Exactly, and I think the point of citing all these developing countries where yes, maternity leave may not be perfect or enforced well, and the countries may have other serious problems, but these countries all at least ENACTED such laws. Like, they gave a shit in ways the US (with the exception of the very few states…

He may be dead, but he won’t stay that way!

Great interview! I can’t wait to read this book.

Awful. I’d say I would stop shopping there because of this but ew, like I would ever shop at Land’s End. (Totally understand that they sell uniforms and things people have to buy for work, th0ugh.)

Exactly. I really don’t see how this hurts the dems overall, assuming of course that a democrat succeeds Obama. Worst-case scenario (with that assumption) is Obama nominates someone like Brian Sandoval who the republicans can’t ignore, they confirm him and we’ve got a more conservative justice than we might have…

Right? I mean if someone who survived the 9/11 attacks claims the best way to prevent terrorism is to stop all Muslims from entering the country or whatever, that doesn’t make them not a crazy bigot. What this guy went throuhh was horrible, but he’s still a delusional moron.

Certainly not surprised in the least. I know their game.

I think that’s really the issue for me—that they aren’t even saying “ok, we’ll evaluate the nominee and aren’t making any promises about confirmation”, but are just outright opposed to the President even DOING HIS GODDAMN JOB AND NOMINATING SOMEONE. It’s just more of the same from these fuckwits who demand Obama’s…

This is beyond stupid. Can you imagine what republicans would say if democrats threw a fit that a republican president with almost A YEAR left in office dared to nominate someone? They are whining because they know this process makes them look bad and reminds everyone who might not be super feeling either Hillary or…

I hate to be such a misandrist harpy, but it really strikes me that so many women independently had such visceral reactions to him and found him creepy. Maybe women sometimes have a better sense of slimeball detection because we’re exposed to so many slimeballs?

It has always been so telling to me that anti-choicers blather on about how all babies are an unqualified blessing from The Lord (TM), but in the next breath refer to them as punishment for daring to have sex (or, using their favorite terminology, “consequences”). Which is it? Blessing or punishment?

YES this so much.

While generally I have zero interest in Shondaland shows, I am strangely into this.

Right? I highly doubt there is much overlap of people who chose “D” and who actually know Judge Judy’s real name.

As far as I can tell, Ted Cruz is a sadist, so this does not surprise me in the least.

Seriously, I don’t even want to eat lobster if I have to go to the trouble of gutting the tail myself. These milkshakes look like a sticky nightmare to me.

Well, I haven’t really been to one that works like Chipotle, where you actually build your own dish—if I have to say I want a burrito but with no x, y, or z and plz add k, l, and m, that’s technically customizeable, but it is not easy to order and the people working there tend to roll their eyes or get annoyed.

I like that it is customizeable and that they have vegetarian beans and brown rice as options. I like that if you order a vegetarian item, they waive the $2 charge for guacamole. I know the portion sizes are ridicuous, but I think that depending on what you order, it can be much less heavy/greasy than a real Mexican…

I think it’s also the shock element, at least it was for me, moreso than fear per se. I was in a “frozen” situation, with a guy that I knew, after I had repeatedly told the guy “no”, and I felt like, disassociated from my body and in complete shock that someone would actually do this, after I had been so clear and…

Ok, every fucking basic on my newsfeed has done this at one time or another and I admit that I judge the hell out of their terrible paintings, but this piece softened me up a bit. I have adult coloring books so I can see how these classes can be appealing in a similar way. I’m just kind of saddened by the prospect of…