While you're so invested in your own sense of victimhood and self-pity that you consider men dying on the job some kind of moral victory? "Oh Jesus" yourself, buddy. You wanted to squeeze an absolute meaning out of an ambiguous statistic, and you're annoyed that someone noticed the ambiguity.

Yes, the gender pay gap is shrinking, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. And the work-hour gap is in part attributable to the fact that even as more and more families are dual-wage-earning, women are often still expected to assume the brunt of childcare and household responsibilities. So these women are working,…

I understood that's what you were saying, but I still disagree with you—my point was that "white male cis privilege" is a social phenomenon, not a goal that feminists expect you to meet. It exists independent of feminism; that feminism points a finger at it does not mean that feminism created it. In other words, the…

I can certainly see why difficulty finding a job is mentally and emotionally devastating. Where we diverge is in the idea that the blame for these feelings of failure lies with feminism. The idea that men should be the sole or at least primary or at the very least equal breadwinners is a patriarchal one. Feminism's…

There's a difference between having a tough time emotionally because you're struggling professionally, and viewing someone else's success as your failure. The first is totally understandable, and men deserve a sympathetic ear for that, for sure. The second is what toddlers do.

WOW. I once went to Equinox with my husband on a day pass, and forgot flip-flops for the shower, so took a long uncomfortable post-workout walk home to shower there because I didn't want to offend anyone by showering without proper footwear. But I guess ANYTHING GOES AT EQUINOX.

Embarrassed and probably also scared. I mean, odds on "Isabelle Swift" being a 50 year-old man are pretty high, right??

The whole thing is just so weird...because even if one does believe him, that then leaves us with the idea that in the Russell family, intergenerational fondling is just par for the course.

That whole David O. Russell situation was really bizarre. I think the claim was that they were having a conversation about her "top surgery" and then he wanted to feel what the implants were like or...something. It seemed like the whole defense was "we have really poor boundaries in our family."

It's almost like he's not a real doctor.

I'm wondering if it's pronounced like Phoebe with a P, or like "peeb."

Headed to the Garment District now with a squirt gun full of French's...

I can't agree that that's mustard. Mustard has less red, and more brown.

marigold?

I know that hosting awards shows is probably a "hard job" in the sense that it's tricky and requires a lot of energy and focus and the ability to look very spontaneous while being very rehearsed, but there are some jobs where you just don't publicly say they're hard jobs, because there's no way that saying such a…

Thanks!

You sound like a very empathetic person—hopefully reporting this story will have a positive effect at least in that it will draw the attention of other kind & concerned folks who can rally around her.

It's tricky to say the media is invading her privacy in this case, when her mother issued a statement on Facebook. One could say that her mother is showing insufficient respect for her privacy, but perhaps this is something they discussed? To me this is all part & parcel of the crime and the aftermath, and draws…

Yeah, I think that was a Giuliani initiative, wasn't it? I remember him being criticized for it (and generally speaking his attitudes/policies toward the homeless were pretty monstrous, so it's not like he didn't deserve some criticism) but in this case it seemed fairly pragmatic and not unfair. So many homeless…

I don't know how it serves them to have it not reported on. Wouldn't this only increase their sense of having the crime swept under the rug? Even not speaking to the larger ethical question you pose (though I'm honestly not clear on what breach of ethics is perhaps being committed here) Melinda Coleman apparently said…