I joined Kinja after years of lurking just to star this comment.

Nor should you be a fan of a major political party zealously pursuing a legal case in order to jail a political opponent.

Well the facts of this issue are pretty straightforward:

Nope. The investigation encompassed her entire staff, which includes many potential fall guys. The unanimous recommendation was that none of them should face charges, not just HRC.

...But are any of the expendable employees facing federal charges?

So Millennial men are less performative of their machismo in this area. Cool, good.

Donald?!

This rings true to me, though I have never been pregnant so I can’t weigh in on that specific experience. But I can say that when I was getting married, I was driven mad by pressure to perform the process for others. I found myself forced to unnecessarily explain things that didn’t need an explanation:

Yea and how you’re forced to have the same convo again and again. “Are you excited” “Omg so excited! Chubby cheeks and little shoes! I love them already!” and God forbid you say “not yet, I’m actually terrified and don’t feel any emotional connection yet”. It’s not so much being pregnant in public as being forced to…

Seriously though, Rebel. Who has the solution for chimples??? Chimples are my nemesis.

Yoko sounds like Phyllis Schlafly.

In general? Sure. But when actively fighting systemic gender bias that makes society more likely to see men as more competent/qualified than women even when they are demonstrably not? Not so much.

The entire piece by the Times is worth a read, it’s a great look at how she would approach her first 100 days and also just a reasonable take on her in general.

Not just with gender representation, but with ethnicity too!

Fox News: Hillary Clinton suggests women belong in Secretarial positions.

It reminds me of that time when RBG responded to the question “When will there be enough women on the supreme court?” and she said when there is 9. It caused a mild uproar that women thought we deserved more than half. Men have had more than half for, what, over 200 years? Women take a third for a couple years, and…

They always crack me up with that “best person” bullshit like the women would be just totally randos off the street. “Hey? You a girl? Good. You’re Secretary of Defense now.” Of course, bros have to be outraged because it is what they have.

Cue the bros outraged that she’s hiring considering gender and not ‘the best person for the job’.

Cabinets full of women > binders full of women.