I agree, but the only situation where a 2 hour gap in response would be irritating would be if you’re trying to meet up somewhere or solidify plans and you’re waiting for a response to determine what you’re doing. I’ve had friends know I was on my way to meet them and then it’s radio silence when I’m asking where they…

Or in Manhattan people walk into my job like it’s a tourist guide center and ask “where’s a good place to eat around here?” Um, you’re in Manhattan, one of the culinary centers of the world and there’s literally a tourist guide kiosk on every corner and a huge Barnes & Noble full of guide books with “best of”…

Yeah, several American musicians carols reference Happy Holidays. I have cards from the early 80’s from my grandparents saying Happy Holidays. This War on Christmas crap is just lazy propaganda that stupid bigoted people will eat up.

It will. It always finds a way.

Urban Outfitters is another one. The most toxic hipster-bro corporate culture. I was pretty high up there about 7 years ago and it was a stifling misogynistic environment which is why I left. I heard from friends who recently left Urban that after lots of lawsuits, a change of CEO, and “restructuring” it’s better, but…

Not in a closed adoption. My best friend was abandoned in a grocery store and in state orphanages until she was 2. She just found out she has a rare heart condition but there are no family medical records because neither of her biological parents were ever found. She had to have so many tests over the course of a…

Um, adopted kids have plenty of psychological problems associated with being “given away, unwanted, and raised by strangers.” I have three friends who were adopted by wealthy, loving people and they’ve all had therapy and a very tough time not feeling like there’s a hole in the middle of them not knowing their roots.…

Yup. Black girls and women are already (falsely) expected to be causing trouble/perform below everyone else/and be at fault for everything. When we are at 100% people will find things wrong that aren’t there, or make excuses like you “got lucky” if you succeed. They will fight to never give you credit. Reading all…

At home pregnancy tests were invented by a female scientist and were also controversial when they were introduced. The rollout to market was stalled by male scientists and doctors, their reasons being that women wouldn’t know how to use the test accurately, women need to be in the presence of a doctor who can properly…

There’s a Daily Show podcast episode about racism where the black writers on the show share their racism stories starting from childhood. One of the writers recounts how he and his friends were riding their bikes at 10 years old and a squad car pulled up and the cops without reason cuff them and have them all sit on…

Yup. They can’t wrap their heads around the fact that you’re disagreeing with them because they’re wrong. You must just not see their side. I had to explain to an ex boyfriend why I would not be hanging out with him if certain bro acquaintances would be around. He agreed with me because he also found these fringe…

Yeah, I nannied for about a year in New York while job searching. The families were all upper middle class and all of the moms were serious career women in their early/mid 40’s who postponed having kids in order to advance at work. Every time I’d drop off one of their kids they’d all try to girl talk me like “oh, you…

Yesss! I graduated from college in 2008 and it’s been tough competing against the younger millennials for the scarce jobs that are out there because us older millennials have a large gap in relevant experience where we had to freelance/move back home/ cobble together an income during the recession. When the economy…

Same. Myself and most of my female friends are in our thirties and unmarried, no kids. We all WANT to find someone and have kids but guys our age are also saddled with crippling student loan debt and can barely pull a decent life together for themselves let alone get married and become fathers. Everyone’s just…

Same. I’ve been engaged twice to men who “loved my uniqueness, intelligence, and focus” except they had no idea how to “share” and grow together in a relationship. They turned into whiny, resentful children when I wasn’t full time hanging on their sleeve only supporting their careers and ambitions, and as soon as…

I live in New York and I have two friends who live here who were born and raised in Texas. The things they say about their families are unreal. One friend has a ridiculous well paying high up career with a top chef, and isn’t married/no kids. When she goes back to her home town to visit you’d think she has three…

NO, I call them Uncle Toms.

There’s an entire Guardian piece written by an investigative journalist who interviewed white women who voted for Trump. She discovered that many of them would never consider going against their husband/father’s beliefs because they know where their bread is buttered. Many of the women interviewed have turned their…

I kind of see what you’re saying here, and agree about urban white women stepping up. Black women have been voting, organizing programs, teaching, protesting, founding organizations and fighting for their entire people since slavery. They have been acting on community interest more so than self interest though. I…

Men are called basic bros. There are multiple comedy skits dedicated to it. Check out the Collegehumor one on YouTube.