Isn’t the entire point of school that you know your child is being minded for like 8 hours so you don’t have to deal with it for at least 1/3 of every day?  Like, I know there are other points of school but that always struck me as a biggie.  Goddamned if I’m going to leave work in the middle of the day to eat lunch…

I mean, it actually makes sense for an urban ikea - a lot of people in NYC don’t have cars, so I don’t know how you get your ikea dresser or bed or dining room table home. I kinda think it’s a great idea, tbh (though I’d still sell the little stuff like plants and picture frames), and might open them up to a whole…

Yes. Thank you. Those both look like exactly what I’m talking about - and it’s so hard to find these brands - you’d never know except word of mouth. (and, Re: the Limmers- I am not based in NH now, but hopefully will be within the year - might be worth a field trip!)

You know, I don’t know much about their corporate structure, they may be affiliated with C&B in some way.  They definitely do textiles/prints as well as clothing.  But I have three cotton (almost-tshirt material ish) shirts from them, and I wear/wash them almost weekly and they still look brand new and are just cut…

I have been wondering about Everlane!  The advertising seems a little ‘too good to be true’ but the styles and price point are definitely right up my alley.

okay I made this comment on a semi-related post earlier, but I would LOVE to start a crowd-sourced list of brands like that, because DAMN they are hard to find.  My personal faves are Liebeskind (purses), Pikolinos (shoes), and Marimekko (clothing) - everything I have bought from those brands has been just lovely to…

I would really love a crowdsourced list of brands that actually make stuff really well (and probably-not-coincidentally don’t have a huge logo slapped on the side). Like, I am happy to put down some reasonable amount of money on shoes/clothes because I don’t buy stuff that often, but you’re right - a lot of times the…

ugh, I know - it was a stupid thing to respond to but I thought I was grey in this thread and it felt good, man.  

Women who take off for family suffer a larger financial punishment than men who take off for family.

get fucked.

The data-monger in me agrees with you, but also thinks that another take of what you just said is that “there are a very few number of ways you can massage the data so that men and women come out even, but most ways of slicing the data show that men earn more than women.” Obviously with something as complex as…

ah, I see. thanks for the explanation. I am surprised that higher paying vs. lower paying jobs deferentially discriminate that much, I guess - I’d expect jobs to discriminate across the board in situations where women had protected maternity leave. And I know that men actually *taking* their paternity leave is a…

I read the headline and just immediately shut the tab.  After a few deep breaths was able to re-open and read.

if you look at countries with strong parental leave policies, they actually have a higher gender wage gap because they have more occupational gender segregation.

parental leave parental leave parental leave! (guaranteed paid maternity leave first, for obvious reasons, but then right after that we need to start fighting for parental leave to de-gender the “sacrificing career to take care of other people” role)

you’re purposefully missing the point. the burden of time off work to take care of kids/relatives(/literally everything else, probably) falls disproportionately on women, and women face a greater financial penalty than men do for the same amount of time off work.

I generally actually kinda like Amy Schumer but if her move Trainwreck is any indication of her general level of...taste - I am terrified to see the clothing she’s designs. I was on a 7 hour flight, that was one of three available movies (and the only one remotely to my taste because I don’t like to watch violence),…

sure, if you ignore consent.

THANK YOU.  I’m not pregnant yet, but I hope to be - I work in an office, but my husband works in a lab that works with Zika.  Something could happen and we can’t construct a world where there is no risk to anyone.  That’s life, man.  Also, congrats!

She said women shouldn’t do anything if it has an 0.0001% chance of hurting the baby, with a side of “sex for money with multiple people feels icky to me.”  I think it’s reasonable to ask what else women shouldn’t do for risk of causing a tiny increase in risk to the unborn child.  E.g., driving, eating bagged salad…