Your response is proof of the attitude that I’m talking about. Helping your kids succeed is about a lot more than making sure they go to a good school or know how to take care of themselves. It’s also making sure there is a society that allows children to grow and prosper as adults.
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I wouldn’t worry too much about your Senators but calling your state and local representatives is super important. Statistically, your opinion matters more, and they deal with a lot of the issues that are more likely to effect you day-to-day.
Same here. The women largely do it out of concern for the world that we’re raising our kids in, or that other people are having to raise their kids in. Men don’t seem to feel the same responsibility toward their own children or other people’s children. Or they do one thing and think that’s enough. Meanwhile, the women…
My grandmother didn’t have just one kitsch-y thing like this in her kitchen - she had an entire wall of them. The lady on the Niagara Falls cup even looks just like her best friend.
That’s just the price you pay when you’re pansexual, right?
Even here in deep red Oklahoma, 1/3 of registered voters are registered Democrats. Unfortunately, many don’t vote that way because the prevailing narrative is that this state is irredeemably red so they think their vote will be canceled out by conservatives and don’t bother.
You seem to be making the incorrect assumption that only dumb women can be victims of domestic abuse.
Pedantic, background point: Indirect costs are an actual thing in research grants. There are the direct costs - what it will cost to complete the specific study, e.g. paper, test tubes, study personnel’s time - and the indirect costs, which are basically overhead.
Yet another example of why this two-party system doesn’t work.
As a mother, this picture is making me cry. As a white woman, I don’t see how Dana Schutz’ painting is adding anything to the discussion.
Besides donating to local groups in red states, who do more for the day-to-day issues that effect us than the national groups can or do but are woefully underfunded, the best thing you can do is emotionally support those of us who are here and fighting by reminding us that you’re with us and you aren’t going to…
Or those of us who are LGBTQ in the Midwest could get some help from people in more comfortably liberal states on fighting against issues like this. But sure, suggesting people leave their homes and communities is a much better idea.
Yes, that is a fairy tale. Most white Americans’ ancestors that came here before the 1900s came over on boats, came through whatever port they landed in (only a small percentage landing in New York), then hung out in the country for awhile before applying for citizenship at their local courthouse. The idea that they…
I’m in.
Relevant anecdote: I had back surgery for scoliosis as a teenager. As an adult, I once went to a doctor for some acute back pain. I just wanted to know some stretches or something like that that might help. The doctor asked how often I have back pain and I casually responded “every day”. He gave me a prescription for…
That’s too black-or-white in my opinion. As someone who has struggled with self-care for a long time, there is a definite effect on my immediate community when I actually take the time to do what I need to do for myself. It may not be intended to effect them, but it does, so should it be discounted entirely?
I agree. What I understood from this interview is that she thinks we should smash everything and start over. That kind of thinking is simplistic and dangerous. At the same time, revolting against the system in thoughtful ways will absolutely make a change. We just have to make sure that it is the right change.
Yes, everyone does need to take care of themselves as a human being. Yes, capitalism makes that difficult, if not impossible.
My biggest objection, honestly, is this idea that a revolution will fix everything. No, it will not. We will still all be the same deeply flawed individuals who grew up in a deeply flawed society and it’s deeply flawed system. None of that gets erased if you, say, tear down all the individualized apartment buildings…