You just described the entire family and consumer sciences department (that’s what we call home ec these days) at the high school where I work.

I would just like to note that Superman: Man of Steel is literally the worst movie I have ever seen.

I feel like this is a pretty basic rec but if you haven’t read Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan series, you definitely should. I also really love Ursula LeGuin for sci fi. I couldn’t even begin to pick a favorite of hers, but The Left Hand of Darkness is a classic, and the Earthsea series has some great books in it if…

I’ve not yet received my Play box but I read the spoilers online and know which box I’m getting. There’s one product I’d like to try and the rest are meh. I really want to try setting spray with SPF—wish they’d included that in every box. I’m getting the one with the self tanning thing, and I cannot imagine a…

And for the shallower among us, this is also the reason that her twin sister looks, like, ten years younger than her.

I mean they’ve been together for four years.

I’m a fan of everlane and betabrand for work pants. Good basics, and though I love shopping, I prefer to do my work clothes shopping online because I get better deals.

No, school isn’t a job for students. It’s a responsibility that they can fulfill whether their bra straps are showing or not. When we focus more on what our students are wearing than on what skills and ideas they are learning, we have failed as educators.

All due respect I am a public school teacher and have three master’s degrees (1 of them in my subject area, one in teaching, and one in educational leadership) and am pretty damn qualified to do my job. Most of my colleagues hold at least one MA. Sorry you had a different experience!

Yes to all of this. As a high school teacher and Dean of Students, I’ve heard every argument imaginable as to why our students (read: female students) need to dress “professionally” (read: conservatively) and they all boil down to sexist nonsense. Our principal literally gets on the intercom and says things like…

Yes! I teach at a large high school near Seattle and we have two guards, as well as a cop that comes by regularly. Of course they have to do things like drug searches and fight investigations and stuff, but our security guards spend most of their time just being present and getting to know kids. They are truly beloved…

I am so excited to welcome you to the world of chemical exfoliation. A little glycolic will rock your world, especially if you’ve never done it before. I adore Pixie Glow Tonic (15 bucks at target!) It’s gentle, effective, and lovely. If your rosacea is super sensitive, try a lactic acid product. They’re more gentle…

I already commented (I’m gray, and I feel like I will be forever) but I forgot to mention my go-to workout. It’s a little goofy, but I freaking love the 8 minute abs video from the 90's I youtube it and it is a fantastic ab workout. I love the 8 minute arms workout as well!

WOW! Your hands are beautiful!

I haaaaated it. The Vanity Fair review sums it up perfectly for me. http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/05/anne-of-green-gables-netflix-review-anne-with-an-e-bleak-sad-wrong

I am so proud to be a Washingtonian! I know that the Paris Accord is about large scale industrial carbon production, but I am feeling really motivated on a personal level to cut my own carbon emissions. I just feel like I have so little control in this situation that I have to do what I can. I’m lucky in that I am…

Way to go! Make sure you go easy on the low-cal though. Remember that unless you make sustainable life changes, you won’t end up healthier in the end, you’ll just bounce from diet to diet. I love the Couch to 5K running program because it is a really gradual buildup to a sustainable running practice, and since it is…

I like the Kate Sommerville Goat Milk Cream. It just feels simple and soothing.

Mrs. Fallis? How unfortunate.

I feel better abut my Play box this month than I did last month, but it didn’t blow me away. I always feel like the variation I don’t get is the one I’d be happy with. I got Tatcha cleansing oil, which is nice enough, a Rahua hair mask I will never use, a Trestique highlighter that is fine but not great, a lip pencil…