As someone who has tried whiskey for teething pain (wisdom teeth)- it only lasts a few seconds anyway. I mean, as an adult, I just took a shot after that and felt better, but I know you don’t want to do that to the baby.

...but based on the apology, he wasn’t being ironic. He talks about romantic relationships that messed with his lab work *in the apology*. He meant what he said.

Right, but can you understand why teachers might be sensitive about things these days?

Obviously the “not being racist” high standard is fine (though why can’t that be the standard for all jobs). It’s the other “high standards” (never buying alcohol, never swearing in public, never be seen buying tampons etc etc etc) that rankle and come out as sexist a lot of the time.

Is that what the OP said? No? I say we shame all the racists, not just the teacher ones.

That’s the point, though- a lot of educators *are* shamed and punished for having lives. This feels like part of that, because it’s national news, not local or just a school-wide scandal. If we did this to other professions, great! Shame all the racists! Teachers are just sick of being singled out.

Thank you!

Right...and she was fired...did it need to be a national headline, was the question. Teachers are sick of getting shat upon in the news. I’m not sure why this particular article was the breaking point for the OP, but I can understand why the current news cycle would make someone hyper-sensitive about the fact that our…

Is that what the OP said should happen? Nope.

If you sit and think about the national conversation around teaching, I think you’ll see why we’re reaching the ends of our ropes and getting rankled by even the stupid, doesn’t-effect-me articles.

I think that everyone responding to this teacher has not taken a look at the national conversation about teachers lately. We’re told that we’re dumb, we’re overpaid, that we hate children, that we’re racist for disliking the current state of standardized testing (not for being actually racist, like the above example),…

Yeah, that’s exactly what the OP said.

I actually agree with the OP, and it’s NOT that I think this teacher should have a job; it just rubs me the wrong way that this is something that gets reported on a national level when other professions wouldn’t even make the local news for a racist shit getting fired.

I mean, in this case, and pretty much every case that gets national attention, the teacher deserved to be fired. But why are we publishing the opinions of some whackjob about to be fired here on Jez? Do we publish the opinions of other whackjobs? Do they become national news? It feels like just teachers and…

OMG but the Cashmere Baby line cracks me up. When my sister got pregnant, I got all excited about shopping at J Crew for baby things because everything used to be so cute (well, still is), but then I realized it’s $145 fucking dollars for a baby sweater.

Baby showers make total sense. People want to get you baby shit and touch your belly; you need stuff and want to get it all over with in one party.

Isn’t it a stricter Kosher/Halal thing?

I was actually wondering this in an earlier post, probably in reaction to Caitlyn’s statement about nail polish- like, why do transitioning women (that I have seen, so fairly limited) tend to cling so hard to the trappings of being a woman that many women don’t even use? I figured it was something like this, but…

I’m guessing it’ll be more like Bowie or Zappa’s kids, where they change it ASAP. But this family does put the kids in the spotlight more, so maybe North will be less normal because of it.

My cake was boring (cupcakes by grandma, so free and decent), BUT I used to work at weddings, and I will say: