If he's marrying her, I imagine she's not just the type that would roll with it, she's the type that would instigate it. Personally, I wish I'd thought of this... although Mr. BerkRie and I arrived together to our wedding, so it would have kind of been moot.

Oh thank god, I'm not the only one who uses an umbrella when it's sunny out and I'm too lazy to put on sunscreen.

If the new wife set this up, she & Jimmy are officially perfect for each other.

Well, considering the fact that every major power in Europe engaged in Colonialist behaviors at some point...

Europe created slavery and genocide in the New World then reaped the profits. Europe persecuted its Jewish population for 1000 years before finally exterminating them in death camps. Europe killed tens of millions of people in two World Wars less than a generation apart. I think we colonials can afford to be good…

Yes, but you did have the Shoah, colonialism the consequences of which are still playing out across the globe, two world wars, some of the worst dictators in history, the genocide in the former Yugoslavia, and, you exported your fascism to South America when your war criminals helped set up similar regimes there. I…

He doesn't even deserve that.

I'm going to calmly and politely ask you what the fuck is the problem here. Knowledge and networking are how movements start. What exactly do you have in mind as a worthier pursuit?

Yeah, as much as I feel it's important to pay attention to this, though, I'm suddenly just utterly fried, and I have to go read dumb ghost stories or something.

Seriously go fuck yourself.

Maybe they're saying "We're not going to pretend this verdict isn't a racist clusterfuck. We see you, we see your racism; every decent, thinking person sees your racism"

I went back to school and got another degree pretty much ONLY so that "maternity leave" wouldn't be the last thing on my resume. And it's not as if I just sat around and did laundry all that time; I did stuff: freelance work, part-time stuff, etc. The idea that I would consider carpooling or helping my kids with…

But, in many cases it is the parent doing the cares that is getting paid.
Minnesota had a really interesting case (well interesting to me, because it's part of my job) last year. The state cut the reimbursement rate for Direct Support Professionals (aka PCAs) who were related to their consumers (clients) by 20%. …

This article actually points to a larger problem with how we, as people, live our lives in the US: defined mainly by our occupation. I hate this stuff, because it's so dehumanizing and reductionist. These arguments all miss the goddamn point: we are all people, and people aren't summed up in simple titles. I am not…

God, this conversation was depressingly well-balanced and informed. I'm going to go watch some Springer now to remind myself what kind of world we live in.

I don't know, I've worked with tons of parents who also don't have any authority of actually having children. I've met some shitty shitty parents. I don't have kids, I can't speak for physically having them. But to say I have no level of authority on caring for them is kind of discrediting. Yes, I took a little…

I had it put slightly more into perspective for me when looking after my 1.5 year old (I'm sorry, is it 18 months? I'm not a parent but in my not-so-humble opinion FUCK THAT NUMBERING SYSTEM) niece for the first time. I mean, putting them to bed at any time? Sure, maybe, but the real trick is keeping them there.

I think that's not just moms, it's being a woman. No matter what you do there is always a critic (or many) who think it's their duty to voice their opinion. Just now in my facebook feed a friend of my husband's (who I generally actually like) posted the following: "Women, please keep your hair long. Only a very few…

Okay, the rocket scientist comment made me laugh hysterically (I'm not a rocket scientist, but I know a few).

I can pretty much refute your entire thesis by pointing out that for the vast, vast majority of human history, there was no such thing as a cosmetics/fashion industry with widespread mass marketing, and yet, obviously, women (and men) had to adhere to very strict expectations of what a man or woman is suppose to be.…