Even if it burning the garbage is/were "carbon equal" it would still seem a green step ahead to use "what we have just lying around worthlessly" as fuel, instead of, you know, something that requires expensive and damaging extraction from the earth until it's all gone and converting it, continuing dependance on…
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Yeah. I am 1 of only 2 female writers on staff at my publication. I accepted low pay as it was my first paid writing gig and I meant to ask for a raise at the new year and just hadn't gotten around to it yet. The other guys had longer (paid) writing resumes than me (at least they claim so and I just believed them) so…
I am always reminding my husband of that. When he laments, "I could've been successful, baby", I'm all "Oh, you mean you could've made lots of money if you'd just stayed in banking and had NO life except material objects and HATED every minute of your looong long days and - oh yeah - never had a chance with a girl…
THIS. My god, just look at politics.
Especially when the article mentions that businesses with a high proportion of female employees score better on EVERY MEASURE.
Yes, I spoke to one of these women about how I hoped the take away (intended or not) was not going to be that women need to be "more like men" to succeed. That makes me furious. She insisted "not at all", I just had to read further in their work (Chapter 8 in particular). I read the article and it was great. Not sure…
Well I certainly wouldn't use it all the time, but it'd be great for occasional situations that will leave me more vulnerable than I would normally like. And, as I travel for a living, it'll be GREAT on layovers. I go out alone in new cities all the time. Never had a problem, but it's wise to let someone know where…
Re: the feminist argument on here about whether or not snarking on this is "ok", I don't have the answer, but I think it's worth mentioning that what we see in this video isn't about disapproving of, say, Botox full stop (IMHO) and that women can't/shouldn't do it. It's about an absurd extreme. These women do NOT…
if you found this article interesting, I recommend he book "Lust in Translation" (witch looks at these sorts of attitudes around the world). Great, fascinating read!
I want to kill myself for not thinking of this first. Garrrhhhh!
Ferguson is leaving? Is that a thing?
Yup. My hubby never realises when he's getting hungry. (I'm a bit stronger in the self-awareness category.) All I know is he gets weird and snippy. Finally I figured it out it's his blood sugar. It's been a lifesaver to say, "You're getting kinda bratty. Let's eat." He used to protest but now he knows I'm usually…
I am so glad to finally be finding people that feel that same way I do about her writing. It makes me angry, actually. Yes, she writes a gorgeous sentence. But just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you should AD NAUSEUM. After a few of those, you as a writer need to just let something HAPPEN already.
OK yes but "location" - what does it MEAN? It makes me crazy. I can't remember a Location if I want to go back to it. I want page number, dammit. (otherwise, I <3 my Kindle)
Oh dear. So if I'm hating the first 100 pages of Goldfinch, I should just stop struggling through it now? Are you telling me it moves MORE slowly after that?
My god I'm trying. I have put it down several times. I, so far, cannot stand her writing. (But my husband LOVED Secret History - which I also couldn't like enough to purchase beyond the thick Kindle Sample - and everyone says Goldfinch is amazing so I'm trying.) But really, it takes her like 12 gd pages to say e.g.…
Um, what?! I had no idea that requiring sterilization to change your gender marker was a THING. (Not even to mention that even a Scandi nation would be an offender.) Mind = blown.
This was the most perfect response ever. (That was such a funny movie.)