Honestly when I see job postings like that I just wonder if they even want to hire anyone at all?
Honestly when I see job postings like that I just wonder if they even want to hire anyone at all?
Barbara Ehrenreich makes the exact same point as you in Nickel and Dimed (p. 202),
But you shouldn’t have to do any of that.
I absolutely love John Oliver. He is always right on the money with all of his segments.
Agreed. I’m a high skill worker in a demanding field, and I’m seeing even very profitable companies trying to hire new people at 70% of the going rate. I also have the benefit that my wife is in a very similar area, and we're able to compare offers we see. The low paying ones have been shocked when we don't respond to…
It’s the $10 leather couch bullshit.
And credit where it’s due - it’s not just him, but his whole team. The writers and researchers for that show are top notch. It’s clear they’ve hired a talented, diverse group that can play to many strengths.
John Oliver is a national treasure. Yes, we have stolen him from the UK and he is ours.
Rregular viewers know it’s not a surprise at all that he got it right. He tends to get it right, whether or not the topic impacts his life.
It’s not that hard. You would just attribute to individual bad actors or currently racist departments, without regards to over arching or historical systems and policies. I mean you would be wrong, but seeing as how some history books deal with transatlantic slavery, when has that stopped us?
“He’s a white man in Oklahoma.”
“In the meantime, moms will continue to grasp for small rebellions, moments of connection, and ways of coping" = ill-advised affairs
This whole thing is a rhetorical bait and switch: the authors (accurately) describe “wine mom” jokes as as a way to “self‐deprecatingly” bond “over the stressors of parenting,” and a means of “ coping and escapism.” Then they call it “a false resistance.” Coping and escapism are not even pretending to be resistance,…
“Newman and Nelson suggest that we could look away from the “wine mom” toward healthier coping scripts—say, the “yoga/mindful mom.”
‘yoga/mindful’ mom sounds insufferable, tbh.
“They argue that this “constitutes a false resistance, masking conformity to society’s unattainable standards of mothering and unequal systems that oppress women and inhibit well‐being.” All that irreverent endurance traps moms in a punishing paradigm: they rebel just enough to get through the day without ever…
But, in this fictional realm, “bad mom” revelry is specifically cast as liberation for white moms.
This is not great advice, and I’m confused as to why you gave it, and if it was based on research, personal experience, or your assumptions.
You’ll be ignored, but I would still advise writing it all down in a letter, getting a lawyer to proof your letter to avoid legal comeback, and sending it to the schoolboard through that layer’s legal service. It won’t get them fired, but it will make it easier for them to be dismissed or prosecuted if they do it…