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I have to disagree. As a woman who in her teens once made the mistake of washing her hoohah with Irish Spring soap and "felt the burn," some soaps SHOULD be stricken from the earth.

I don't know why but I feel an immense level of satisfaction when you guys rip into a product for whatever reason. Can you make this a weekly feature?

I'm plus sized. It's about the maxi dress. They are thin material, easy to throw a t-shirt or sweater over, wash quickly and cover a multitude of sins. I'm also a fan of the maxi skirt and bringing everything in black, white, gray with a black shawl and a red scarf. Two pairs shoes. Done.

You are saying that summary execution is a just consequence for running for your life in America. Is that what you mean to be saying? Because it's what you are saying.

Holy Fuck you're right. Maybe he was running towards a loaded cannon. Better put 8 rounds in him just be sure.

The more you wear to sleep the more clothes there are to wash. No thank you.

Can I ask what his line of questioning was that prompted you to let him know your mom was a single mom? I would argue that’s none of an employer’s business.

A few months ago, I was in an arrangement conference with the family of a young man who’d died in a high-speed auto crash on the interstate. I’d spent the past 10 hours putting him back together, then had 30 minutes to clean up and make myself half-way presentable *and* get into the right headspace to sit in the midst…

A couple years back, I worked as an admin assistant at a small wealth management firm and ugh it was really the worst. I was frequently introduced to visiting colleagues by the firm director as “the smiling face up front” even though I had more education and more professional experience than the marketing assistant in…

I use to get told I “knew too much” all the time at my old job. My boss didn’t have issues with it—a few of the supervisors did, though, and they would tell me that my co-workers didn’t like being corrected and that I need to not correct them. I’m sorry, what? You want people to just wander around doing their jobs…

Thanks for these posts. What I hate is behavior correction. For example, I was working in the library with a colleague, in an area that allows conversation. As two young PhD students working on a joint presentation for a workshop we were attending, we discussed rather quietly the outline of the talk. An older man (who…

Thanks for telling this story, because yes, older more established women can be allies, but they can also very much be part of the problem too.

I didn’t comment in the original thread but reading these reminds me a few things, including 1 thing that happened recently. For about 18 months I had a really horrible manager and we just did not get along, mostly because he was a micromanaging douchbag who overtly favored the men on his team over the women. In a…

I find that law in general is so awful about soft sexism.

often the handshake is wierd if I get one. Limp or that half hand thing.

I got in trouble today at work for asking my boss for more information so then I can properly bill a client, because according to him I should be able to read his mind. Then he asked me to make him coffee. I'm thankful I have a therapy session later today.

Not a woman, but addressing the copy machine one. Never learn technology that won’t get you an advance in your job. I am a CPA/PMP/Copier technician, because one day it was jammed and I had the audacity to follow the on screen instructions. I’m on a new team now and I am glad that talent didn’t travel. I will fix the…

I’ve commented before about the small contractor, who was also a racist, sexist assbag, that I worked for years ago. His idiocy and ego knew no bounds. My favorite was when I was sitting in his office with the project manager (PM) for one of our regular meetings:

When I call a judge’s chambers or opposing counsel to set up a hearing or mediation and get asked “So what’s *his* name/email/number?” “Who?” “The attorney handling this matter.”