Exactly.

I'd love to hear her elaborate, just out of curiosity.

Alex Jones is Bill Hicks as MOST plausible? Bold choice. Or am I misreading your chart?

Yeah, that was my thought on #2 as well. While I believe that people being set up by the entertainment industry is within the realm of possibility, Phylicia's allegation regarding Cosby makes no sense. Cosby is not a dangerous figure to the establishment: is isn't especially political or controversial (other than…

This. My husband's dad gives us money, which we happily accept. I don't know if we "need" it, but it prevents my husband from having to take a second job. Otherwise he would just spend it at the casino anyway. If my mom decided to give us money instead of taking multiple international vacations every year, I would…

It's maddening, really. Once I got into an argument with some guy here who argued that there was no excuse to be in debt after the age of 30-if that's the case it's indicative of spending problems and/or a poor work ethic. Same guy eventually admitted that his parents fronted him 80k of starter money for college, law…

White culture would never allow a Black man to become as rich as the hedge fund dad.

I would read, shop/decorate, do yoga all day and work out constantly. Maybe practice new skills or hobbies like horseback riding, painting, or learning another language. I can easily see how not having to work but having plenty of cash would lend itself to a full, enriching, enjoyable life.

YAS

I love how scathing and sarcastic this post is. Needed.

Maybe the relationship is unhealthy or strained, and this arrangement is a workable alternative to estrangement.

Pretty much the same situation over here. FIL helps us out financially, we make the long and arduous drive to visit him and keep up with phone calls. Mom keeps us on her family phone plan and helps in other ways, we visit and call and eschew conflict.

Yeah. There is a strong overcompensating vibe here. :(

I had the same thought. Progress?

I remember you on a different thread bragging about how your 12yo is a novelist and your kids are too smart for TV. You sound absolutely insufferable.

That's basic postfeminism. And you are right, it is somewhat better than straight-up nonfeminism insofar as it recognizes the importance of struggles of the past.

It's more pernicious than that. More like "it will never happen to me, because I'm pretty and charming and love men."

I've encountered this reasoning before in adamantly non-feminist women, both explicitly and implicitly. It's a variation on the theme of "why would I want to question or challenge the status quo when the status quo has been good to me?' At least Kaley is being intellectually honest in basically admitting that she is…

Except that the comment wasn't funny.

True, but it did take a lot of balls to make the demands that they did.