True about the pets. Pet charities make me so deeply angry. There’s so many better causes - actual people, even actual animals.

Oh that part of the story really makes me angry. I think there is a wasp strain in our culture of “its better not to make a public fuss, its better not to get involved in other people’s business, its better not to share secrets outside of the inner circle”. People need to be rude, call things out, butt in, and spill…

Yes. I respect Ashley Judd, who was the first celebrity to give an interview on record to NYT, and a handful of his former employees.

Angelina warned her friends. Women she didn’t know - young women who were new to the industry, didn’t benefit from these warnings as his assaults continued to pile on. I’ve worked on a Weinstein movie and I never heard any rumours so not everyone is in the know.

I’m also tired of all the cognoscenti snickering that it was an “open secret”. Well it wasn’t an open secret to the young women whom he assaulted. If they had known they wouldn’t have met up with him. I’m sure some of them may have heard some vague warnings and assumed they meant he was just an aggressive flirt.…

Am wondering about that myself. I know that its very difficult to accuse a powerful man, but if you knew that it kept happening to other women - wouldn’t you try to protect them?

Years ago a friend of mine who works in media mentioned a rumour about a minor celebrity. She said she couldn’t give me any details out of respect for her friend, so she literally told me nothing except “i’ve heard things about him” and an eye roll. I didn’t know how to interpret that, so I just didn’t. A couple years…

Yeah I thought that was pretty terrible advice that made no sense. I’ve heard this line of reasoning before, and I’m pretty sure this false moral equivalency was invented by cheating men. No, I’m sorry, but telling the truth about what happened is not worse than cheating, and there’s no moral high ground to be gained…

what kind of job has 54 days of paid leave? or even 42? i need to know what kind of work you do.

I only made through a few pages... it seemed really cliche to me, like what a young, naive person would think is sophisticated and cynical - second hand from reading New York coming of age, chick lit.

this lady begs to differ.

Someone tell netflix. I would watch this.

If I lied to and cheated on that person for 15 years, then I would deserve it.

So what if she’s attention seeking? As long as someone has an interesting story, I’ll give them my attention.

googling these now...

Actually that is how waves work - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_wave

I know someone with severe mental illness and I can say, outside of the doctors and nurses, the people who have the most contact with mentally ill are retail people, barbers and hairdressers. And I really admire their compassion in treating someone who is obviously unwell with respect, even if it can be super…

the fact that she’s counter-suing for a dollar indicates she never intended to sue.

I lived in places that were hard to sleep or cook in. Those are kind of crucial components of your earning and saving machine. My current affordable place is good for sleeping and eating (yay!) but has a long-ass commute.

I’ve frequently made the stupid life mistake of living in a cheap place - and I’m only now realizing that the psychological and physical negatives of living in a shitty place eat away at yourself - and thereby your earning potential. Obviously you have to live in what you can afford, but if you’re trying to budget, I…