Be born female and not white?

I've written more than a few female-specific posts (like how to fix slippery heels and make your bras last longer). It's hard to find tricks that are Lifehacker-y enough, though, to post, and there seems to be a fine line between LH-worthy clothing (or makeup or personal care) tips and things that are "just about…

Indian girl here: my dad wears suits to travel in order to avoid harassment from airport security and 3 hour interrogations that cause him to miss his flights because "flying while brown". My mom and I wear dresses because we've endured YEARS of the same bullshit too. And this is not just flying domestically (I'm…

When I go to the theater, I generally don't have 2-4 pieces of potentially heavy luggage that I have to drag around with me, nor do I have to deal with taking off my shoes and jacket only to put them back on while being herded around like cattle, nor do I have to walk for what feels like miles through a bustling crowd…

Suck my diiiick J. Bryan. My metaphorical dick. My real one does not exist. I need to be able to curl into a tiny ball in my seat and pass the hell out (I don't care if it's a 45 minute commuter flight, I'm sleeping for 42 minutes of it) and I can't do that in a dress. I also don't really want to sit on grody airport…

I tend to dress up as well when I go places because I know it gets me better service. Is that right? Fuck no, but I know how to play the game :/

Maybe it's because I'm not as svelte as I'd like to be, but I find the prospect of changing in an airplane bathroom baffling.

If I have to sit on a seat built for a capuchin monkey, terrified to recline it lest I get stabbed, you bet I'm wearing sweats. I'd wear a toga if I had one.

You know what else? I dress like a slob on the airplane because it lessens the chance that the douche next to me in the suit will try and fucking hit on me the whole damn flight. I dress comfortably for me, but my yoga pants and huge sweatshirt also act as a shield against men who want to talk to me, because I don't…

"What we see is that Nintendo customers don't buy Assassin's Creed"

"Someday my prince will cum."

I've explained this stuff enough in the last couple days so I'll just quote a nextcity article: "After the National Housing Act of 1934, the Federal Housing Authority began a practice known as redlining, which blocked black and low-income neighborhoods from receiving FHA-backed home loans through color-coded maps.…

That's nice. I'm glad you think we're all capable of it but I'm still waiting for there to anything comparable to European Christians have done to the world done to them. It hasn't happened because they rigged the game. It's like Canadians pretending we did A-OK by the First Nations.

Great point. I just watched on Netflix the other night "Let The Fire Burn" a riveting documentary on the murder of 11 by two firebombs dropped in 1985 from a helicopter by the Philadelphia Police Department that also completely destroyed 60 other homes in the same block that were not associated with the MOVE…

Nope they won't. Americans need to stop deluding themselves into thinking the racial construct that was part and parcel of the nation's foundation is somehow, some way, one day, going to vanish. It won't go anywhere. Racism is as American as apple pie or baseball or drug addiction.

Thanks for that last bit. As much as I find warning against lifestyle creep worthwhile, it sort of irks me that no one ever says "So you got that raise! Great! Spend that money to ditch the terrible roommates that make you live like you're walking on eggshells and have constant stress headaches and NEVER LOOK BACK,"…

What Amanda is saying that that it's not providing insight into "personality," hence the "I have no idea if that person is using said cup" part. In that context, the only thing being tested is whether the applicant is drawing the same inference as the interviewer, not whether she's neat, responsible, etc.

I lived in Atlanta from 94-98. I will never live in another host city again. The first 2 years were nothing but construction and detours. Everything is re-routed. Streets are filled with mud and have open craters for sewer/infrastructure work.

Wait, you can say no?

House is only as valuable as its resaleability at full value. You can't always control that. A power plant or other unappealing thing moves into the neighborhood, the industry that supports your community moves or folds, the road or train that supports commuting from your community undergoes a change, a hurricane…