I think she occupies the position directly between a rock and a hard place. She may be contractually obligated to do promotion for this film and she’s chosen to do so in a way that doesn’t dismiss or ignore Parker’s actions. Perhaps she’s implying that both the film and the controversy it generated because of Parker’s…

Wow, very well said Gabrielle Union.

I can’t imagine the psychological position of having filmed a rape scene informed by one’s own experiences and then to find out that the writer and director who helped create it were also accused of rape. Moral vertigo.

I’m sad that the Toast is gone, but you (and everyone) should know about this wonderful article on emotional labor that they published:

Why are we still pretending to listen to this man? Isn’t he essentially what Dr. Phil is to psychology and Dr. Oz is to GP? Like, sure, at one point they were real people who did real things to help people, but now they’re just cheap hacks desperate to turn as many tricks as possible to make that sweet, sweet…

Yeah, a big factor that people are missing is that these students aren’t little babies who for the first time are being challenged and then pooping their pants at the “real world”. They’re people who have been so consistently oppressed and/or traumatized that they’re literally disabled, and they’re trying to make the…

Thank god I’m a librarian. The day they enforce a ban on Easy Spirit shoes and threadbare cardigans is the day I turn in my retirement papers.

But it's the married *guy* that's key. I remember lamenting the cost of daycare with my boss and his response was, "your husband needs a raise." Or, you know, I need one?

It’s not just the ring. As a hiring manager for a large company, I also Google candidates and troll FB pages. Trust me, if someone is engaged it will be there.

How self-righteous do you have to be to willingly take on more expenses when you’re not being paid very much just so some stranger on the internet doesn’t tear you down for not acting poor enough?

This is a really sad, inexplicable hill you’ve chosen to die on.

That’s the same crap they’ve been saying since WW2.

Wait wait. Let me complete this.

News flash: Not all of us live in the city. Not all jobs are based in the city. If your grandma has a car she can’t drive, offers you its use, and it makes your life easier, you effing take her up on it. That is not an example of a bad decision.

If a woman stands out, she’s “showing poor judgement”?

Why do you assume there’s public transportation to the job? Where some may consider driving a fine automobile to work a luxury, others see having easily accessible public transportation as one.

This is what we were told *in freakin’ law school* 15 years ago, and I still see this advice popping up on legal blogs.

“I have access to a car, but it would be poor judgement to drive that car when I could use public transportation!” Is essentially what you just said.

I think he did try to give Fiorina and Kelly the regular Trump nastiness, but it plays very differently when thrown at a woman. I think it’s easier for people to see it as the bullying that it is. And Fiorina and Kelly are many things, but to their credit they’ve both beat the boys club to reach high levels in their…

Oh my God you’re right. We are all fools to think we will finally get a break from this overstuffed shit sausage when the election ends. That was never the plan.