A bit of a non-sequitor, eh?

Minimum wage. The Bills charge $600+ for uniforms the Jills aren't allowed to wear anywhere else and profit off of calendars the Jills pose in. They make money off their appearances. Minimum. Fucking. Wage.

So why shouldn't they be paid an hourly minimum wage?

The onslaught of comments re "they choose to do this" kills me. Like all those other jobs people have that are subject to labor laws are forced labor!

These cheerleaders aren't salaried.

If I were Rihanna, I'd be majorly bummed because I'd want to wear this every day. Where else is she going to wear it? Grocery shopping? She can't go to another event in it. I guess she just gives it back to the designer to put in a museum or something. I've never felt such strong empathy for a celebrity ever.

They hang out on my playlists all the time. With Solange, of course!

The boxy shoulders balance her round boobs perfectly. Yes, that sounded very creepy. I don't care, she looks amaaazing.

According to my FB she's out! So glad I "liked" Miley on Facebook. Totally worth the public shame.

She seems good at Twitter and lots of other stuff and bad at talk shows. Being bad at talk shows should be an asset.

I actually wrote an entire paragraph about why I do respect my partner's opinion and understand the shitty situation. I said that even though men might have input, the choice is ultimately a woman's because of very real real-life considerations. You are equating being pro-choice with being sexist.

Thank you so much for this! I've noticed the "women's" branches of a couple organizations I'm involved in make trafficking or literacy their issue. You've given me some insight on why their anti-trafficking efforts seem to fall flat to me. I do volunteer in literacy, but transportation is my thing. Apparently though…

Well. When your doctor cuts you off, and your sketchball dealer is offering you pills or powder, the legal distinction might not be so important. And what makes a substance legal is not the chemistry, but the method in which it is prescribed and taken. Doctors get prosecuted for violating the CSA for doling out the…

Maybe it can be both? Addiction brings out the selfishness in everyone, it seems. But some people are probably more prone to selfishness in the first place.

One friend in his mid-twenties was experimenting and decided to try heroin. Everyone tried to talk him out of it. But he just argued that if it was such an amazing experience, why not try it — once? Like it was skydiving, or something. He ended up quickly addicted to a lesser, heroin-type chemical. He said it helped…

"it's a wholly new category of drug." Painkillers are opiates, heroin is an opiate. I wouldn't say it's a wholly different category of drugs — it's a more potent version of the drug someone may already be addicted to. My ex was a heroin addict who started using painkillers due to an occupational injury. He alternated…

This is a terrible thing for me to say: If his ex really did get an abortion, she must have REALLY hated (or feared, gulp), his ass to not get that 18 years of child support. Or she has a solid income of her own/other plans/doesn't like kids/isn't a gold-digger. Given that he threatened to kill his other kids' mom,…

That is a great story. Also, I didn't know that liking Nelly was uncool, and I'm a terrible snob. I'm slipping.

"Then I'll take him until you're ready." Probably the reason your ex didn't tell you was because you think that would be no big thing for her — to go through a pregnancy and then give her child to her partner to raise. It doesn't sound like you would have respected her decision if she said she wanted an abortion.

The fact that HIPAA obligates medical professionals to protect privacy doesn't mean that other causes of actions don't exist against non-medical professionals for divulging private information. Sorry if that sounds snippy, but this comes up so often on these posts. There are common law actions people can bring for…