That’s unfortunately true...sociologists who study the transition to adulthood consider marriage one of the markers of adulthood. It’s one of the reasons you see so many articles talking about millennials delaying adulthood - because that’s how they’re measuring it. As a different kind of social scientist, it…

But Olivier allegedly got in that one perfect burn about Hoffman’s OTT method techniques and staying in character. “Have you tried acting, dear boy.”

The real deal is that they are sexists that want to inhibit the freedom of women. The ability to control when and how we reproduce is probably the greatest factor in women moving up the career ladder and in when we choose to marry, if at all. Stripping us of that right will send us straight to the home, where they…

And after that, it’s “You’re not really an adult until you have kids!” My grandparents relegated my sister and brother-in-law to the kids table at Thanksgiving because they never had kids themselves until they were literally forty years old and flatly refused to attend any more family holidays until they were treated…

Yeah, I’ve also had people imply that I’m’ not an adult because I’m not a mother.

Thank you for articulating that. There is a part of me who doesn’t feel like an “adult” at 35 and I think that’s because that’s not how people see me (or at least, that’s my excuse). I also get, more explicitly from my parents, that they worry less about my brothers because each of them has “someone to take care of…

Why not both? I think it would be nice to also have the “nice” photo there to show people that “cute” white girls also pull crazy shit like this.

I am so sick of “society says”....ummm no friend, thats what YOU think and YOU are using “society” as a boogeyman of blame for your own emotions - is how I normally retort. Personally, society has never said fucking shit to me, nor will it ever. “society” can suck the cock I don’t have and never wanted. Society tells…

According to my brother, I am not an adult because I’m single, I rent, I don’t own a car, and I don’t have cable.

Whatevs. I’m just bummed that Ricciardo is having Verstappen’s early season reliability issues in the only two late season races I was able to watch live.

I have relatives who do B. They treat checking luggage as some horrific ordeal. It is not about avoiding baggage fees. Instead, they lug around a huge suitcase through security and the terminal. When they get to their location, they have to buy or borrow all the things they “forgot” to pack. They now have a small…

For those too young to remember, the country went though a very similar moment vis a vis sexual harassment back in 1991 with the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill hearings. The way men and woman related to one another where I worked changed (or, appeared to change) so radically from then on that it was a bit stunning. 

Flying has, of course, become a generally miserable experience. But once upon a time there was the sublime Continental Airlines, which came up with truly gracious services for their passengers. In the early 1970s, they configured their widebody planes to include “The Pub in the Sky”

Heeellllllll no.

Starred for the “atomic knob cockle” line.

Always an advantage to finance. I’m a bookkeeper, my husband thinks I’m hot, but I’m fairly certain he’s the only one (I’m petite, so cute is usually the best I can hope for), yet I look good compared to people’s expectations.

Libraries are like healthcare: If poor people got to use it, then it wouldn’t be valuable. See also, voting.

Yeah, that’s his real problem with them - they’re a non-monetized community resource, and apparently we can’t have any of those because rich people would really like to control even more of the world’s wealth, please.

Totally agree about not bringing invitations into the classroom especially if you aren’t inviting the whole class. You should have some contact information for the parent(s) of your kid’s friends.