I told Kara this earlier: the ethnic kids video reminded me of the time my fiancee and I were in an Asian buffet around Christmas and the sound system was playing a recording of what sounded like a gaggle of creepy, extremely sugared-up kids singing Christmas songs but with the subjects replaced to make them way more…

Writing as I read because I have SO MANY FEELINGS about this.

This reaffirms my belief that old white men do not fucking understand the concept of personal space.

Texts from Kara:

one direction is better than john mayer

My husband was trying to land a new account on the East Coast (we live in the Midwest). The account manager knew he and two other people would be flying in to pitch. What meeting time did he offer my husband? 4:30 on a Friday. Really? They dutifully checked flights, there was nothing that would get them out and home…

I have arthritis and the mornings are the worst. Even though I wake up before 6 AM naturally, getting to work before 9:30-10:00 AM is not realistic. I need to warm up, stretch, take care of myself before I can even think of leaving. Point is, many people deserve consideration in the workplace, not just parents.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who had this reaction. I'm also childless, and my second thought after reading this (and after thinking, "Jesus, what a terrible person!") was that now she's a part of TeamMom, she's going to start treating employees without kids like shit. You can see the seeds of it in the editorial, as…

That was exactly my reaction when this article started popping up in my FB feed. Sure, now she's super sympathetic to moms... because she is one. She just sounds like a horrible manager (and not terribly nice person all around) who's only changed her attitude toward one group of people she treated like shit because…

My boss, a mother, posted this on social media saying that all the single working women needed to take note. Which pissed me off, because what, does she assume we're all like this woman until we have a baby? I have some sense of compassion and understanding without having a child of my own, and why doesn't she call…

You're half right! Now that it's happened to her *and she can profit from it* she can empathize. :p

I read this article the other day and look, I'm glad that she understands the perspective of mothers (and I should say, parents) now that she has a kid, but there is something about this that really rubs me the wrong way. I'm a childless woman and I've worked in a supervisory or co supervisory role with all types of…

I'm pretty sure there's some germ warfare going on in there too.

She sounds like she was pretty much a dick as a manager if you DIDN'T have kids. For fuck's sake people, some of us have lives, hobbies, OTHER family members we like to spend time with. Companies have stopped giving a shit about any of us... why do they think we'll continue to sacrifice everything, and kill ourselves…

I don't have children, but I still give the side eye to people who'd prefer to stay late at work, despite the fact that everyone else can accomplish the same work during normal hours.

Glitter is the herpes of crafts.

I should call the FBI into the heightened threat environment that is my first grade classroom. There's always glitter all over the place (and glue and paint, call in the marines).

Pro-lifers like to bombard people with bloody fetus dolls, so I think the use of glitter by pro-choicers is perfectly justified (and fabulous).

more of a fool than someone who reports an envelope of glitter to the FBI for investigation and possible charges?

No, it does not. It makes him look like someone who deserves a glitter-bomb.