It is *not* based on a change in public opinion. As Justices Kagan and Ginsburg pointed out today during oral argument, applying the provisions of a law as written is not adding anything, but interpreting the law to be applied when it is unclear, as in sexual harassment and sex stereotyping. 

This - so much this! I’m an HR pro (and also a lawyer so I know the law), and there are still tons of way employers will work around these discrimination laws.  They find all sorts of pretextual reasons and create shitty environments where it’s just below the threshold for hostile work environment.  It’s not a past…

Yup. The theory is that if we stop discriminating against transgender people, that will break the magical seal that we currently place on all women’s restroom doors, and will thereby allow pedophiles to enter and attack children, under the guise of being transgender women.

Yeah my mom’s friend said her hospital doesn’t hire young married Orthodox Jewish women ‘cause they assume the women will basically be baby factories for the next couple of years. A lot of suggestions to hide engagement rings during interviews - harder to hide being married 'cause they cover their hair (wigs/hats) and…

People in various forums are trying to make out that this is a problem far in the past.

The backhand comments give it away. I was not explicitly fired for being pregnant; however, I was beginning to show around the time of annual bonus. I was explicitly told for months I would get a bonus and it was always understood to be a large part of compensation (law firm). The owner of the firm kept putting off my…

“the Queen lightly slapped him across the face”

In her book Women Who Work

No matter what, it will be hard to field a jury for this case. Chances of someone knowing nothing about the case are slim. Chances of selections not having an opinion on #MeToo and sexual assault in general are even slimmer. Obviously, Weinstein’s lawyers will do their very best to get jurors who are overwhelming…

I don’t think it’s that at all. I think it’s because influencers try to elevate themselves as something noble when they are just advertisers and mostly because they demand free shit and annoy people. It has nothing to do with misogyny.

perfect analogy!

They are just advertisers. Stop trying to elevate advertising into something noble.

So true. Also, why does nobody refer to what she did as a home invasion ( which it was)? As a police officer, she should have been trained to take in her surroundings and realize that she was not in her apartment. 

I guess you missed the day before when the verdict came in and the African American female sheriff’s deputy petted her hair while she cried, too.  Ugh.  She SHOT someone in his own home, and, GROSSER THAN THAT, talked to her married boyfriend instead of giving the man she shot lifesaving measures.  She is despicable…

This doesn’t warrant nastiness. The most likely options are that (1) the judge wants a full and airtight record so there won’t be room for appeal, or (2) the judge genuinely doesn’t understand Twitter because he’s 85.

We only talk about the brother and how he forgave her- so we can all move on.
He explicitly stated he doesn’t speak for the rest of his family.
But we ignore that many of them most definitely did not see this end as just, and most definitely wanted her to have a longer sentence. We ignore the shock and horror of his…

While none of those things are bad measures, at some point they’re merely stopgap measures. What we’ll eventually be forced to do is entirely rethink some of our most basic assumptions about the structure of the economy.

This is why Universal Healthcare, Universal Education and Universal Basic Income are *essential*. The US has not educated its population correctly, and because of that these people need access to education that will allow them to access the jobs that will exist.   Automation is coming. And unless you are one of the…

When someone tries to argue with me, I try to remember what Jeff Winger said on Community “You don’t argue with Annie. You let her argue with herself until she loses. ... Anyone who is trying to argue has already lost, because they pick an argument to lose.”

Snake oil salesmen rarely sample their product.