Yup. I nannied in New York for a year for extra money while freelancing. I was expensive because I check homework, cook healthy from scratch, do bath and bedtime etc. so I made a lot of money, but I would never, NEVER do it again. Some of the parents were the worst, nastiest, rudest, craziest, most out of touch people…

No, if all men disappeared or were segregated from women because they are dangerous predators, sexual harassment would end. 

Yes idiot 

Meanwhile, Americans refuse to try to speak French, Italian, Spanish, German, etc when on vacation in another country. I live in New York and have so many multicultural friends who are fluent in English but also speak multiple other languages. Americans ignorantly think the whole world should speak English but their…

Yup. All these stories reinforce the reality that all black Americans know: white people think it’s their right to control and monitor minorities every behavior, and breaking rules is only for white people. If a group of white college bros get caught with pot: just dumb “kids” going through life phases and learning…

You just proved my point. It’s not up to you how change happens. And you further prove my point by stating your personal opinion that the NFL protestors did it the “right” way. Thank goodness a random internet politeness warden deems a major revolution “correct.” God forbid YOU are uncomfortable. I’d still be drinking…

I get what the NFL players are protesting, I just don’t agree with the method they’re using. Hm, sounds familiar. Also, she wasn’t even instituting a “method.” She was painting a picture of how a legend should have made legendary money. How was Mark fucking Wahlberg the highest paid actor of 2017 at 46 years old…

I agree, but women won’t even talk amongst themselves about making LESS in front of other people. Its still rare that women make more than men. It’s been hammered into us that finances just aren’t a proper “feminine” thing to discuss at all, whether we make less or more. I’ve been at countless brunches with friends…

Exactly. Meg Ryan, Jennifer Jason Leigh etc. where you at? Women have an expiration date on being lucrative for a studio and it’s crappy. Ellen Pompeio mentions that after age 35, it’s a real hustle to even be considered for roles.

It’s sad how deep the socialization of girls and women to be embarrassed, polite even when rightfully upset about something, and go “oh dear, how guache to talk about that” goes. We’ve been so poisoned against ourselves that even when we’re right, our first instinct is to label any non doormat/wallflower behavior as…

The elder women in my family had a saying that’s been passed down from generation to generation: “Always keep an inside pocket.” My grandmothers on both sides and my mom always stashed their own money away, had their own investments etc because things can, and frequently do, go sideways at any moment and this society…

Yeah, Ellen looks up to Faye as an industry legend. It was meant as “I mean, FAYE FUCKING DUNAWAY is driving a Prius (nothing wrong with a Prius).” She’s just using that imagery to convey how all patriarchal systems, especially Hollywood, have always purposely kept women from financially empowering themselves. They’re…

Thanks. This just happened in November and then escalated in December. I threatened a restraining order and haven’t heard from him since the week before Christmas. Stories like this just remind you that you have to be diligent and an advocate for yourself and others, because the system is flawed.

I love the joke where a civilian questions a police officer and the police officer is offended and says “I’m The Police. Don’t you know what that means?” And the civilian responds “yeah, that you were mostly a C student in high school.” I recently had an abusive ex boyfriend show up at my job, park outside my…

Just posted this.

Am I the only one who loves the lemon ones? I like the strawberry too, but agree with another poster that the cherry tastes like cough syrup. Also, the tropical line is just better than the original line.

Unfortunately many people have a caracatured stereotype based idea of how minorities actually live, and zero understanding that what’s chosen to portray on tv and the media about minorities is negative on purpose. Also, zero understanding that different backgrounds/upbringings and class structures exist within…

I’ve had plenty of guys step in and pretend to know me or outright ask a relentless dude to beat it when a guy won’t leave me alone. I’ve had guys run up to me and walk alongside me to scare off harassers who were following me for blocks. I’ve had guys step in front of me and block guys hitting on me on the train…

UM, lots of people get fired, sexually harassed out of jobs, become terminally ill etc AFTER having stable careers and children. And you can be comfortably middle class and have the rug swept out from under you (hello 2008 crash) and have to take two or three low income jobs with no benefits or insurance. This country…

When Roseanne was trying to get the original show made, she got nothing but pushback from execs saying it was “too raw” and “people don’t want to see reality on tv.” I think people liked the show because it wasn’t escapism. I’m from a small town in Michigan a lot like the town on Roseanne, Lanford. And everyone loved…