What weird about it not that she said: “oh I’m really smart.” Okay fine. It is weird to carry around the number and throw it out. It’s like kids who still remember how they scored on standardized tests. Also, weird to go on and on about how she would be more successful and happier if she were dumber. I know a lot of…

The first isn’t happening either (and most New Yorkers don’t want it to). I’m a New Yorker and married to a big Nets fan. My husband’s first trip out during the pandemic was to that amazing Game 5 that Durant had. And the only reason my husband went was because he was vaccinated and sat in the vaccinated section (this…

Well we know Rege-Jean Page wants it. He has been fairly vocal and clear. Daniel Kaluuya would kill it as he does everything, but he doesn’t need it and I doubt would want to tie what he could do for that many years. There is also Kingsley Ben-Adir, who is in a similar lane to Page, but not quite as high profile.  I…

As a mom of a beautiful biracial daughter, and soon to be baby boy, I hear you on the ridiculous of calling biracial people not X enough. My daughter is black because I’m black. However, I can also tell you as a dark skinned woman, colorism is real. I grew up convinced I wasn’t attractive because my skin was too dark…

Who says he has to be saint to be right here? This is all about white fragility when be confronted with mild criticism from a black person. (Every black person has dealt with it no matter the gender, you call someone out, even mildly and all of the sudden you are aggressive.) We can read even her retelling, where all…

She really is the worst.  I’ll never forget or forgive her for that thumbs down on a minimum wage increase. She did it so glibly.  Maybe she thought she was invoking the ghost of McCain, but he did it to stop a bad tax cut.  

That is why court reform is so important and the rotating terms could work, assuming we also fix gerrymandering and the electoral college. Obama a two-term Democratic president has 2 members on the court, Trump a one-term Republican has 3. Under a term reform Obama would have twice the seats on the court as Trump. And…

Court reform!!! Seriously that is our only option. I saw this as a civil rights litigator. We are doomed otherwise. If you are uncomfortable with the idea of expanding the court, there are other court reform proposals out there, like rotating term limits that would allow each presidency to get justices on the court.…

Not clear in the article above but clear in other sources is this would only cover kids 5 and up.  For us working parents, that means the littlest ones, who are often in preschool/daycare still will not be covered. As a mom to a 3 year old and soon to be born baby. I’m super bummed it is taking this long to get all of…

Agree.  I refer to my husband as Papa sometimes, not because he is my Papa, but we have a three year old. And when teaching kids language you use the terms you want them to use.  So while at 3, she understands that Papa and Mama have other names and what those are, when she was a baby and before she really got…

I can’t see to reply to anyone in the gray. No idea why, I’ve been able to do it in the past. So if you responded but are still gray, and you weren’t trolling, I would respond but can’t. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

So I think the premise that this was a term that was violated in an employment contract is off. According to Disney she got her base pay. What she did not get is the bonus which was based on certain box office numbers and exclusive global theatrical release (even assuming a exclusive US release is possible, is it…

Disney Plus is a global offering. Most replies on the post seem to be using US vaccination as a model. I have already pointed out the limits of our vaccination program. (I now know 3 adult fully vaccinated parents with break through cases and unvaccinated toddlers. These are not break through cases in theory, i.e.…

I think she actually has a hard legal case if there is a force majeure clause, which most contracts do and as a former big corporate attorney I would be shocked if there isn’t one. A force majeure clause allows a party to opt out of portions of contract based on unavoidable and uncontrollable circumstances. So to win,…

I came here looking for this comment. Exactly. It is filled with crazy ideologues who represent a minority of the countries views but are shaping law and policy for generations to come. Court expansion is our only hope. 

So this article might be of interest to you. I read it today:https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/04/18/988142233/opinion-doctors-should-be-more-candid-with-their-patients. I wish the author had taken the time to explain what she was told by friends to make her comfortable that the vaccine was safe.

Ugh. The more stories that come out about the lack of study of the effect of the vaccine on women the more on the fence I am about getting as a pregnant woman. I’m so in favor of vaccines generally. I have every one. My first kid has everyone. I’ve started to get the flu shot every year.

Of course Berk is a white South African, who was born and raised during apartheid. If you think I’m reading too much into his background. He literally has a book titled: “With Signs and Wonders - My Journey from Darkest Africa to the Bright Lights of Hollywood .” If that didn’t already tell you everything you need to…

I know this is Jez, but what is up with the headline? Are we shaming adults for living with family members, especially adults dealing with mental health? It is common in many communities across the world for adults to live with their extended families. As a mom, I actually wish it was more common. Raising a toddler…

Yup. I just don’t see how any European can say “oh racism is America’s problem.” It’s like where do you think the “New World” learned it from? You can’t have a colonial past and pretend you aren’t racist, especially lacking any national reckoning for that past. Just because we talk about it more openly does not mean…