Yeah, I'm considering FMLA, and I'm also applying for other jobs. I'll give it another couple of weeks before I pull the trigger on something that big. I'm really worried about being without a steady income, as I help support a bunch of family financially.
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Hahahahahah human resources! In a six person office, human resources is also my supervisor who doesn't like my face. For serious though, I tried to bring a mediator in, and I was told that my only option was to bring in the ED (who sided with my supervisor) or a Board member. In some ways it's the best job I've ever…
Yeah I've definitely told them and asked for reasonable accommodation, which they've denied. They're too small an organization to be covered by the ADA. I mean, honestly when I'm not under threat of firing, my mental health issues are pretty well controlled. But when I am feeling particularly anxious, it makes it hard…
Yeah this could not be more timely for my current job. I'm currently in a performance improvement plan which is 90% about my affect and personality rather than my actual work output, which every says is stellar. But sometimes I frown when I'm stressed out, don't demonstrate a positive outlook towards work, and I ask…
From the New York Times interview with the artist "I wanted to put a human face on conflict. But when I got there my story changed. Because I realized the way Africa is generally portrayed in mainstream media is either wars, famine or stories like this terrible abduction. You see the horrors or the other extreme,…
No reputable non-profit will use a photo without either first getting permission from the photo's subject or buying it from a photo agency which has the rights to it. It's not about "truth". It's about the right of people, especially people in the developing world, to have control over their image and their…
This isn't a stock photo, however. A stock photo features a model who has signed a release acknowledging that their photo will be used in all sorts of ways they don't have control over. This young woman agreed to have her photo taken by a photojournalist she had a relationship with who was doing a photo essay about…
It's not just that it's not a specific photo of one of them missing girls, and not only that it wasn't correctly attributed. It's that they took a photo that was intended to show the joy and resilience of women in another country, PHOTOSHOPPED IN A TEAR, and made it represent something completely different. Not to…
This is the kind of long form investigative journalism that is missing in today's news climate. (kidding.) (not kidding.) (but seriously this was great!)
I understand the desire not to put modern labels on other times and identities but it's also hard to imagine describing a chaste friendship using the phrase ''His thighs were as perfect as a human being could be.''
Can we get the Dirt Bag tag back on the home page? I feel like I'm missing crucial dirt bag because the lead story isn't someone that interests me!
OMG I really love Lupita and K'naan together! He is so smart and thoughtful and political in interviews in addition to being a dope mc!
Ok I don't want to be a Swiftkloss truther, but like 2/3 of those "candid" instagrams were taken by a third person (fairy attendant?) who is clearly a v. talented photographer. cough cough **bullshit*** cough cough
My amazing friend made one and we ate it and it was delicious! Also I kept eating the leftovers for perhaps a day or two too long and I can probably never eat smorgastorta again.
I think it's hard to separate the and assign blame between Moffat and Smith for the utter shit show that the last few seasons of Doctor Who have been. But I do think that Matt Smith lacks that weird undercurrent of gravitas that David Tenant and the under appreciated Christopher Eccleston brought to the role. And…
It's not enough that Matt Smith ruined the Doctor... now he has to go ruin Sherlock as well? UGH! Why are some things that Moffat does so good (the doctor dances, most of sherlock) and other things so awful (almost all of Doctor who since he took over as show runner). #nerdproblems
I really hate when progressives are scientifically illiterate! A few seconds of googling would show you that tampons sold in the US are no longer manufactured with chlorine bleach. The dioxins present on tampons are the same, low to undetectable levels found in the air and your drinking water, thanks to general…
Another difference between Colombia and Bangladesh is that despite attacks and death threats by paramilitary organizations, Colombia has a fairly large labor movement and a lot of union organizing. Worker rights and strong unions raise wages across the board, not just at the places where they represent workers.
Maybe it was the frat house piece that came before it, and maybe it's just that I need a second cup of coffee, but I definitely read that Christina Ricci hates bras and was like "bras... is that a female version of bros?"