Anderson is a person who unfortunately had experiences early in her life that caused her to lose the naivety she might have once had and is prepared to be on her guard. I believe that other young actresses may not have had similar experiences and trusted that meetings set up by agents and managers (who should have…

Arguably, they could have chosen a career that wasn’t—as it essentially has been since Hollywood’s infancy—been predicated on selling their bodies. I mean—in the case of Weinstein these women were chasing a dream of a multi-millions of dollars per picture (or at least many hundreds of thousands) and a lifestyle that…

Yes. My parents taught me what to do if a stranger tried to get me in their car. Stranger danger was, and is, real.

Explaining to a white person in general that there are places that they cannot and should not go along with things that they should not do is like speaking to them in Mandarin. PoCs learn this early in life. There are just places we shouldn’t go. There are systems we shouldn’t interact with. There are simply things we…

I agree with you. It’s like me stepping into the street without looking, since pedestrians have the right of way- I have the expectation that cars will not run me over. Well there are a lot of bad people out there and just because I’m in the right, that doesn’t mean everyone follows the rules. I’m going to protect…

I am definitely not a man.

I get it and I agree with you 100%.

You’re taking one word out of my whole point and making it the focus. Maybe I used the wrong word when I was trying to express my point appropriately. But do you care to comment on the message as a whole, rather than a word?

I absolutely get what you’re saying. Pam is advocating a pro-active approach in giving women the tools (self defense, being cautious, etc) as opposed to just “fixing” the other side. There’s nothing wrong with giving her opinion but because it doesn’t hew completely with the groupthink that’s developed these past two…

I agree with you. But I’ll be totally honest. I hear some stories and it’s really difficult, essentially impossible, for me to garner sympathy for the victims. I feel horribly guilty because of it. I WANT to sympathize. But I just can’t. And that’s coming from someone who has been there and KNOWS that situations never…

I have to be honest, and I’m sure I’ll receive flack for it, but I get what she’s saying. Yes, women should be able to walk into a business meeting (regardless of the unusual setting that it’s taking place in) and be safe.

It’s a huge deterrent to want to actually graduate, rather than just drop out. The percentage of high school kids who drop out in my rust belt city (not very far from Chicago) is about one third. More than a THIRD of kids don’t even make it to high school graduation.

So how old are you? Because I’m 30, and things have already changed a lot since I was in high school. I started babysitting at 11 and got my first paycheck job at 15. I don’t know many people that were able to make a dent in their college tuition working 20 hours a week at minimum wage ~12-15 years ago, much less…

I immediately thought about teen pregnancy as a potential wrench in the system as well. College and employment may have to be put on hold.

With Trump picking the next few SCOTUS nominees, I’m not so sure anymore.

Yes, I understand that some high school students work. I worked...during the summers only, though. During the school year, school was my job. And yes, I understand that some poor students have to work during the school year. It is just as common not to do that, though. And would a part-time job count for this? I doubt…

I can’t wait to see how fast the court slaps this down.

Look, this is how gaslighting gets you.

I’d rather teach a complete newbie to shoot than somebody who grew up learning bad habits. Just sayin’.

With a lucrative backdoor poverty—>for profit prison sideline.