Dr. Phil and his producers are absolutely innocent! What’s he supposed to do? Screen guests to be sure they are sober before they come on? Give them time to sober up before taping? Breathalyze them off screen first? Advocate for them knowing their privacy rights beforehand? Make their privacy waiver clear and concise?…

I do agree about the doom and gloom. Especially when we can do things to help. Never report a negative climate or animal story without telling people what they can do to help. Ask me (anyone) if you’re unsure. It’s what I do!

Not that I expect much from an Alabama Democrat, but Doug Jones stated that investigations and discussion about sexual harassment allegations in government is a huge waste of time and that we should “Focus on what’s important”. Source: Guardian UK. I hope Jezebel covers this and calls him out. We weren’t hypocrites on…

I read the article so yeah, I agree. But when he throws a pity party for “Young angry men”, that’s code for “Women can go get fucked”.

Hey, Bono. Oh, and she can dance too, you untalented windsock.

EXACTLY.

Our lead campaign at the moment is called Poverty Is Sexist. And there is another one called Girls Count. About 130 million girls can’t go to school who want to go to school.

Comment of the century. ✨✨✨

It would be really, really useful to ask a huge number of high school grade school kids and adults in workplaces to (anonymously) point out the bullies. (Not sexual harassers. Obviously it overlaps but for now just plain bullies). If there is a massive consensus of who they are, have personality tests done on them.…

Spaced-out seating. A Death Ray to remove people who kick my seat. Sorry, ZERO seats behind me. Immediate removal of kids who run. Removal of kids who throw things. SILENCE. Extreme enforcement of all the above.

You are far, far nicer than I. I would have said “I’m going to go home and say a Wiccan prayer for you” (then I would have felt bad for saying it because any Wicca priestess would say we shouldn’t use this belief system to seek revenge). 🙄

My first year of grad school I had a 50 minute drive every morning. I was always in a cold sweat about 20 minutes from the school parking lot and the only thing (at least I thought) I could keep down was water and a smoothie. Nope. The first 2 weeks, every time I got off that highway ramp, at the first stop light I…

Former wildlife rehabber here. That shit is SERIOUS. A woman found a paralyzed skunk in the woods behind her house, convinced her kids had harmed it (she was red-faced livid) because they were throwing rocks at it. I saw the poor thing having a seizure and I told them “I don’t think it was the kids” and I encouraged…

Oh well, at least he fucking tried. When you have a shit character to deal with, asking them questions is, from a cognitive science perspective, far more revealing and constructive than making statements. And this needs to be on men to ask them. Now he just needs better questions. Personally, I’d like to thank him for…

Oh, lordie. That sounds like EXACTLY the bullying, mean-spirited, manipulative bullshit I get from my mom and sister. I moved out when I was 17. My life was poor, unsafe and unstable. And it was the best decision I ever made. You go, girl! Protect your good kids and never get sucked back in.

Wow, great defense. What law school did you attend?

Double comment for Patrick. 🙂 Re: Please and Thank you. I appreciate this. I worked in retail and (as a nature guide) with the public for a long time. The underlying message is basic respect. No, not compassion. I don’t want your “empathy”. I’m a grown-ass woman working full time and supporting myself. Be polite,…

I appreciate this. I worked in retail and (as a nature guide) with the public for a long time. The underlying message is basic respect. No, not compassion. I don’t want your “empathy”. I’m a grown-ass woman working full time and supporting myself. Be polite, keep your grubby paws off of me, give me space, don’t storm…

How perfect that NBC creates rules that blur the distinction between consensual and unwelcomed. While I get why it’s legally necessary to ban workplace romance, if they gave a single flying shit about their employees they should have first drawn an extremely clear distinction.

I work seasonally and end up in a slump too. 😑 I hope you feel better. I totally get it though.