I don’t understand why so many people feel they need to be real life friends with the people they work with. Every once in awhile there are some people I connect with and make the crossover, but it is pretty rare. Other than that, friendly professionalism is fine! Let’s just not be Facebook friends.

I don’t know if she went to the stage more in the last few years because she got tired of working in Hollywood, but I get the feeling that Samantha might have really hindered Kim’s acting career. It can be great to be part of a cultural milestone, but lots of other actors have suffered this same fate of being…

It really is not that different from any other occupation when it comes to getting along with others. You may not connect with your cast mates in private but you better pull it off on screen.

Presidents usually aren’t judged by this. Most of these interactions are extremely private and not made a big deal of by the families or the President. Most Presidents accept it as a solemn responsibility and most families, apparently, are appreciative at the gesture (no family is forced to take this call, I believe…

When they sign up to serve they serve at the command of the President. He is the one ultimately responsible for their lives and their deaths. Many families whose loved ones agreed to serve the interests of the nation at the President’s direction seem to want to hear from the President when they make the ultimate…

I’m an outsider to the military, so I’m having trouble understanding why “holds highest office in the nation” should coexist with “comforting a soldier’s pregnant widow”.

So, wait. She can’t have a surgical procedure without adult approval? Well, I guess as a minor, I would have had to get approval from my parents to remove a tumor, then, too, right? Except I wouldn’t have. Because my parents have no say over my right to control my own medical decisions. Besides that fact, seeing an…

I went to see PSA live when they rolled through my city, and someone in the audience asked them about why they think we need to justify birth control with “oh, it’s got other uses too” when it should just be, “women like sex too, y’all.” And they wholeheartedly agreed - it shouldn’t be about anything other than women…

This is exactly what I think every time some idiot spouts off about sharia.

Yep, those are totally the same things as forced birth. Blatant, unapologetic forced birth.

Yeah, because bodily autonomy doesn’t kick in until an arbitrary birthday? Wtf?

Someone should tell the Republicans they’re embracing sharia law.

Yeeeahhhhh. John Kelly and I were born the same year. We’re both 67. I don’t ever remember women being “sacred.” I do, however, remember being catcalled, harassed, fondled, called names, threatened, and paid less than the men I worked with. He and I are obviously remembering things differently. Gee, wonder why?

“Sacred” is code for not fully human. The same kind of arguments the Victorians made about women which kept us from voting, working outside the home in professional careers (other than poor women who could work for a pittance of what men made), or even having any control over our own bodies. Women were too “precious”…

It has nothing to do with how “hot” you are. I’ve gotten cat called while looking like a hot dumpster fire. I’m short and overweight and for the most part give zero fucks about my appearance. The only thing that has stemmed the catcalls is putting a ring on my left hand. Because god forbid a man disrespect another…

I do wonder how much Orthodox Judaism has influenced her views on female modesty.

Her piece made me want to punch her in the boobs. I was freaking livid. She acted like a complete twat.

I mean, I’m definitely not hot, and I’ve gotten bad harassment, been followed, disgusting comments, etc. I think it has far more to do about location- I only ever lived in cities, but when I moved from NYC to DC, the volume of harassment went way down.

I was with you for a minute there, Mayim, I really was. I, too, have experienced probably less-than-average amounts of sexual harassment and catcalling (though not none, of course, because duh), and I’ve largely attributed it to two things: I’ve always been a homebody, and I’m not hot, just regular. So I get that…