Yeah fuck this guy. He did any and everything to stay in the spotlight and when it backfired on him suddenly he tries to become some noble man who wouldn’t dare exploit his kids?

He’s full of shit. While he was saying “oh I don’t want my kids exploited on TV” he would take the kids out to the very edge of their huge property to play so that the paparazzi could get photos from the road. He was also pitching a reality show called “The Divorced Dads Club” with Lindsay Lohan’s dad Michael Lohan.…

Single mom to just two kids. He acted like a darn child. He barely helped and when he did help he sulked like a child. Kate was very domineering/controlling but she had to be. She had 8 freaking kids.

I didn’t believe you so I googled it and I’m sorry I doubted you because you are totally right. Wow. So wish it was like that here, it could keep the good coffeeshops (which are almost universally tiny in nature) from being overwhelmed with strollers. plus, how cute is it to see a line of prams with sleeping babies in…

had this convo on a different thread a few days ago. it’s a sucky situation cause I want to bring my dog with me when I run errands, it’s exercise for her, gets her out of the house etc, but I fear to leave her outside anywhere, even if I’m just running in to a get a coffee. luckily many stores in my neighborhood…

As a shelter worker, I can tell you that THE number one cause of pets getting lost is the owner leaving them outside unattended. Whether tied up outside McD’s, alone in the yard for “just a few minutes”, or letting them roam the neighborhood, that is how it happens 90%of the time. Whether the dog gets stolen, squeezes…

Of course slaves had moments of happiness in their lives; I’m sure that there were moments of beauty and love that come under duress that are hard to imagine. A book about slaves experiencing happiness would be okay and probably extremely inspiring— finding joy and love in times of darkness would be a powerful book,…

Nobody’s saying that slavery couldn’t be complicated or nuanced—or that you can’t portray it as such even in kids’ books. The problem is that “happy slaves baking their owner a birthday cake” isn’t complicated. It’s as simplistic as “slaves suffering under the lash” but infinitely more damaging.

The fact that Hercules and Delia are cheesing is the least of it.

I am sure some slaves did take pleasure in their master’s happiness. If Stockholm Syndrome can happen to people who have only been captive for a short time, how much worse would it be for someone who was born into captivity? Someone who might even be the child or sibling of their master as well as a slave? It is…

And I’m sure there were moments of fleeting happiness in the concentration camps of Germany, the gulags of Siberia, etc. etc.

Hercules was most likely not super amped about baking George Washington a birthday cake since he actually ran away on Washington’s birthday.

A slave who smiles at his child or looks happily at a blue sky is a different thing from “the only thing that put a smile on Hercules’ face was when Lady Washington walked into the kitchen” (approximate quote). The book shows slaves taking pleasure in their masters’ happiness as if that was their purpose in life. It’s…

Regarding the “lied to” bit - I find a lot of men buy into the idea of the mid-thirties power flip. That the reason they’re not dating beautiful women in their 20's is because hot women all date older successful men - and that once they’re a little older and successful themselves, they’ll have all kinds of dating…

Here’s a glaring omission that many people seem to forget: you don’t need a woman to have a child and start a family! You can adopt as a single parent!

I would hope that if someone was going to use the kitchen facilities at their workplace to bathe out of necessity, they would do it at a time when the restaurant is not actively preparing and serving food in that space. Like, if you must, show up early or stay late. That at least would create a grey area, but this is…

So much uggghhhh. Police have literally dropped bombs on black groups not even half this militant in my home city. The bombing of Osage avenue is an example of what happens to black groups who refuse compliance. The double standard is fucking disturbing. I’m sure these guys will get Wendy’s on the way to station.

Whenever I see stories of child pornography, I’m always kind of baffled at the way we treat preteen girls as victims and vow to get justice, but once the girl hits puberty/is a teenager, she’s suddenly responsible for everything that happens to her and people automatically thinks she’s lying or that her body isn’t…

I have friends in the comedy business in Canada and the word is no one likes her and no one thinks she’s funny and the funniest part about her is her massive ego.

I don’t want to seem like all of the things that are words that that are used for women; they don’t have those words for males.