that means not only for the medical part, but the racial disparities present in current treatments

My understanding was that it was the line between automatic coverage for everyone and choosing to buy in to a system (which still costs you, the individual, money). I know a ton of people who, for one reason and another, refused to buy into the ACA and said the penalties were cheaper than the coverage and I’m like,…

Ok, full disclosure, I am a professor at a community college and I was straight-up dreading the long boring commencement ceremony that was required when I became full-time. I never attended either of my own college graduations. But here’s the thing, our students’ joy is infectious. How can you not love a little dance…

Depending on which tribe she was, they may just not have relevant samples to compare it to. My grandmother and her sisters were recognized by the Cherokee tribe in NC, something you can’t do if you don’t have really good documentation (She also looked very Native American). But when my uncle got gene testing done, it…

Look, I am a teacher and I don’t get treated like shit. Sure, I can’t reach every student, but I do my best to share my joy in the subject and my joy in learning and it generally works. If you have the disdain for your students that you’ve been expressing in this thread, I feel deeply sorry for them. Also, there is an…

“Sometimes people use “respect” to mean “treating someone like a person” and sometimes they use “respect” to mean “treating someone like an authority”

“If Roy Moore loses on Tuesday it will be for the same reason David Duke lost the gubernatorial election in Louisiana in 1991: Moore will get the majority of Alabama’s white votes but a massive black turnout will keep him out of the Senate.”

As an art teacher in community college, I was trying to teach my students about the difference between what they are trying to convey through their art and how other people take it. I was using the painting of Emmitt Till (by a white artist) as an example of how an artist can perpetuate violence without intending to.…

Thank you so much for this!! It is so hard to listen to people condemn medication and wax philosophical about overmedication when I, too, quite literally owe my life to a combination of meds and talk therapy. Thank you for eloquently humanizing the situation. I hope more people can also find peace with our perfectly…

Perhaps unsurprisingly, I am getting a very ‘repressed gay’ vibe from this guy’s photo.

One of my few truly fond memories of high school was when one of these people who just loved to brag about their SAT scores and gloat about them came over after we'd had some scores handed out (SAT, ACT, AP tests... I don't remember). I didn't much care about grades or test scores, so I offhandedly just handed him my…

For me, 'authentic' is just shorthand for 'properly spicy and not blanded down for boring American diet'. Of course, it's not the first thing out of my mouth when I meet someone new, but I am always interested in expanding my range of restaurants.

I find it ironic that you start with stating that you don't share your opinion anymore and then proceed to share your opinion. Perhaps when you share ideals like (equal rights), you receive a negative response because people are responding to your tone and attitude rather than your penis. Usually when I hear 'simply…

When I was younger and got the 'you'd be prettier if you smiled' a lot, my response would often be some variant of 'you'd look better with my boot in your face.' Now that I am older and invisible to these sorts of men, I smile all the damn time. Age has its benefits.

"I don't think there is any need to call principals/ future colleges — you really are ruining their lives."