Well, I’m guessing because *technically* the trip was social, not a work trip. That’s how a lot of this sexism continues to be upheld— all of the real networking and inner workings of the company happen during social time, which they don’t invite the women to. So the women aren’t being excluded at work, TECHNICALLY.

This is baffling. The only stories I’ve read where women die of vaginal bleeding is after they’ve been gang raped. How are they arguing that this happened after PIV sex, I just...can’t.

I guess “rough sex” is the “stand your ground” for sexual-related deaths.

I work in post production, I feel you on the technical terms.

When you meet people for the first time and they shake everyone in the group’s hand but yours because you are the only woman. Legit they drop the last man’s hand, look at me and then smile and nod. OHHOHOHOHOFUCK THAT I just stick my hand out obnoxiously and wait until they get uncomfortable and have to shake it. And…

WORK ON YOUR LAUGH?

I work in education, specifically special education, so this isn’t usually an issue at my school site, though I have seen instances where, say, a male psychologist on the team insists that he is the only person who makes eligibility decisions, when in fact those are team decisions.

i’ve had musicians look really uncomfortable at the prospect of working with me (i’m a sound engineer)

Ah, yes. When I was hired, the job description said X amount of money. I got less then X, tried to negotiate, and was told in a year I would be bumped up. In a year, I got rave performance reviews and told I was doing everything perfectly. However, all of a sudden, “Nobody gets raises or promotions” before 2 years.…

I edit a beer magazine so me and the SO go to beer bars and breweries quite a lot. Every single time the bartender will strike the conversation up with my SO about beer styles, trends, etc. and he’ll have to gesture over to me with while saying “I dunno, I don’t know much about beer. She’s the editor of xxyy magazine.…

I can see this, but I actually feel like they’ll be super excited to see each other at first because each thought the other was dead, and then the reality of everything that’s happened will set in and they’ll realize they really don’t trust each other.

Two toilets was one of the few features that was a drop-dead dealbreaker when I went looking for a house. There is nothing worse than some man (because it's always a man, what are they doing in the bathroom for all that time anyway, why can't they just poop and leave, I don't understand) hogging the bathroom when you…

Yeah, but they don't seem close to meeting each other, and when they do, I'll be surprised if they have loyalties and agendas that, if not at odds with each other, are at least not completely aligned.

That ho over there.

I always thought they looked extremely strung out.

So American Apparel is entering its "at least Mussolini made the trains run on time" phase?

I actually like the fact that AA uses models who were are realistic looking and less photoshopped (shit, I've seen stretch marks on their models before, which is practically revolutionary in this day and age), but I really, really wish they would find different ways to pose and shoot them. The girls are always…

Uniqlo > American Apparel.
It's the 1980s all over again: BUY JAPANESE.

One of the things I've been wondering is whether or not the sisters will like each other when they see each other again. They split on a pretty sour note, and Arya wouldn't be wrong to blame Sansa for their father's death and her subsequent life as a war orphan. That's not fair to Sansa, but it might be true to…

This phrase is the best thing I've heard all week. It's only Tuesday but...I'm confident this one wins.