There was some bad hair-band video in which a woman kicks some dude in the balls after he does something bad to her—I remember laughing at it as a kid and my super-feminist mom telling me that balls-kicking was akin to rape. Rape! I will never forget how shocked I was even as a child to hear my mother say that.

They can divide us because they have the upper hand. Rich, powerful white men rarely (if ever) are divided, and if they are, who cares? They’re running it!

“It’s disgusting how easily they can divide us.”

However, Calvin is white and middle class :-(

I mean the real question here is why didn't she just leave the kids with her Nanny, Chef, or Chauffeur?? It just makes no sense.

I was always at the park by myself when I was 8... for hours on end, be back before dark! I mean, usually, I was with friends... but still. This seems like a HUGE overreaction

It's already extremely difficult (and expensive) to be poor in the United States, and in certain states, it's even more difficult than others. Of course, if you haven't experienced being poor, it seems like the average person just falls back on the ancient "it must be their fault" nonsense, even if it's only to…