annielor
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annielor

I guess you could say... (puts on sunglasses)... she was clueless.

This is why diversity is important in every field and business. It is easy to mistake a consensus for the right choice in any given situation. If we all agree, it MUST be the right thing to do.

A homogeneous group might come to a decision faster and easier, but it might not be the right one.

A diverse group might be

“Among other things, this story serves as an example of why diversity in the newsroom is so important. It isn’t because diversity is charity, or because giving opportunities to people other than white men is a Christlike thing to do, but because everyone has blind spots, and everyone fucks up.”

“TL;DR”

Off topic.

I’ve shared this story during Jezebel’s yearly spooky stories contest (aka Best Time of the Year), but a friend of mine told me that the house her parents moved into has a ghost, witnessed by several family members and medium/plumber. As the story goes, a plumber came to fix something in the basement, after which

I used to smoke on airplanes. I cannot even fathom that!

Cheryl Tiegs used to be a spokeswoman for Virginia Slims cigarettes so I think I'm gonna take a hard pass on her advice for what's healthy.

I guess this is where the age gap comes in when I read Jezebel. I’m 50, my neighbor is 45 and we share a subscription to More. It’s a great magazine, with articles and fashion that appeal to a woman who can’t find relevant info anywhere else.

gail@gailsheehy.com

Liked. Retweeted.

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I wrote to them and said that I wear LE clothes to work, in a job that likely wouldn’t have been available to me if not for the work of Steinem and others. I will continue to purchase from them but next time, I expect them to have the courage of their convictions, especially since they’re a company that’s largely run

I have a ton of their clothes because they’re well made, last forever, fit well, and are appropriate for work. I don’t hate myself. I do have a job that requires me to have a reasonable business casual wardrobe and I don’t want to spend my life hunting down khakis and cardigans, especially when I can just order a new

fuck their ‘what is your dream’ campaign fuck all this

It’s ridiculous that they pulled it, but I appreciate that, while they completely back tracked and sacrificed any integrity they had, they managed to throw in a little shade at the absurdity of the protest.

I wonder what the streak is for number of Funbags in a row where this shirt featured in the comments?

The fact that there is one named Cerberus still shocks me.

The aliens that assisted them had it.