The budget is going to two things: replacing the money that state legislatures across the country have stopped spending on higher ed, and the recreation of a campus-wide safety net to replace the ruins of our social safety net.

Here’s my contradictory anecdote: Being off of the pill increases my depression, anxiety, and mood swings. I discovered this when I tried an IUD once and also when I went off of the pill to try to get pregnant. I partially blame my post-partum depression on the lack of artificial hormonal balance that the pill gives…

Amen. I am the organizer in the household. My husband doesn’t even try. He will literally just stack things randomly on top of each other. He claims he’s “not very good at it”, but I wasn’t born knowing how to organize - I’ve put thought and effort into it. So I point blank told him recently that he uses his supposed…

There is good news in “flyover country” too. Six of Tulsa’s nine city councilors walked in their Pride Parade this year. Just 20 years ago, Tulsa city council wouldn’t even let the parade have a permit. I wish these kinds of things made the national news.

I came down to the comments to say the same thing.

I appreciate that you mentioned that the main character might be bi but it’s weird to then call it a “lesbian” rom-com.

Note that Sylvia Rivera was also bi, a fact that is often left out in the many histories of the time and has once again been left out here.

Take a half hour to eat and then read part of a book or write a little bit of your own or even just mess around on your phone or even meditate occasionally, all without any other demands on your time. That’s what I do. It’s about the only time in my whole day, between work and parenting, that I get to do that.

We have an old globe that we do this with. I have used it to explain things where an immigrant friend comes from, why some people have different skin or facial features, and even concepts about the planet and weather. It even allows me to explain some things about history, since it’s from sometime in the late 30s or…

Then raise up the voices of the women who are advocating for themselves. Repeat what they say (and don’t forget to give them credit for it when you can). As someone with more privilege, your voice is inherently considered more valuable in our society. Let that powerful voice echo what the less-powerful are already…

Or was fondled by someone who doesn’t wash their hands after they use the bathroom.

I also have an only child. It seems like 18 months to 3 years was when everyone assumed another one would be coming along and couldn’t keep their mouths shut about it.

It can also be painful for someone to ask that because the person/couple in question may not agree on having more kids or may not feel like they can afford to. I want one more but my husband doesn’t; every time someone asks even if I’m thinking about it, it means I have to go through the awkwardness of explaining a…

When my daughter, who was 3 at the time, used the word “responsibility” correctly in a sentence, I realized that I didn’t need to use smaller, simpler words with her. Her vocabulary now that she’s just a little bit older is phenomenal, to the point that sometimes I’ll ask if she wants me to explain a word but she…

Miller’s more coherent, data-driven piece focuses on educated, upwardly mobile (and largely heterosexual) women, who “face the biggest gender gaps in seniority and pay.”

I’ve been wondering that as well. If we’d had some idea, it would have made the scene right before Arya swoops in a lot more suspenseful. Instead, it was like they were trying to figure out what to do next.

Colleges and universities have also been trying to make up for that social safety net that has been shredded in the meantime. I’m pretty sure higher ed in the boomer era didn’t have things like counselors, health care facilities, etc. like many do now. That adds to the value but also adds to the cost; it helps the…

Lots of people I know (including myself) got degrees that we thought would lead to a much better income than it actually did because somehow, in spite of putting in the effort of figuring out whether the cost was worth it, we weren’t able to predict the future. Apparently young college students should not just be…

Some of them were doing that, as shown with Davos feeding people. For those who weren’t, they’re making sure other people are doing it as efficiently as possible. Also, the show would be pretty damn boring if it showed the main characters doing things like taking care of the horses and counting food amounts. If it is…

It’s not that strange to me. For one, his answers to basic questions are cryptic and annoying (e.g. “How do you know there will be an afterwards?”) and also everyone is busy as hell making sure that they are physically prepared for the fight to come. Someone has to cook food, clean clothes, make weapons, etc. etc. and…