Hoosier here, cosigned!

Am I the only one who thought that staffer dressed as Booker was Tatiana Masanly? 

No, we would call for a male candidate to step down after confirmed affairs with subordinates - we have done this repeatedly. She should resign for that reason, not because of the nudes. She’s a hypocrite for standing on her platforms and sleeping with someone who arguably could not provide the consent needed given…

She also had sex with a subordinate ... we keep forgetting that one. She resigned for that reason. The revenge porn is a separate and distinct issue, but she should have resigned for fucking a subordinate ... it’s 2019, you don’t do that shit. The legality of what happened to her because her husband found out is truly…

Because it can’t be an affair when the decisionmaking on the part of the subordinate isn’t consensual - it never can be in a workplace with such a power imbalance.  They aren’t both coming into this on the same level.  She resigned because of that, not because of the pictures. And she SHOULD have resigned for that…

Yes thank you! Although what happened to Katie was terrible and illegal, what she did was also pretty terrible and illegal (though in the scheme of things less so). She shouldn’t be the person we rally behind, not in this case. It’s a complicated calculus, but in my opinion, if you sleep with a subordinate, and aren’t…

I totally understand the prime focus of this piece: HOWEVER this site, to my disappointment, continues to negate that Katie Hill did something wrong here. It wasn’t the nudes being sent, it was she had a relationship with a subordinate that due to her power, could never be truly consensual. There are other things to…

Please do share with me the nuance we poor silly stupid women are missing! I need you to please explain it to me because my poor little lady brain needs help understanding why it’s a nuanced issue and why I shouldn’t be critical of a man who has regularly abused his power in a sexually exploitative way because there…

Nope - he definitely doesn’t do that.  He mainly just bends over backwards to explain why we shouldn’t judge him because his behavior isn’t that bad.  He’s suggesting there’s a vendetta against him that’s unfair even holding all the things as true - that’s what he’s doing. He’s saying that because there are bigger…

The point is he felt the need to make the statement at all is what she’s calling out - that he doesn’t understand that all behavior that leverages power in the way he does IS subject to questioning.  But it’s pretty clear you’re not looking for what she said, because it’s obvious what she’s talking about.  Men bending…

Unfortunately I’ve worked with those types of HR folks, and it sucks, it’s honestly why employment law should be taught in civics class. In a country like the US, where the laws are not really designed to protect employees, there is often little that even ethical HR people can do in a company that cares only about $$.…

Cosign literally all of this - there’s a new brand of Christianity right now trying to brand itself as progressive, while still espousing the same bullshit about women subjugating themselves to their husbands, etc. I don’t know if you were aware of the Mars Hill Church mess, but I lived in Seattle during that time and…

I’m an attorney in HR who also is a passionate employee advocate, I’ve worked at unions, nonprofit companies, for profit companies - it’s possible! 

Oh you’re stupid ... do you not realize that that show existed years and years before him and Kim even hooked up and that Kylie Jenner who has nothing to do with Kanye is the youngest “self-made” billionaire in history? I’m not a Kardashian fan even - but claiming that KANYE is responsible for their empire is some…

For some reason, Dwight never seems like a legit enough competitor to Jim for the constant bullying (in my mind). If Jim cared about his job, maybe then the thing about Dwight and sales success might feel like more ammo. But Jim’s whole deal is an avoidance of work and general disinterest in doing well. If they were…

I’m in HR, and I’m sure that informs my opinion of the show, but I think on a bigger scale it’s a weird case of us not rooting for the underdog. Dwight is the prototypical weirdo, underdog (despite his performance at work). The framing of that dynamic in hindsight is rather strange. All I can see now is bullying, and…

Right! Whenever I see a  man on a dating app say he’s looking for the “Pam to his Jim” I’m like, yeahhhh I’ll pass on that. 

I think they’re editing Alice this way because she’s largely blended in with the rest of the pack, never at the bottom, never really at the stop, but now that it’s at the end they need to drum up some sort of story for her.  I guess her story is she’s messy - but like you said - it comes out of nowhere, very…

Same here! I did have burns from the airbag and bruises from my seat belt, but my poor Ford Escort was donezo. 

Thanks, I like it too!  For the record, I do still find parts in most episodes to laugh at, I just also find some cringy shit that I didn’t notice before - it happens.