In a sane country/universe, I agree entirely. However, you're also dealing with the Supreme Court that made the Citizens United decision, so I am convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that they'd try to find a way to justify declaring this OK.

I posted this elsewhere, but I'm with you. I'm embracing my cranky old woman. I'm clearly not the target demographic for Jez anymore. Do you know any other sites that are similar but... less immature?

Does "this shit" include what Jezebel has become? Because I think I'm there. I'm so over it... and yet I still come around out of force of habit. Do you know any comparable sites that are less ridiculous? I'm looking for new stomping grounds.

The lede to your article implies that Wild Oats is a Wal-Mart label and they have started this marketing push themselves.

I'm with you. Can't afford Whole Foods, will never shop at Walmart on conscience. That said, I do try and to buy organic for most of my produce and dairy/ meat (which i rarely buy cause organic, free range meat is soooo expensive so now meat is a sometimes treat). I usually try to buy at my neighborhood farmers…

Thank you. When I heard this story on the radio this morning the reporter explained, "WalMart's low-cost organic food will bring all organic food prices down! Win-win!" my first thought was, well that money's gotta come from somewhere, and you can bet its not gonna be upper management salaries.

I've never "told men to pay". Ever. Some dudes like to pay because it makes them feel like a gentleman, or because their parents always told him it was the right thing to do. Some people, men and women, like to pay as a treat for their guests. Some people split things 50/50. In my marriage, I control the money, so…

I don't recall an occasion when I ever asked a complete stranger (male or female) to pay for me.

The frequency of women walking up to men and, randomly and without context, telling them to pay for things is truly one of the greatest cultural problems of our time.

Indeed.

It also does so in hilariously unethical ways, encouraging suppliers to build capacity and then "renegotiating" the contract while the supplier is still paying off the loans so it can demand being sold to at a loss.

Oh, good, now Wal-Mart employees can stare at pricey organic foods as they work unpaid overtime before clocking out to go pick up food donations and work their second and third jobs.

It isn't just people who buy the fresh, healthy foods who need a decent wage. It's also the people who pick, process, and pack them. Wal-Mart squeezes the labor in its supply chain for every penny it can (that's how they get such low, low prices!), which often results in the workers at the lowest rungs getting paid…

I doubt Wal-Mart can do that much to Whole Foods. People who can afford to shop at Whole Foods are often not only shopping at Whole Foods for organic food, but also to avoid shopping at places like Wal-Mart.

People will say anything:

So you mean that she couldn't just snap her fingers and pull herself up by her boot straps and find a good paying job? I was told that that is all she had to do. Call me officially flummoxed!

Unfortunately, like many McDonald's employees, she didn't really have a choice. The restrictions on her time that came about through trying to go to school prevented her from getting a normal 9-5 job, only jobs with night shifts, so it was basically bagging at the local grocery store (which wasn't hiring) or a fast…

My mom worked at McDonald's at night while she went to school during the day and tried to support high-school me. I think the low point was when the owner of the McDonald's convinced people to sign up for Thanksgiving shifts with promises of free meal tickets if they worked at least 6 hours. When it came time to…

Oh the power we give to the words, "I'm offended!" Let me begin by saying: I am not white. This cultural appropriation sensitivity trend is about the stupidest thing I've seen yet. Every argument I hear you people make for why this is supposedly so offensive and wrong is painfully weak and flimsy. There comes a point…