I don’t think it’s the othering that bothers me as much as the fact that it’s a qualifying term. You’re hot... FOR A MOM

There is nothing that squicks me out more since I’ve become a mother than being referred to as a MILF especially if the person who says it isn’t my partner. It’s othering for one thing. And we were using this term in middle school can we move on yet?

“Evelyn! EVELYN! I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to kill your son."

First thing I thought of, lol. Jesus, though, can’t they just let these amazing female athletes just be athletes? They’re competing in tennis not pouring goddamn tea.

Agreed!

I don’t think the problem is that it’s unfunny, but what it implies.
SCOTUS rule was something really important for women’s autonomy and health, and in the Twitt those same women stopped being subjects of the ruling and became passive objects to be used by the assumed readers (women still watch TDS!). It also…

I feel like he is sociologically tone deaf.

Even though Trevor Noah probably didn’t have anything to do with the tweet, this post still reminds me of how downhill the show has gone since John Stewart left. It’s cringe inducing.

i wish i were still teaching. i wish i could be good to kids still. they need it.

You sound MUCH MORE like my educator friends than MisfitToys does. For this I am relieved.

There is a difference between being frustrated and blowing off steam and being a petty and hateful human. I have plenty of friends who are educators who express their exasperation without being demeaning pricks. If your job is making you this bitter and jaded then maybe it’s better for everyone to realize you aren’t…

no, teachers aren’t saints, and neither are kids. but as a former teacher, i am appalled that you think if it would’ve been ok had i EVER said any of these things aloud, or in writing.

Everyone blows off steam, but do it verbally, off of school property (digital and physical), and to someone who has nothing to do with your job. This level of unprofessionalism and awfulness (especially about harming kids) is RIDICULOUS.

So expressing a desire to physically harm a child under your care and calling them fucking idiots is totes cool?

:_(

Really sorry about your cousin.

Honestly, when it comes to overdosing, I hope more people learn to speak up, even after the death. My cousin’s funeral was a complete sham, and his parents insisted on telling those not in the very immediate family that he had died from a heart issue. It was very traumatic for my husband and I because all we wanted…

Yeah. I actually think it’s a good thing to see people in the public eye evolve on stuff like this. Nobody is perfect, and having role models who demonstrate that being wrong and then coming around is not the WORST THING IN THE WORLD is nice.

‘Alleged misconduct’ maybe? ‘Sex scandal’ connotes an affair between adults. I understand that your hands are tied legally on using the word ‘rape’.

Unless you’re fat. Then he’s kind of shitty.