That depends on a couple of things. First, is it important to change these groups so that they can continue as better forms? I don't personally think so. If people protest the class and race discrimination by not joining sororities, then at least we know who the people we can't trust (i.e. the overt and closet…

That's because you made the same stupid comment about Connie Chung. Seriously, stop and think for one second. This is an article about Chinese women having to change their looks to be successful in an industry known for requiring a certain look. In fact, she specifically talks about her eyes. You point out that Connie…

You commented specifically in relation to an article someone getting plastic surgery to achieve a certain look in order to be successful, and made a snide remark about how she should have looked up to another Chinese person. Who are you to tell someone how to achieve success? Is it because maybe, just maybe, you'll…

"No reason to feel her ethnicity was a liability." Except for superiors in her industry telling her it was a liability. Except for the fact that there aren't that many successful, high profile Asian women anchors in the U.S. You can't point to one example of a successful minority in an industry and say, "Pull yourself…

Maybe Connie Chung and Julie Chen don't look exactly the fucking same, so that's not a real comparison?

Oh right, because all Chinese people look the same, so clearly if one had the "look" for TV, then all of them have the look for TV. Great thinking, asshole.

Ha! Awesome. I hadn't even read your response when I wrote mine. I'm glad to know that I wasn't the only one who picked up on the general shittiness of the OP's attitude.

In my sorority, alumnae have a lot of power to make hell, by the way. When I went to school (I'm a 2012 graduate), the alumnae controlled how many parties we had, where we had them, the logistics of our (mandatory) meal plan, what we wore on which day of the week, and even the words we were allowed to print on any…

Well, first off, I was quoting you saying there wasn't "as much or as overt racism." I didn't claim you said there was no racism in the Northeast, but good try there. Second, sure, give your niece the benefit of the doubt for age, but plenty of young people who have led neither happy nor easy lives manage to stand up…

I want to thank you for including this story. I think it's important for people to realize that they can't dismiss this as a "Southern" thing - this is a nationwide problem. My mother and father are immigrants and we have lived all over the country due to my father's military service. Nowhere in the U.S. (including…

Your story itself is part of the problem. Yeah, you're an "enlightened" person from the Northeast where there "isn't as much or as overt racism" (side note: are you a minority? Because there is a lot of subtle and overt racism in Massachusetts, but it's easy not to notice it if you're white). As soon as it came to…

UTERAN cancer? Really?

FINALLY! Somebody wrote that book about unexpected pregnancies that nobody wanted! Thank god somebody was brave enough to write a whole book about something that happens all the time! And having an unexpected pregnancy in your early 30s? So courageous. Bravo.

Oh for god's sake. If they had brought a present together, then it would have been from both of them, yes? And she would have signed a card, or a nice message, or something to the effect that she AND her boyfriend were sending their well-wishes? You are clearly being intentionally obtuse, because I don't think anybody…

Perhaps it is a regional difference. Where I grew up, if you feel comfortable enough to the couple to attend their wedding, as a plus-one or invitee, then you are certainly comfortable enough to write a card to them. It costs you next to nothing and lets the couple know that you are appreciative of being invited to…

Well, expecting a gift and expecting a card are different things, no? I expect anyone who attends a formal event hosted by somebody to send either a congratulations or thank you note, unless that event is a shower (because then a gift IS expected). That's just basic consideration in my opinion. I never said anything…

I agree with you on the point that it doesn't really matter since she was a plus-one (although it's generally the case within my social circle that when an invitee brings a plus one, the invitee pitches in more for a gift or gives a gift of greater value because the couple is hosting the date as well). However, just…

As someone currently planning a wedding, I think I'd love to get a card from someone's date. If you (general you, not YOU you) came to my wedding and I heard not a peep from you, I would think it was kind of weird of you to accept hospitality without ever expressing well-wishes formally. Also, I don't think your…

The way the article is written, it appear that the schools spread around the profits then provide the football program with larger subsidies. That is still taking money away from the university. Keep in mind that only 7 schools do not take money from the university.

Whoops, sorry! I didn't see the other reply until after I'd posted.