Kansas resident here. We have what is considered some of the toughest food stamp regulations in the US, and they are horrendous. Recipients must work 20 hours a week, if there are children in the home of a non-working parent then only the children receive benefits. Many part-time workers find their hours cut and must…

No, he had a visa which was tied to mine (which had a 6 month renewal to it). Yes, I know all of which you speak, I was there for a long time. But! My point is that to expect other countries to employ vast amounts of your citizens as well as their spouses and not offer in-kind agreements is poor diplomacy. Jobs for…

I was actually working for an Indian company who was in partnership with a Singaporean company. So a bit of both. My point is mainly that one should expect a certain amount of reciprocity in such arrangements. While India has innumerable impoverished elements, the business world is exploding and jobs are plentiful.…

It would also be nice if India would grant the same protections for spouses of foreign workers. I worked in India for 3 years, and my spouse had 0 opportunity to work. In addition, my visa process was never solid, and I was raked through the coals every 6 months to maintain my status. I think both countries need to…

This makes total sense to me now. Millions of lifetimes ago I was dragged to a taping of the Jerry Springer show as a joke. After the show he shook my hand and caught that I was visibly repulsed. He looked really hurt. I felt bad for recoiling.

I recently signed up for a homestay website (staying with families or groups in exchange for a skill while on vacation). I was shocked to see how many ads dominated the space for childcare and housework. Homestays are traditionally   an equally fun experience for the traveler and the family alike- a cultural exchange…

I worked at the Glessner House Museum in Chicago about 17 years ago as an intern. Her dusty dioramas were in storage at that time, though they were often lent out and started gaining more notoriety around then. The house museum had one of the most complete Arts and Crafts collections from the period the house was…

The thing is that it’s usually not so brazen as whipping it out. The rich and varied ways we get harassed is mind blowing.

I was actually fired a few years back for complaining about the incredible harassment I was facing on a jobsite by some contractors hired by my firm. I live in a right-to-work state and the minute I went to HR I knew I was out of there. They were deemed ‘more necessary’ than myself, as finding competent installers is…

Every architecture firm I have worked at has been populated by hoardes of arrogant, sexist, and oft-times harassing men. I have sadly concluded that it is a part of this very ego-driven profession. The male architect “god complex” is real, and the women adjacent to it suffer the consequences.

If you click on the link, the promo gives credit to products, not the interior designer. That will come in the long-form article, but not here. Most will never see the article. I’m a designer, and this stuff gets old.

Oh Look! Another celebrity casually taking credit for the hard work of teams of interior designers.

Back when I was in interior design school, I would obsessively look at the Kenzo website for inspiration. This was in the early aughts, and they were 10 years ahead of their time then in regards to graphic design and overall visual flow. We feel you, Taylor.

Catty comment from an interior designer: the folding station is too small to be functional, looks like a baby changing station, and clashes with the greige paint.

I was disturbed at how something so obviously confidential was made SO public. Doesn’t HIPPA apply to the dental profession? Gross, on several levels.

They still do this in the tiny Iowa town my father inhabits. Truth.

I was infertile for 20 years, coupled with a few miscarriages in my early 20's. When living in India I was encouraged by my doctor to get B-12 shots weekly. At this point babies were he last thing on my mind. Thanks to those magical $2.00 shots (only in India!) I became an accidental single mom at 38. No regrets. I…

My father was an art professor. He has so many stories of frat bros joining his classes to see nude models, or of fellow professors using their power and privilege to take advantage of the models and students alike. There are so few social boundaies in the art world and so much of it is fueled by macho misogyny that…

I was pleased to know the inventor of the crock pot. Downer Dykes was a motorcycle riding outlaw inventor who happened to be married to my Jr high school English teacher. RIP Downer.

Interior Designer here. Have you looked at Joybird? They have special cat-proof fabric and fab mid-century looks in your price range. My father has one, and I can vouch for the quality.