I saw hidden figures last night. It was great! It was in Houston with a Johnson space center-heavy audience who were seriously digging the math talk and how the heroines are mathematicians and engineers.

I don’t get the luncheons and pictures line,was that a reference to something?

I’m not sure either. I do some work in the adoption and foster care space and one of the common complaints is that the regulations are insanely onerous. One of the experienced CPS workers I met said that she maintains patience with the loads of paperwork by remembering that almost every regulation is in response to a…

I also like him for being a successful designer. He was really good when he was a contestant, but his longevity has shown he can marry creative design and running a business. I never would have predicted that when he was just saying fierce all the time.

Ah,ok. That’s good. I had never thought about Cher much one way or the other (though I like show business veterans),but I’m glad to hear that she wasn’t posting this.

Agreed, though we both clicked on the post so...

So many things don’t make sense, had she never tried to use a tampon? Never gone to see a gynecologist? I guess if she had atypical genitalia maybe it would be overlooked, but to reach almost seventy without anyone catching on?

This is a major fight going on in Texas right now. The cities are far more progressive than the countryside, which hold a greater number of seats (sound familiar?). Patrick and Abbot are working very hard to limit city control over social justice and environmental regulations. It’s a naked power grab, but seems to be…

I am so fucking tired of this comment appearing on every article about whatever fucking bullshit Texas republicans are up to today. I live in Texas. I vote democrat, I donate democrat, I go to protests, and I volunteer with the people hurt by our bullshit state government. Sick of losing national elections? How about…

Good Lord, Patrick is just such a dick. They fought this back a couple years ago, I think, because the Super Bowl and the final four were coming to Houston, and if there is one thing the Texas Republicans will not mess with, it is sportsball. But the Super Bowl is in a couple weeks! So I guess it is open season for…

I don’t think Romney is rolling over for Trump, I think he sees an advantage in cozying up to him, and I think he is legitimately a patriot who is appalled at the foreign policy team Trump is assembling.

I’m finding myself on the side of caring more about good governance over idealogy these days. Transparency, respect for the rule of law, and performing your constitutional obligations should not be a high bar for our elected officials. Now, for someone to speak up for these values seems a major act of strength.

Def. we can’t require the men to do something so lowering as woman’s work. They deserve better.

Yep. I see this in action at work. Our dining staff is way, way more women than men, the few men who are there? Chefs, head chef, department manager. Totally infuriating. Especially as the big boss who leads the safety meeting I often walk through leads the meetings in English with a translator to Spanish. Requiring…

I think the reverse is also true: men won’t take low wage jobs. There is no reason men cannot be nurses aids, daycare teachers, and retail clerks. They refuse to do so because such wages are beneath them.

I like her once a week, her show is so raw and enraged, it would totally draining for cast, crew, and audience to do every weeknight. I think weekly also lets her go deeper into topics, her pieces feel more deeply researched than multiple daily shows can be.

It was when her Grandmother died! I liked that too, basically her father showed her as much love and consideration as my hair stylist showed me (not to knock my hair stulylist, she is the best and I still can’t believe she moved to Austin! Stupid Austin).

One somewhat bright spot about Tillerson: under his leadership Exxon has focused their community development funds (read money governments demand Exxon spend on development in exchange for oil resource access) on education and entrepreneurship among women, for the very business focused reason that investment in women…