Obviously a bit of bias. In the survey, Muslims refers to all those who identify as Muslim (from the strictest Salafist to the most liberal culturally-identifying, but non-practicing, Muslims) whereas white evangelicals only refers to a subset of white Christians. At 52% accepting of homosexuality, American Muslims…

I disagree — I don’t think it was a faux pas at all. Pope Francis has made social justice and a fight against poverty the main focus of his papacy, and I can’t think of a mainstream American figure who embodies those causes more so than Dr. King. Don’t think Pope Francis is so fragile that he can’t understand the…

Go on and take several seats. I’m a white lady in yoga pants who’s lived in Charlottesville, and not only am I not insulted, but I see a truth in everything he said.

Maybe it’s because I’ve been binge watching Mad Men lately, but I think the psychology behind branding/brand loyalty is so interesting!

I’m honestly super confused by the comments in these threads. It’s been many, many years since I’ve seen the big “C” Coach purses for sale. Every time I pass a Coach store it’s all classic leather with the horse and carriage design. I have two Coach pieces that I adore; both are simple designs with great quality. 

I promise I’m not on Coach’s payroll, but I really need to defend them in this thread. A lot of people still have the mid-aughts image of Coach stuck in their heads, but haven’t really been doing the printed C logo thing for at least 6-7 years.

Coach hasn’t really been doing the giant “C” logo since the mid-aughts. Their stock over the past few seasons has been simple, classic leather. They are worth revisit.

I mean, yeah, but except for being in an inclosed metal box, I’ve dealt with all that shit when I waited tables but yet I managed to never lose my shit with any of my tables. Flight attendants aren’t the only customer service jobs where you sometimes have to interact with jerks, and I having a bad day on the job is…

I still don’t get it.

There was a really good New Yorker article a couple years ago about how a Supreme Court case on contraception called Griswald v. Connecticut was argued on the basis of privacy, not equality. When going to the Supreme Court, the Roe v. Wade lawyers decided to frame their argument off of Griswald and make a case for…

I have never studied or worked at a place in the US whose dress code only addressed women.

Also, the mother asking about his parents is a way to figure out which traumatic event to use to lull him into the sunken place.

If they ask for transcripts, you should include them. If USAJobs flags any part of your application as “incomplete”, it won’t be referred onto a hiring manager.

This is for a Foreign Service Specialist (FSS) position, which is different from being a Foreign Service Officer (FSO). FSOs are generalists and are the ones that tend to do the wonky political and diplomatic work. FSSs do more technical and administrative work. For example, embassies need talented ICT worker, but…

The story dragged, the score was just Hamilton leftovers, and the cutest character (Pua) was barely in it at all.

Rewatch the Nov 11 episode. He literally told her that the reason she didn’t laugh was because she couldn’t take a joke which is “why we lost this election.” The bit in piece starts at the 37:30 mark.

Typical conservative snowflakes and their “safe spaces.”

Maher is the worst. Did anyone see the episode right after the election with Ana Marie Cox? Maher made a tired joke about women being catty, and Cox didn’t laugh. He immediately jumped on her, saying that she’s too uptight and PC, and this is why Trump won. His takeaway wasn’t that he told a joke that didn’t land, but…

This makes me sad because I always thought Alexa Ray was beautiful. She has a very striking look.

I’ve seen it, and it makes me seethe with anger. It’s the same people who trip over themselves to condemn the US government, while glorifying dictators so long as they are leftist dictators (like, all the people who would try to defend Hugo Chavez because he gives lip-service to Palestinians and told Bush to fuck off.)