No, you’re right to talk about it that way. The way the ideal world should work is sadly very different from most people’s realities (specifically anyone who is not white and straight and male.) People, children especially, need to be prepared to live in reality, regardless of how wrong it seems. Last week, people…

Yeah. Agree. I understand when ads come under fire for missing the mark in an offensive way (like the Pepsi one, I guess), but mocking and rolling our eyes at every well meaning effort, just because it isn’t a total bullseye, feels counterproductive. I know this was just a silly little sarcastic article in classic…

This isn’t particularly mind blowing, but it’s not bad. We don’t have to shit on every piece of advertising that tries to empower.

I’m sad that all of these powerful A-list actresses waited for someone much less powerful to come out before they shared their stories.

You make a great point inside this comment - emotional is almost always conflated with illogical [or irrational] - when it’s coming from a woman.

It’s absolutely not on the woman - it’s on both partners. Realistically, there’s only 3-6 months where having a baby should put more burden on the woman than on the man. Once she’s recovered, the parenting burden should be on both parents, and the grueling lifestyle + family considerations fall on men and women.

I understand that and I agree. I don’t think that solves for inherent biological differences that force women to shoulder the physical (and by unfair extension, parenting) burden.

When you find a way for men to bear children, let me know! Would love to pass that off to my husband.

I don’t feel that way. I’m an executive at a well known company in the technology industry with 2 kids. As self important as we can be in my industry, little to nothing of what we do is life or death. Almost anything can be pushed off to “later” or “tomorrow” to accommodate a doctor’s appointment, school function,…

I agree with this assessment so fully - it’s super precious and unrealistic to think we can all have what we want, when we want it and most importantly, HOW we want it. I just think that practically speaking, it often works out that women make choices and men don’t, and that part isn’t fair. There is obviously a…

I don’t think this person is making a case for less surgeons and medical professionals. I think they are saying that choosing a career that requires intense commitment and focus may mean forgoing the ability to have kids. This applies to both genders, not just women, although men are certainly and unfortunately…

Maybe life is such that people cannot have everything. To the OP’s point, choices have to be made, and perhaps choosing to be a surgeon means choosing not to have children. I’m always a bit surprised at our inability to acknowledge that we can’t have everything we want.

CLASSIC TV.

Same. I make bank but am anxious and unhappy at all times. Money is wonderful, but it can also be a trap that keeps you tied to something awful

IE garbage come through!

Yamma kipee yay bo!

It makes me sad that we assume anyone displaying an American flag would be a racist Trumperoonie. I sort of think that too, but it shouldn’t be that way.

Well, when black mass shooters kill black people, it’s generally referenced like “the club got shot up” or run of the mill gang violence. It’s not framed as an event as much as it is framed as “everyday life in the hood.” I’m not making a judgment on this, just elaborating on the difference in how I see these crimes…

It’s just classic attention seeking behavior from a generation of celebrities who have mastered precious, superficial concern for all causes / all people as a vehicle for self promotion. This behavior could also be summed up as Lena Dunham syndrome.

God I hate this attention seeking garbage campaign. Just fucking donate and go away.