We see a lot of people not wanting to rent to veterans because of a fear of PTSD. Or because their income is some of sort of military benefits. We don’t really see it just being about the veteran status, but about the things that may stereotypically come with the veteran status.

Like someone mentioned below, it’s probably part of the HUD-VASH program, which is essentially Section 8 vouchers for chronically homeless vets. If you can get landlords to take them, you’re golden. They also come with services, like case management and support groups. I work in the housing discrimination field, and…

CHOCOLATE MALTED CRUNCH!!

No, it should be BLUE AND WHITE. Rep the Jews, Starbucks.

YES!!! GIRAFFE!! I have been obsessed with giraffes since I was 7 (now 30), and didn’t get to dress like one until I was in college and made my own costume.

I go to this Target all the time. I would have laughed my ass off.

Remembering the suffering bolsters our guilt powers, I think. It really feeds the “woe is me” part of our souls. The food feeds the other part.

She has a seemingly excellent command of the language for a 16-year-old. I agree that referring to adult people of color as being “articulate” simply for employing proper usage of the English language is problematic as fuck—but, this is not a fully grown adult; ostensibly she hasn’t even finished high school.

I don’t remember some of the dolls, like Josephina. I did the doll thing when it was the original 5, so all the ones that came after are kind of a blur. I STILL have Samantha and Kirsten. My mom has them all nicely put away in case I have a daughter some day (still don’t even know if I want kids, but I WILL be takiing…

I practice housing discrimination law for a fair housing agency. We’re government-funded and organizations like mine exist in almost every single part of the country. The sole purpose of our funding is to provide free housing discrimination advice, education, advocacy and enforcement. You call us. We talk for a while.…

Google “Fair Housing Testing” — we can prove it a lot of the time.

Testing! We do testing! We train a diverse group of community members, and when we get complaints of discrimination, we set up tests. We assign profiles (everything from whether a person has a family, to their job and income, and why they are moving) and then we send them out. If we were looking at race, we would send…

I’m a fair housing attorney, so all I do is investigate and enforce the housing discrimination laws. SO MANY PEOPLE DO THIS STILL. Sometimes, it’s the real estate agents. At times, unconscious bias causes them to steer people of color away from white neighborhoods (lots of good studies on this). Other times, it’s…

I recently learned this was a thing as my roomie and her friends started getting married. Who the fuck wants a cream colored dress that is good for clubbing? What happened to delineating the bride with gaudy regalia from the porn store? I say we stick to that, and not dictating what guests wear to a bachelorette party.

Lawyer here… There are a number of federal appeals court rulings that have interpreted sex discrimination to include discrimination based on non-conformity with gender/sex stereotypes, such as being gay or trans. The EEOC also interprets federal law this way. It’s a relatively new, last 5-10 year, interpretation.…

Word. I can get behind eggs, but I cannot get behind quiche. The texture, the taste of the egg/cream mixture, it just makes me cringe. I try it every now and again, but without fail, I hate it.

who?

There is a steinmart down the road from me that I’ve never been in. Now I must investigate

This. I have a straight perm (damn my Jewfro), and go in every 6-8 months to get my roots touched up. When I lived in LA, I went to a salon in Koreatown, and now in the San Jose area, I go to a Vietnamese salon. Both salons have a lead stylist who oversees the whole thing, and does some of the work, but there is…

Add in super greasy hair and face, and that was me off the pill for 6 months so we could get updated baseline data for my PCOS. ick.