even when I was working really hard, and as a result wound up seriously dehydrated many, many times.

Oh so like over-hydration? That sounds awful.

Of course it would be a bad decision for her to build individual nurseries for every single working mother, but what does she have in place? I'm talking about her privilege as a woman whose position affords her certain opportunities (like for childcare) that the average woman is not afforded, and how that relates to a…

What is water poisoning? It sounds terrifying. Did you drink poisoned water?

Right. She's the CEO which gives her a position of privilege. Does she extend the same accommodations to other newly working mothers?

Exactly. I want to like her, I really do, because she's been so successful on her own, but my God woman. I have literally seen a magazine interview in which she's asked "Are you most proud of your self-produced show, your self-produced album, or your acting career?" and even when asked a direct question she answered…

Fair enough, but I do think that everyone is obligated to acknowledge their privilege. I also think her business decisions are up for discussion.

You know who else is one of these?

The pink washing doesn't really talk about mastectomies. Ever. Because pink washing plays on the sanctity of breasts.

Thank you for enabling my illusion and for the kittens!

I never saw those. I know that for a fact because I would have had a rage stroke and died and not be typing this comment if I had.

I think it's a combination of the assumption that women aren't capable of making their own medical decisions and the intensely gendered societal constructions around breasts.

It doesn't say so in the Jez writeup but in the original article it says that TSA agents at specific airports are being trained to recognize this in combination with other red flags (a one-way ticket, an uncomfortable looking child, age, etc) to treat such issues with the required sensitivity.

Why is that particularly relevant, though? The point of the article is that this trick gives agency to any child being forced into a marriage. If widely applied, this trick could also become a way of allowing children who are being forced into air travel for other reasons to send up a red flag.

That's probably true, makes a lot of sense. It probably is also impacted by their connection to motherhood and motherhood's connection to gender roles and so on and so forth.