Yeah, I’m sorry, that sounds like high bullshit. America has always had a consumerism problem with people overextending themselves to purchase luxuries they can’t afford. At the same time, there are lots of things that are catching up to us as a society like student loans, the higher cost of living, stagnant wages,…

nevermind. 

I follow a few on Instagram, probably fewer than 20 that I find authentic and honest, and I’ve used their recommendations to buy everything from face wash to a yoga retreat because I trusted their opinion. I’m sure that if you’re only looking at Flat Tummy Influencers, you’re getting a lot of low-rent garbage. 

Your results may vary. One of the companies I consult for does a ton of work with influencers and it’s a substantial revenue stream. 

As you can tell via Fyre Festival’s literal receipts, lots of people who follow influencers can afford luxury destinations. When you have hundreds of thousands or millions of followers, you’re going to have people who will buy what you’re promoting. It’s “live” advertising, I’m not sure why people are so damn angry…

BAHAHA.

Oh wow. Sending all the patient vibes in the world. It’s so draining to have someone like that. 

You can’t be super pedantic if you’re not familiar with the law. EEO uses protected class as a term to signify a specific thing. It’s an EEO term. 
“Protected Class: The groups protected from the employment discrimination by law. These groups include men and women on the basis of sex; any group which shares a common…

That’s cute and wholesome. Which is what family pranks should be? Never understood the joy of doing something genuinely cruel or painful to someone you love. Spritz of water from that rubber band trick? Fine. Making someone think their beloved dog is being taken away? Unforgivable. 

Interesting. Employment law isn’t my specialty, but I recently had to fire an employee in a protected class who was a nice person but just objectively very very very bad at their job and it took 6 months of assiduous documentation, meetings, and follow-ups with the employee to get enough support for HR to allow us to…

But that’s what I mean - HR is there to protect the company’s interests, which is why I’m honestly shocked that anyone would approve the firing of a pregnant employee. 

She announced her pregnancy in November 2018. Let’s say that’s at 3 months, which is when people usually announce. She filed the suit in April 2019, which means she would have had to have been fired sometime between December and March at the latest. How did they document a history of performance issues in a month? It…

What HR professional in a large company would vet and approve a firing of a pregnant employee without a documented history of performance issues or other history of problems? That opens the door for exactly this. 

“I’ve been trying to limit alcoholic beverages over the last few months, since apparently you’re supposed to be able to recollect your nights out by the time you’re 29, but it is fucking boring.”

PSA for ladies lusting after Reformation: they go up to 3X now in lots of different styles. 

There’s no way they can have a form that is the exact measurements of every model they could possibly get. The designer seems dismissive about what so-called plus-size people can even wear. The whole interaction was uncomfortable. 

But more and more retail brands are catching on to the fact that women in the US are now an average size 16, and are changing their size ranges. Tons of huge brands are doing 00-24 and XXS-4X, so if you don’t know how to create lines that can work across body sizes, you’re not going to be able to work for many RTW…

Oh please. Nobody is preventing you from spouting off your idiot nonsense. It’s just that the rest of us don’t have to give it credence, weight, or our equal time and consideration. You have freedom of speech protections from the government. In the marketplace of ideas — you like marketplaces, yes? — some ideas have…

Then it seems like design/fashion schools need to update their curriculum and/or teach a skill set that students can easily adapt to new situations. How good is your training if your graduate can only do one thing one way or if you’re only teaching to the ideal scenario? 

If you’re gonna buy a Poul Jensen Z chair replica, just get one at Wayfair or some other ripoff factory and don’t spend $399 on it.