Exactly. I wouldn’t defend sexism in the Middle East, certainly that part of the world has its share of sexism...but it’s not like America is the land of the sexism-free. It AIN’T.

While there is no shortage of sexism in the Middle East, certainly the sexism pervasive here and elsewhere is not entirely the result of differing gender expectations in foreign cultures. We plain Jane white Americans sure have enough of it too.

Hey don’t equate us sophisticated news consumers (I like to think or at least pretend I fall in that group) with people who read The Economist. Because although I have a very good friend who works there, honestly, most of it is neoliberal pro-capitalist bullshit. Also I live in Taiwan and they can’t seem to properly…

Seriously...I just...I mean it’s shitty to have to fire people, it’s shitty to be in the position where you have to lay people off. But to then go out of your way to do it in the cruelest possible ways...

I wore fuchsia dupioni rough silk with gold Chinese brocade and a cream and gold Japanese obi embroidered with cranes and peonies at the back (I had it all tailored so the beauty of the fabrics came out but the design did not reek of cultural appropriation, just appreciation of gorgeous patterns).

For the cheaper dresses, sure...you get what you pay for. You pay peanuts, you get crap.

I just thought “why don’t they call it Frappy Hour” then thought “wait that sounds...not right”

In Taiwan even the Chinese is pushed around - a “tall” is a “medium” in Chinese, and a “grande” is a “large”. A venti is an “extra large”. I think a true “small” is available if you ask.

But I see the logic, by Taiwan standards the tall is what they’d think of as a medium. The grande is considered huge by local…

No reason to feel sorry about my experience. My point is, what works for one kid doesn’t always work for another, and so one parenting strategy is never, just by the nature of parenting individual children, right for everyone. It may have worked for your family but it was a disaster for mine, so it can’t be touted as…

I hate green bell peppers. They have to be red, orange or yellow. If you serve me green bell peppers I will pick them out. I may send the dish back as their nasty flavor infects the rest of the food they are cooked with.

Avoid okra, natto and Chinese shanyao.

I tried chicken sashimi once. Yes, you can get that in Japan.

I don’t bake cream into my quiche. A touch of milk and whisk the eggs like I would to scramble them (the milk helps them fluff, you could use water too). I make a mean one which is basically lamb with onion and tomato in a Persian inspired seasoning (mostly cumin, other stuff too) and just lots of eggs poured in a…

sweet and sour pork is a real thing. it’s made differently in China and Taiwan, but it is really Chinese food.

Was effective for me once “eat it or go hungry” was proven not to work, and I learned that it is possible to call your parents’ bluff. I may have been famished that night and the next - I don’t think I ate for 2, 3 days because I WOULD NOT EAT GREEN PEPPERS NEVER NEVER NO - but I won. “You don’t have to eat it, but…

That’s not very logical. You won’t necessarily eat something even if you are very hungry. I would rather go to bed lightheaded from hunger than eat a green pepper, lima beans or okra. It is not healthy for a child to be that hungry, and letting a kid be that hungry is just going to make the kid hate the food, and you,…

Exactly. I won’t go so far as to call forcing someone to eat food they don’t like as “mouth rape”, but I’ve just suggested it. So, there you are.

Clearly her kids were nothing like me. I would simply stay hungry until I got sick/lightheaded rather than eat a food I didn’t like. Hunger is preferable to things that taste bad. So my parents gave up on this right quick because I was going full Gandhi on their asses (hunger strike, nonviolent resistance). If your…

If you’re forcing a kid to eat a food that they have eaten before, didn’t like then. had to try again, still didn’t like etc. etc. then you don’t “know what’s best for them”. Forcing them to sit at the table is only going to make them hate it, and you, more.

That’s not quite the same thing we’re suggesting. Also, other than “physical attractiveness as a woman”, and for many roles “race”, which one of those is still a problem in the entertainment business today? Even for those, I assume you mostly mean for lead roles, as while there is a disparity for sure, and a huge one,…