I’m in the middle of that now. My hair is long (just past shoulder length) and I’m being told it’s unprofessional. But since I have very curly hair, I can’t cut it short without looking like a demented bichon. There is no winning with people.

I got a blow out before an interview recently in the hopes I’d appear more professional. I have very curly hair. It’s crazy that I even thought I needed to do it but the truth is people equate curly hair to crazy, unprofessional or unkempt.

You mean negative value? Someone recently pointed out to me that in the majority of teen make-over movies the protagonist starts out with frizzy, curly hair, and then when she’s made over it’s stick straight. SO WEIRD.

True story - my mom and grandma have curly hair. My grandma had always gotten shit at jobs for her hair. When she finally got a union job, she wore a straight wig for her entire probationary period (a few months?) ad then the day after her probation was up, she wore her real hair to work and they couldn't say a damn…

I’m so tired of my curly hair not being “nice” or “professional” enough. It’s so ridiculous that curly hair has some kind of weird value attached to it.

We wouldn’t be having so much trouble with ignorant fucks thinking those fake Planned Parenthood videos are somehow real if education weren’t so severely gimped.

So basically white *poor* Americans, which is hardly surprising. Impoverished people are consistently a class of Americans who get left behind on medical and mental health care, including whites.

Just turned 45. Is my advanced degree going to save me?!?

So to dig into the theology a little, that line in the Bible also says the husband’s body belongs to his wife. There’s nothing in that verse that suggests women don’t have equal say when it comes to what they do with their bodies together.

It’s almost as if someone or some document urges them to adopt a morality of a bronze-age, tribal society.

Seeing things like this reminds me that I have had very limited experience w weird predatory internet behavior and for that I am forever thankful.

Oh, I remember that. It was an older car. Why on earth would you sell it to buy a car with unknown issues?

This makes me SO ANGRY. I read an article not too long ago about a woman who, due to circumstances, actually owned a Mercedes and ended up needing public assistance. This poor woman was so embarrassed, but her car was paid off! Shit happens, and this whole “why does someone poor deserve ANYTHING nice?” mentality…

A lot of people don’t seem to understand that middle classed people can become poor. Should they sell off all their nice possessions and dress only in rags once they fall on hard times? Sometimes it’s actually a better financial decision to keep the nicer car, especially if it’s older, reliable, and fully paid off.

You just ignored what everyone else had to say about lack of skills, time, and energy, didn’t you? There’s also something the poor face that you and your white collar wife don’t: decision fatigue.

Healthy food goes bad fairly quickly. If time/transportation is a factor it’s damn near impossible to keep fresh fruit/veggies even if you can afford them.

...and perishes quickly. To incorporate fresh foods into one’s diet requires more frequent trips to grocery, and that’s assuming that someone isn’t in what’s called a “food desert” where there’s no access to fresh produce within a certain distance.

It’d be better if poor people enjoyed the same tax breaks and loopholes that the ultra-wealthy do. OH WELL.

FUN STORY: Last week I was standing on the street trying to make a phone call and some random dude walked up to me and tried to talk to me while I was on the phone.

I think I have a whole series by this author!