Yes I agree with this absolutely. I don’t care about clothes or fashion at all, though, so I think it makes it easier on me to be compliant. When I read “business casual”, I think to myself, “Ok, so I need three pair of slacks and five shirts that I can mix-match, a pair of comfy black shoes and a pair of comfy brown…

My guess is you don’t fly often or you don’t fly long distances. Otherwise, maybe you are just an amazingly resilient person. But I fly often and I fly long distances. And I see no reason whatsoever to add to the discomfort of being squished into a tiny seat for hours. I fly in sweat pants and a tshirt. My attire has…

Off topic but I so get that feet touching the floor thing. When I fly (and I do, a lot, and for long distances) I always wear my hiking boots- for three reasons. First, they take up too much space in my luggage. Second, they are expensive and are really the only thing that I couldn’t replace easily if my luggage were…

As a person who lives in a very hot and humid state, I guarantee you that this is a very regional definition. Jeans are absolutely horrible for manual labor or yard work the majority of the year where I live. You wear jeans (nice ones) when you dress up to go somewhere air conditioned, most of the year. I agree that…

Um, when you fly on a plane? Jesus, I wear pajamas to fly on a plane. Why in the world would anyone want the additional restriction of nice clothes when squashed in a plane seat for hours upon hours? It’s a form of public transport. Unless you have someone in your professional life meeting you on the other side, what…

Yeah, it’s when things like that happen that you really understand what it means to have a class system. There are people in this country who sit around watching the RNC, see Melania, think she has a nice dress, then go online immediately and pay 2K for one just like it. This exists, here in this country. I’ve never…

Because straight white male is not a particular identity- it is the default human, the standard from which the rest of us deviate.

I don’t know if anyone has mentioned this yet, but is it possible that both speeches took lines from a third original source that is a little harder to find? I mean, that’s the only way it could have been an accident of incompetence and last minute scrambling. There’s just no way someone would accidentally steal lines…

Look, let’s not get complacent. I’m pretty damn certain that Clinton will win. All polls have her winning right now. But it’s close in some places, and it’s still several months to go. Just a few months ago, I thought there was no chance in hell Trump would last through Super Tuesday.

I’ve thought of that too, but if so, I don’t think Trump is in on it. Like, I don’t think the Clintons would be so sloppy as to call him up and make a deal, you know. Just like, they heard he was interested and made sure a lot of people supported him and built up his ego and made sure a lot of other people sent him…

Yes. I’ve been wondering if it was incompetence or active trolling. I’m pretty sure now that it’s the latter.

Either their campaign is full of really incompetent people throwing things together at the last minute (this speech, that logo) or it’s full of people who are trolling them. Both are equally likely.

I actually felt really bad for her when this story first broke because I’d bet she had no idea so much of the speech was lifted. But then when she lied and said she wrote the speech herself, uh- no. Just admit someone made a mistake and move on. But that’s not the Trump way.

No I disagree with this. We aren’t talking about a wedding toast or a speech at your retirement. Spouses of politicians should not be expected to speak like politicians. If the expectation were changed, OK, but this is marketing- not sincerity- and what sells well has to be designed well. They have speech writers to…

I know that stereotypes are about general experiences of majorities and not about personal anecdotes, but I’m a woman who hates shopping and almost all the women in my life either hate shopping or are indifferent to it. Likewise, I find that this stereotype is cultural. I’m not sure if it’s only relevant to white…

You know my head is about to explode with complaints about voters basing their choices on identity politics. I’m not voting for Hilary because she’s a woman. I’m voting for the Democratic candidate because I am a woman. And the Republicans repeatedly pass legislation that attacks women. You can’t attack a particular…

Yeah, exactly. I’m much older and know nothing about Hunger Games, but I know about the parody from his show. He’s been doing it all year.

He’s got permission to be at the RNC. He’s press. He’s filming his show from the RNC. I’m sure he just walked up on a stage as things were being set up and delivered his very short (and funny) lines to a mostly empty floor. Then he had a fake security guard pull him off. He probably had permission even to go up on the…

That’s a whole different ball of wax, and I doubt they have any ability to reflect on what being themselves is anymore. Anyway, they are actively causing harm. Portman’s emails might deserve judgey recreational conversation, but nothing more. They deserve organized take-downs.

If you publish something, you open it up to response. That’s all I see here. Again, if it were private, that’s different. So I disagree in a general sense with the “let it be, not hurting anyone” side. Though it’s certainly not worthy of serious critique.