Agreed. When did this happen? I'm only 28. My youngest cousin is 24 and she did the exact same thing. I just don't understand when letting your kid play outside all day became the same thing is abandonment.

Shit, no kidding. I was much younger that nine, and we used to get on our bikes and ride all over the place: to the public pool, to parks, to a nature reserve where we went on hikes and caught snakes and generally just goofed around. If anyone asked us where our parents were (which was almost never), we just ignored…

I am a SAHM and when we go for walks, we literally see no children. We play in the front yard most days and it's like we're in The Stand. I know kids are home because their tvs are so big I can see them as we go by.

They didn't say WHY they are firing her, but I'd bet five bucks that it's because she was in jail and missed a shift without calling in. Which is bullshit in itself, really.

Leaving implies she abandoned the kid. Letting implies she knew where the kid was, made provision for her safety(cell phone), and made a judgement call that her 9 year old daughter could be by herself in the middle of the day in a public park.

I just feel compelled to point out that nobody batted an eye when I was a child and we would be running around the neighborhood from dawn to dusk. Now suddenly it is considered bad parenting to let your child play outside. We bitch about childhood obesity being such a problem but then we bitch if children actually go…

White people.

I know. The irony just kills me with this one.

Well neither did the woman who made it! HOW DOES IT FEEL, ASSHOLE? God fucking damnit some people are so myopic. (sorry for angry.jpg response, I just can't even with these assholes)

She probably has. In the Buzzfeed article, it mentions that he's been actively trying to get her to take it down, because he never asked for all of this attention. Sigh.

I got a flat tire once and there was a group of teenager boys in the parking lot where I pulled in to change it and I was hit with a barrage of "A beautiful woman shouldn't be doing that!" and "Where's your man?" I was so, so uncomfortable. I stayed silent and am yet to manage to change a tire so fucking fast. As soon…

I'm not so polite. I'm a middle aged woman, so it doesn't happen to me much anymore. I was out bike riding and a man came out with, "Oh, so you like to ride!" wink wink! My response:

I was once on the subway platform and this guy can up to me and starting saying "ay you got a man? if I was your man, I wouldn't make you ride the train. I'd drive yo fine ass all over town".

That's fucking awesome. Good for you.

She actually addresses this issue in the FAQ on her website:

That guy. I sincerely hope his wife sees this and recognizes him.

There are different kids of privilege. Just because someone is marginalized in one way (racial, socioeconomic, etc.) does not mean they cannot contribute to the oppression of others (e.g. women). Calling these men out on their behaviour does not dismiss the oppression they face themselves.

One day I was sitting on the bus behind a girl with headphones on with a guy started calling her "Blondie," and just generally telling her how he'd like to get to know her. He wasn't particularly crude about it, but it was clear his attention was unwelcome. But he kept trying, and she kept replying in monosyllables…

I have a friend from Nashville staying with me in Chicago. Yesterday while walking to a bus, some guy started hollering at her, even crossing the street to get closer. He finally asked, "where's your man??"

The thick level of (what I interpret as, anyway) self-righteous smarm that oozes off of him when he talks, mostly.