I have a lot of friends who work for airlines and fly standby often, and there is an expectation that you dress business casual if you’re flying for free. If the rule state no leggings, I’m not sure why people are freaking out about this. I would be happy to wear pants if it meant I flew free.

What a click bait headline! The subsequent info from United clarifies that these girls were NOT paying passengers but, as I used to be, traveling “non-revenue, space available”. Back in the dark ages of my youth, we actually had to wear stockings.

Yeah, so employees and their families should dress as befits the standards of the company for whom they are employed, which is also paying for them to fly? QUEL SUPRISE!!!!

When my sister worked for United, we all had and followed the dress code for people getting basically free flights. And often, she and her kids would end up in first class. I really don’t see anything wrong with this policy. The passengers using the pass should have been aware of it too and dressed appropriately. …

My husband used to work for Air Canada and they had a similar policy, so basically no sandals, shorts, etc. when flying on passes/standby. We had to look tidy and dress code was business casual. I can’t remember if we were allowed to wear jeans but definitely no shorts, sweats, etc. This is not policing young girls’…

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In the Peace Corps they had us pretend to be rape victims during training so in the event we were Sexuality assaulted we would have a heads up.

In high school when we learned Lincoln Douglas debate, we had to sign up for Pro Choice or Pro Life, and then they SWITCHED US.

Why do I love this story so much? I don’t know. But it sure was entertaining.

It takes a pretty myopic person to think that any of these:

I think the difference there is that Bernie was a serious lawmaker before he became a popular celebrity, rather than the other way around.

Crispin also criticizes Lena Dunham, Rebecca Traister, Steinem, HRC, etc. Beyonce, like these other women, has used feminism to boost her brand while raking in millions off the exploitation of others. Her definition of feminism is more radical, as is inherent in black feminism, but I think Crispin’s (limited!)…

Rich + guilt = “upper middle class”

Only two black feminists were named in this article - Audre Lord in reference to self care, and Beyonce in reference to how she’s a capitalist. This is shitty.

I’m not sure how much Jessa Crispin you’ve read, but if you think she jumps on Beyonce while celebrating idiot white women celebrities, that’s just not the case. It’s possible to believe that all of these people — Lena Dunham and Beyonce and Taylor Swift — are complicit in a system that fundamentally abuses women.…

I too did not realize how much money we (didn’t) have till I went to private university. My parents prioritized education period. So my brother and I went to private school and were told, We are investing in your high school education so you will get a college scholarship because we aren’t paying for college. My…

From your avi, you may already know of one — The White Cat. It’s been a long time since I read it, but it’s about a cat that speaks, dresses like a princess, and walk on its hind legs, and the story is similar to Beauty & the Beast.

I’m going to be honest, I think this is a very tough movie to talk about with a feminist perspective, because it’s hard to talk about the wrinkles and nuances in the characters without sounding like you are in some sense either dismissing the text itself, or minimizing the issues on display.

Had a long discussion about this with a bunch of people. It gets pretty messy, but my favorite take is that Belle does not exhibit Stockholm Syndrome (where the victim becomes sympathetic to the kidnapper). Rather, the Beast is the one who exhibits Lima Syndrome, where the kidnapper becomes sympathetic and protective…