Just the female college students. Dorms used to have midnight curfews for women. 

My next door neighbor (who was a drug addict and possibly mentally ill) also felt that spaying her cat was barbaric. And she felt that keeping the cat inside her home was mean because the cat WANTED to hang out outside. I tried to explain that she needed to either spay or keep the cat inside, but she refused and that…

Or move to an apartment building in LA, with a 24 hour doorperson. 

It wasn’t a nursing home, just a senior center, which I think makes it even worse. The employees were fine letting the seniors get on the bus, but someone saw the bus and called the cops. Apparently the issue was that the Black Voters Matter is a non-partisan organization, but the event was partially organized by the…

According to the article, the senior center usually arranges transportation for them. Someone also posted earlier that one of the seniors drove herself and a few friends to the polls later that day. It’s not a nursing home, just a place to spend the day, so some of them are still pretty independent. I called my…

I’ve been texting on behalf of Black Voters Matter through resistance labs! I’ve been texting voters in Alabama and Georgia. It’s easy, rewarding and you can do it from home: https://resistancelabs.com/

According to the article, the center does typically provide transportation. Also, it appears that this is not a residential facility - just a place for seniors to spend the day, so it’s possible that some of the seniors do not specifically rely on the senior center for transportation like they would if it was a…

Probably because Georgia has three weeks of early voting, so this is something that can be solved in time to get them to vote. Court cases are expensive, and the ACLU are focused on the ones disenfranchising tens of thousands right now. It’s the stuff that’ll happen on election day that makes me nervous. At least…

Republicans may be super Zionists now, but there is still broad general support for Israel among Democrats in office. It’s definitely too risky a political move for most elected officials to take a stance against Israel. As Von Clyerdale said, most Jews aren’t even Zionists. There are a lot of reasons (non-Hasidic) Jew…

Most? With all those seniors on board that bus could have legally classified as a Civil Rights Museum.

My grandma is in a Jewish nursing home in Georgia and I actually called them today to confirm how their residents vote. She said they assist the residents with obtaining mail-in ballots but that some residents have family who take them to vote. I was surprised they didn’t hire a bus, but perhaps it gets too chaotic…

Keep in mind that in their minds, empowering black voters also leads directly to more elected black officials, which would in turn lead to some hellish nightmarescape of a federal government not completely focused on helping rich people to not pay taxes.

That’s so interesting! I heard a podcast episode of 99% Invisible a couple weeks ago that covered Sears kit homes and how the store also used to give out mortgages for customers to buy the land to put the house on. During the depression, they had to foreclose on a lot of homes and lost customers who never forgave…

I wonder if the wires in her brain have crossed and it’s awakened the part of her brain that deals with a mom who wants to protect her kids at all cost. Even though she knows that intellectually there is no risk (and clearly you are an adult). My liberal Massachusetts Dad still needs to be gently reminded that…

You didn’t mention how old your daughter is, but get her the HPV shot and give her a few good insults to hurl at a dude if he’s getting too handsy. 

considering that “society” includes women and Drew only wrote about men, I would say that yes, many of us are still wearing pajamas. Keeping a house warm is expensive and I don’t want to put on my clothes the second I wake up. 

My guess is that the returned ring story was planted by a PR rep, so it would seem less like she paid for the ring herself. 

I would wager a guess that the person who is regularly called the most powerful man in the world is aware that they have more power than an intern. I assume that Clinton thought things were OK because there is no evidence that he coerced or harassed her. The man is 72 years old. He comes from a time when cheating on…

There was a wonderful episode of the Criminal podcast about the Clergy Consultation Service, which was a group of religious leaders who referred women to abortion providers in other states. They estimate more than 250,000 women were helped by them. https://thisiscriminal.com/episode-70-the-procedure-7-7-2017/

He already lied his way out of it.