I get the feeling this movie was mostly about the renaissance of bluegrass for most people (hello from Colorado). But the part of the soundtrack I find most powerful is what you describe here (chain gang). Neat analysis!

One of my jobs is in a state mental institution (I am medical personnel). Every employee is given rudimentary training to de escalate problematic situations, including physical attack. We refresh that training once a year. No patient on our campus has ever been fatally shot (the officers don’t carry guns). Our use of…

Right? People yell at and physically attack medical staff on a regular basis (I work in hospitals). It’s not “smart” because medical professionals can easily kill you. Can you imagine the response if a doctor or nurse stabbed or injected a patient with a lethal dose of meds, because they mouthed off? It doesn’t happen…

I think because I was calm and joking during, the OB felt it was ok to say “You shouldn’t have waited so long, this is a big baby” right after I delivered. It took all my zen not to leap up and throttle her. Nah, we ain’t cool like that.

A hundred hugs.

No, I didn’t realize that would come out sounding so braggy. (No epidural.) I meant that the cultural narrative is “goddess pregnancy, hellish birth” but mine was the opposite. I was really happy giving birth, no screaming. It was the bright spot, even though I hemorrhaged after—but the two weeks before and after were…

I feel swindled by the Pregnant Goddess image I was sold by a few smug moms.

YES. Mr Cherry (white) noticed how many people said this to him and started to get weirded out too. Thankfully strangers know she’s my kid because she came out with my face. I’d deal very poorly with the nanny comments.

Yep! Feeling justified in the decision to stop shopping at WF (after they handed out lunches to LEO in Baltimore). We go to Sprouts now. Good produce, good prices.

It didn’t fully hit me that harassment... I mean “compliments” had nothing to do with me (but everything to do with power) until some guy hit on me all day at a seminar as I was 7 months pregnant. My belly (with wedding band) wasn’t a deterrent. A ring won’t do shit.

Alabama’s governor just had it quietly removed 15 minutes ago. Which makes this all the more dumb, Nikki Haley. Song and dance, shuck and jive.

Makes sense. We were both raised by single parents of the opposite gender, so we must have picked it up from social cues. That, and my weirdly crunchy-yet-sexist childbirth class that stressed the mother’s role while delivering a lot of scientifically unsupported theory (I opted not eat my placenta, to some…

Wow, this accurately reflects how we approach our 3 month 0ld when she gets fussy. I tend toward physical touch/soothing, and Mr Cherry distracts her with noises or silly faces. (Both effective, just different.) It didn’t occur to me that this might be a gendered thing! Huh.

This woman’s face pretty much says it all.

Yep! This is a well-documented phenomenon, people with darker skin have it *much* worse than those of us who are lighter. You can even predict someone’s pay grade by the shade of their skin. (Google colourism.)

Our older golden came with us to a large family Thanksgiving and managed to surreptitiously beg off various dog-haters. He got so much he turned down his kibble dinner (we were shocked and amazed until we figured out why). White faced goldens = con artists.

No joke: today my car broke down and I discovered I did not get a job I need. This made me fucking cry with laughter. All the stars to you.

Not how phenotype works. (My quarter asian daughter looks straight asian.)

Mr Cherry cried at our kid’s first ultrasound, the one where you can kind of see a smudge on the screen. I looked around confused, like, “What the hell is that sound?... OMG, are you CRYING?” (He still cries holding her.) I try not to laugh too hard, I’m not completely heartess.

My last job was in an oncology unit and oncology ICU. Batkid day irked me. Not outrage or anything, just irritation. It’s hard to explain... this shit happens everyday, and to kids who are much less telegenic or white. I dunno. I'm not against this movie, but I certainly won't go see it.