I like milk. Also, there’s some reason to believe I’m more of a psychopath. The theory has been put forth by a couple of actual doctors over the years.

“Marion Nestle, a food studies professor at New York University”

I would have more sympathy for the viewpoint that the “student” (she’s actually an alumna now) in question was looking for intellectually challenging books if the other Common Read books were actual Man Booker prize winners. But they’re not. We’re talking about stuff like Ready Player One here. The singling-out of…

This is just another reason why the US needs nationalized, single payer, healthcare. Churches shouldn’t be running hostpitals unless those hospitals are regulated the same as any other hospital and have to offer all of the same services, regardless of religious beliefes, to all patients.  This is pure bullshit.

If he impregnated her accidentally and made it clear to her he had no interest in parenting and then she chose not to have an abortion, is he really the asshole? As long as he’s writing checks I don’t think so.

Having kids...now only for the rich!!!!

Considering our entire economic system has been built from the beginning on chattel slavery, underpaid service jobs, and the unpaid labor of women, this is unsurprising. We need massive structural changes and they need to be mandated and incentivized. And we have to take into account the institutional sexism, racism,…

I just moved back to the US from Norway and I don’t want children. If I did, however, I definitely would’ve stayed in Norway. Their system works. Mothers get up to a year at 80% pay, and fathers get 3 months. There is an additional 4 months they can split between both parents.
But what really makes the system work AND…

That’s insane. It’s hard enough being away from my kid for 8 hours a day. American hypercapitalist logic: make it nearly impossible to have any sort of family life, and then complain that millennials aren’t having kids!

Making it so hard for the middle class to have/raise kids is going to bite this country in the ass within a generation or two. And the powers that be will find a way to blame women when it does.

The fact that we all still work 8+ hours per day is ridiculous. Most jobs could be accomplished in less time. 

I’m not sure I ever considered paid family leave as the solution to mothers’ diminished earning potential. Paid leave is important and needed (to establish parent/child bonding, help in mental health, etc.). But lower wages for mothers is a different problem altogether. The article hits on the issue: women doing the…

And you mentioned it, but it can’t be said enough - the cost of daycare is crippling. You have to be pretty damn affluent to be able to have sub-school-aged children. It’s such a stark indicator of so many things wrong with our society that something as simple as having a small family is something that is nearly…

This was also the criticism for Kamala Harris to plan to have a 10-hour school day, so we all can spend more time away from out families without any “excuses” such as a lack of childcare. WORK CULTURE IS WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE, kids or no kids people should be allowed to have lives outside their job

Could they not get all the new, creative, diverse story lines, without cannibalising a long-dead show?

SERIOUSLY. My mental health has absolutely cratered since Nov 8 2016, and I am sick and tired of being so exhausted and stressed and angry all the time. Good leaders ARE angry when their ____ (country, business, etc.) has been run into the group and possibly irreversibly damaged by an utter moron.

I have no interest in any candidate who isn’t anything less than absolutely furious. We’re past respectful disagreement, that exit was a good 450 miles back.

Charity is not a replacement for civilization. Others have tried to claim this. Let them make that specious argument.

Nah, if he isn’t willing to even engage with Warren, FUCK HIM and his white ass.  Even if he is giving away money.  He SHOULD be endorsing her for POTUS.  His supposed philanthropic gesturing would be better supported by actually lobbying for responsible governing, not just dumping money as a way to soothe his…

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