I liked it. A lot. It is weird and off putting and I absolutely think it's deliberate. I also think this is somewhat of an answer to the idea that women should only worry about what body type will make a penis happy. I've only watched it through once but the impression that it leaves with the quick cuts is that there…

I like s.e. smith but she is (or was) a regular contributor to xojane as well and frankly, how many questionable sites is too many? Thought Catalog is a navel gazing pit. The quality of some of the writing may be good but the few times I've attempted to read everything with an interesting title/premise I ended up…

Yeah well some us of had no decent family and so we tried to make our own to feel safe and loved. But stupid teenagers amirite?

Thank you for explaining that! The extent of my info on Islam is pretty much Mecca, Ramadan, and multiple prayer times during the day. :) So really, not much.

Thanks! This was mostly a very rational thread. Only dismissed two straw men, so my day is set. :)

Yeah, that's the problem in my mind. Luckily, this guy has a leg to stand on because the initial request was based on a protected issue. So go him. I think all service industry workers should have protections from bullshit like this. I worked at a restaurant about 15 years ago, and got a shift covered and the guy…

Thanks for the perspective from up North. I am not a lawyer, nor have I worked in the service industry in New York so I don't know how this will end up. But there is a huge potential for this to become all about "awful Muslims" instead of lying, unethical employers.

Here's the deal, short and sweet. He only had to leave for hours because they scheduled him on a day he said he couldn't work and they reneged. Had they provided the promised scheduling accommodation, he wouldn't be leaving for hours during a shift, he would just be working a different shift. He was, by coming in at…

It's ladies so it's not real sports. /puke

If they can't make the accommodation they shouldn't promise it, end of story. You, unfortunately, fall into a category of people for whom there are no protections (as I mentioned above). It is completely unethical to hire someone, promise to make scheduling accommodations and then screw them over. Once you have been…

Wooooo! Woooooooooooooooo! Woooooooo!

I think you are getting hung up on the religion thing. Because there are protections for it, it is being used as the platform to address reneging on promised accommodations. He accepted the job based on those accommodations and they were able to follow through for a time. If you a hire a dishwasher with a disability…

Oh, the look on her face as she proposes just hits me right in the eyes. Happy and nervous and loving. I want to show that face to people who think this is a bad, sinful thing. She's just lovely and glowing.

I think that's kind of irrelevant. He was clear about his availability prior to his hiring. And that was respected for a short time. Think about it in the context of a student rather than a Muslim. Student interviews and at the interview says my class schedule is such and such. I can work around those days/hours. Two…

Denisewinters answer is better than mine, I got a bit confused there.:)

It's loooooooaded with history and bias. A little girl with natural hair was suspended from school (I believe) for being "unkempt" when she had little Afro puffs. Tis was sometime last year I believe. And has been used to describe natural black hair regardless of the actual state of the hair in question.

I own these jeans. I bought them for $4 at a SPCA thrift store. They are only for work because they are not good.

Well honestly! Everyone knows it's Tutu TUESDAY not Friday.

You have helped me to pinpoint what it was, for me, that was so frustrating. It was like I was getting in the way of their script with my can't-even-do-this-right needs. Like I was failing at everything including being upset. It felt like being told to calm down in a situation in which an emotional response was…

I miss Post Secret but a couple of years ago (I think, I'm sketchy on the time frame) one of the Sunday secrets was something like "I enjoyed my rape." I can't remember the phrasing but I do know it was NOT about involuntary orgasm. Regardless of its authenticity, I think it should not have been posted. Yes, I get…