I’d also guess that most of these stars, being sample sized, do not pay bc they can wear a dress to an event and return it. With a sample size, a designer can give them a dress that already exists within the line, or if custom then reuse that piece for another sample sized client. And they are still not giving it for…

“you’ve spent $5000 to $10,000 for a dress that’s not worn. It can be the death of a line.”

Hey, drug addiction is really powerful. Speaking from experience. There’s no way of knowing how big a role cocaine plays in these two peoples lives, but it doesn’t mean they don’t love their kid or that they don’t have the potential to give if the care you described. It probably means they need help with substances…

it’s worse circumstantially, because it involves parents who are both doing narcotics. Alcohol isn't good for breastmilk but new parents who have a glass of wine each don't pose the same overall risks as parents who snort coke.

I do not have a naturally nurturing bone in my body so I am always extremely in awe of people like your sister. Kudos to her.

Yeah. I’ve come to terms with those folks’ lifestyle as “it’s not for me and I generally disagree with their ideas about what being a good person really means, but i don’t really give a crap what THEY do with their lives.” if they want to lie to themselves and sit around judging their lives away, go ahead. What…

I know. My only assumption is that people who are quick to harshly judge have never faced a similar situation themselves. Or if they have, they were made to feel ashamed instead of supported, so they respond by making other people feel ashamed. It’s a lack of education and compassion - if you don’t have a human…

it’s actually wayyyy harder to remove federal/state/public employees than anyone working in the private sector, because they are protected by a) endless layers of bureaucracy and b) often unionized. The public resources required to actually investigate/fire a public employee is almost always less than the cost of just…

The difference is that it’s her choice to take extremely low pay, one that we should not obligate people to have to make in order to pursue a career. This law exists to keep employers from setting an arbitrary precedent for low pay even if the business itself is profitable.

In a small business, the only employees who should be expected to shoulder a paycut are the people who own that business. And ideally that should only be temporary. My family runs a small business; we don’t pay employees less just because the biz had a bad week or month. Period. And if you get in a very bad spot, it…

Thanks for publishing this. Abortion and its circumstances are incredibly personal. No woman should ever have to qualify the decision to have one, or be made to feel shame in addition to the pain of losing a child that was very much wanted.

She isn’t, actually. There was a petition to de-bench her, but she stepped down on her own before she could be removed.

So crazy. I get why judges are appointed - to keep them protected from the pull of having to campaign and accept campaign donations. But Christ there should be nobody we hold to a higher legal standard.

If a judge needs to be removed from certain cases because of bias that judge needs to be de-benched.

Yuppppp. And a lot of gun owners ARE sensible and serious about regulating firearms. I was at a wedding this weekend (military couple) and there were many gun owners present who vehemently oppose the public availability of assault rifles. Owning a handgun for self-defense or a hunting rifle for hunting is much, much…

Ugh. The provision that one specific instance of two men kissing could ignite a massacre like that...his father is full of crap to place blame like that. This had nothing to do with seeing a kiss and everything to do w indoctrinated hate and living in a culture of permissible violence.

Yup. And the responses of “nobody cares if she copies, every artist does.” Every artist does not copy. And try telling that to an artist who’s struggled for years to build a career, only to see their work plagiarized without permission or credit by someone with the largest audience in the world.

Yeah yikes. Billboard published an article some time ago about her “creative imitation” that made a good point: why would an artist with unprecedented access to some of the best creative minds around opt to copy existing work? If something she saw inspired her, why wouldn’t she just hire that person to help create…

i am by no means covering all the claims, but here are a few:

She is a force. I wish that she didn’t steal so much from other artists work without paying deserves recognition, though. Its great that she has such a strong influence and gives a voice to many people who don’t have one, but she should give fair credit those whose work contributed to her statement.