I totally get your point. It’s a good one. But I also think that there are many, many lessons to be learned about rape and sexual assault. And maybe, one of the lessons learned from this particular case is that we shouldn’t always let the “small stuff” go. If he had a habit of inappropriate comments about women’s…

the people (women) who see the signs before it gets to this point are usually dismissed because he’s “awkward” or “socially inept” and are encouraged to “give him another chance”

Well, what is it you think they should have done? Being creepy is not a crime and there are creepy dudes everywhere. You warn other women and keep it moving. No one could have followed him around at all times to keep him from raping this woman. No one could have predicted exactly what he was gonna do and when. Only…

Yup. Woman are always made to feel like they are overreacting if they find a man creepy. We’re supposed to be understanding of gross behavior and write it off as “social awkwardness.” Fuck that noise. Trust your gut ladies.

I’m agnostic on the draft itself, but if we are going to have it then all citizens who are fit to serve should be required to register.

Your post conflicts me.

Floridian here. There is literally no body of water larger than a bathtub in central Florida that does not have an alligator in it, except for swimming pools, and even swimming pools will eventually acquire an alligator or two if left unattended for a while. It’s hard to fully understand until you live down here, but…

wading, swimming. you’re splitting hairs. it’s florida. if they say don’t go into a body of water, don’t.

fuck off

as someone born in 1988, the olsens are deeply important to me.

For the person claiming to work 40 hrs per week and fearing going hourly and losing flexibility, I’m guessing that if her bosses realized she was only working 40 hrs per week she’d already be hourly. But I’m also guessing that in most weeks the “about 40 hours” is actually well more than 40 hrs.

Sally Wolff should speak to her employers about a percentage interest in the business. This is how start-ups are supposed to work. Yes, you work long hours and yes, you often don’t get paid what your worth. But that’s because you’re trying to start a business. In that situation, you will have two kinds of employees:…

If your new business isn’t making money, that’s not your employee’s fault, and they shouldn’t be the ones hurt by it. Take out more loans, cut your own life style, do whatever you need to, but don’t act like it’s an excuse to pay your workers shit.

Any that one that says they work at a mid sided publisher on the west coast, and earns 40k a year. 40k on the west coast?!? Why don’t these companies pay their workers a living wage? Where can you live on the west coast for 40k, unless its out in the boonies?

My concern is not so much for creative staff but campaign staff, specifically field organizers and directors, who basically work 24/7 for salaries far beneath the new limit. Are so-called progressive politicians willing to put their money where their mouth is and pay their staffers a living wage?

That excuse only works if the chef is has equity in the business. Otherwise you’re working slave labor wages to fund someone else’s startup.

Here’s the problem. I work for a government contractor. We CANNOT work more than 40 hours a week. But we have hard deadlines. You miss a deadline, you get fired. So, we work unrecorded overtime, and the devil is in the details, as an employee, you have to sign a contract saying that you WONT work overtime. So no…

“As for the question of small businesses, “the fact of the matter is if the only way a business can succeed is by working someone at 60 hours a week for $25,000 a year, if the profit margin is that small, then that business has really big problems in and of itself,” she said. “That’s not the model we need to embrace…

Thoughts and feelings:

I find it incredibly strange that you would take the time to create this burner for the sole purpose of disparaging a domestic violence victim.