I just got done reading a New Yorker article about a similar topic (racism in health care). A child went into the hospital to have her tonsils removed, received inadequate care post-op when she experienced bleeding, and ended up declared brain dead by the hospital. Then a fight ensued between the hospital and the…

I totally agree with you that the case for adjuncts is much stronger. Having so much teaching done by adjuncts is bad for the adjuncts and for their students, too. (No insult meant to adjuncts— it’s about the resources they have available to them.)

I went to one of the top programs in my field (I say this only to rule out your suggestion that maybe a grad student isn’t compensated as well as you were because he/she “ just isn’t all that great in their field”) and applied to a number of its peer institutions. At none of them was housing covered. I think the…

This is so true. It reminds me of my wealthy sister-in-law whining that “everyone we know lives someplace nicer than us.” They own a very nice, newly renovated, 2 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom apartment in a full-service doorman building on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. They have regular contact with all sorts of people…

The win for the double standard is the others not stepping down. To speak of it in reverse suggests that none of them should be punished for this, when in fact they all should. Let’s get rid of all of them and replace them with deserving women, particularly women of color, who are underrepresented in government at the…

With Donald Trump in front of our faces everyday it’s hard to imagine that saying being irrelevant.

The party of “values voters” is what’s wrong with this picture.

It looks like Viola Davis is drinking while she’s cooking, as well as actually cooking, so she wins this with me. I am also enjoying the contrast between Kim and Kourtney’s pictures. A hastily taken, poorly lit picture of kids in sweats and t-shirts is pretty much all of the pictures I take on Thanksgiving.

Because now that they don’t have Obama to blame for their problems, they’ve realized that their lives just suck and their savior Trump can’t or won’t do anything to fix it. So they’re just losing their shit.

Yes, exactly. Why is this even newsworthy? I’ve already seen people bitch about this on Facebook, so I’m done with the whole thing.

Valid point. I haven’t seen the movie (or anything else she’s been in) and wasn’t aware of things she’s said about the Israel-Palestine situation until your comment led me to google it (although I was aware she was in the Israeli army). However, even if there is a good reason not to see her movies, if Warner Bros.…

Yup, my most prevalent thought is: if they replace her, nobody better go see that goddamn movie!

I don’t understand why the conversation here mostly revolves around the magazine’s possible motivation for what they did. Lupita has been clear about these issues in the past and whatever their reason, it reflects willful ignorance or lack of forethought. She handled it perfectly— she didn’t demonize anyon, but she…

The lackadaisical attitude about allergies at schools is really surprising to me. My son goes to a public school in NYC and they serve peanut butter in the cafeteria. If kids have allergies, they are put at a separate table. Not only does that seem dangerous (just this morning I saw a kid sharing nuts with other kids…

I have to disagree with this. At certain ages, being able to actually see the kids is really useful. Like, is the 2-year-old crying because his 5 year old brother just just “poop” to him or because his brother just shoved him on the floor and is sitting on his head? I only have to stop what I’m doing for one of those,…

Ha! I once saw a celebrity at a restaurant (who I didn’t know personally) and said, “Oh my god! What are you doing here?!” He was like, “What are you doing here?!” To be fair, this was in Indiana so it was kind of a fair question.

Nope, try again. Saying that I have a problem with how hard it is for women to be believed and supported does not mean I have a problem with male victims being believed and supported, as I explicitly said in a response to someone else.

You are probably right. I think the two things work together, though.

Good point, you’re right!

Yes, not trying to discredit or disparage male victims in any way. They deserve to be heard and taken seriously and I’m glad when they are. It just seems like often the bar is so much higher for women and girls to be taken seriously. :(