It’s a way to put the “people” part first and diminish the coloured part as a qualifying adjective that is equated with being treated and seen as sub-human. Since whiteness doesn’t diminish humanness in anyway, there’s no point in saying “people of no-colour” as a substitute for “white people”. Also saying “non-white…

Was it the one where Tavi Gevinson was a guest author for a week and she posted about the fashion at the BET awards and made a stupid off hand comment about how she didn’t know what the BET awards were and didn’t care to find out? She was 15 and the editors accused everyone of bullying her. Didn’t MizJenkins get…

I think this story is particularly uncomfortable when people don’t have any other conception of justice other than punishment or consequences. How do you right a wrong? If he had been convicted and served time, would the slate be wiped clean? Would it be ok to support the movie then? I don’t think if he was a…

It’s also a necessary myth for the natural birthing industry, which advises women to avoid OB/GYNs and refuse or delay medical interventions during pregnancy and birth.

IKEA sells full sleeve smock bibs. Amazing! Plus as they get older and refuse to wear bibs just use them for painting.

This is a complete aside, but when I hear the name Kendall, I often think the person is saying “Ken-Doll”. Sort of a lucky coincidence because I don’t think the comparison between the two is that far off.

I don’t think that a separate study area is necessary - people can always book private rooms for study if needed. However, I have an issue with those in a position of privilege (white/male) filing anti-discrimination suits against minorities/disadvantaged groups because space has been set aside for them. It's just so…

They do reveal their argument, they’re going to force the After School Satan club to demonstrate the sincerity of its program. It will be an effective strategy if the Satanic temple does not go beyond arguing that “if they can have it, I should have it too” or speaks too strongly against the legitimacy of religious…

when you have kids your life changes in such a profound way that it’s like stepping into another reality without the option to go back. You’ll never know if it was the best decision or the worst or equivalent because you’ll never know what life would have been like if you didn’t become a parent. The work itself is…

It’s not a war if he calls it justice. It’s not a trade negotiation if he calls it a boardroom deal. He’s going to turn the whole thing into a reality show and have these flashy news conferences all the time so that people only hear what he wants them to hear. It’s going to be great! America will be great!

or the only thing keeping you together...

For some people having a lineage is very important. If this was her only daughter I could imagine that she may feel that her family will be lost. Hence why we have the saying “an heir and a spare” - keeping the family line going to important to a lot of people.

Are guns sacred to Americans? Not the right to possess guns, but guns themselves. It seems like people are more afraid that they will get confiscated than they are afraid of what guns can do.

You’re forgetting Freddy Mercury

Having your own kids is nothing like being around, or even responsible for, other people’s kids. It’s both wonderful and terrible at the same time. It really is like inhabiting a different universe because the existence of your child makes the world a wholly different place, and there’s no way to know if you will love…

Her tweet needs some editing, but the sentiment and message is both sincere and pertinent. How meaningless is it to take a selfie to raise awareness of gun violence when the problem should be obvious simply by watching the news. It’s both ridiculous and horrifying. Those getting upset at her are also wasting their…

To me, it sounds like he’s equating transpeople with animals. Forcing them to use bathrooms and become house broken. I sense that he sees transpeople as subhuman and resents having to share facilities with them. ... And the same old story repeats itself

Not to mention the abundance of PhDs who can’t get a job and have actual teaching qualifications. From the description of her tasks, my guess is that she will play a much smaller role than is being advertised. It says she will provide guest lectures, not teach a whole MA course. She probably donated a considerable…

Yes, it is. You can take lower doses of supplements that you specifically need instead of a multivitamin. I couldn’t handle the amount of iron in the multivitamin (gave me migraines) and so I didn’t take it. No associated problems with that decision. But, sometimes birth defects just happen, as they did in my case,…

I’m not a doctor but I would imagine that what you cannot use the body does pee out, but that an embryo or developing fetus could theoretically be exposed to too much b12 I had heard from one doctor that there was speculation that folic acid could do too good of a job closing neural tubes and the increasing rate of…