Pretty much nothing. I don't even know if they have to be mirandized because they aren't being arrested, "just" searched. And if you haven't seen any videos of these stop-and-frisk events, they aren't as benign as those three words might suggest. It often consists of grabbing, pushing, twisting and otherwise…
I had a discussion yesterday with a colleague who has been victim to stop-and-frisk and we were talking about street safety for people of color and women (over 60% of whom are "of color" in NYC) and how both police harassment and street harassment effectively segregate the city into safe and unsafe areas—that is, some…
Eh, he was Irish, so it probably doesn't even count.
(see what I did there—I shamed the guy and employed an ethnic stereotype at the same time! What internet prize do I win?)
Thanks. I think the reason that dresses tend to be strapless is not so much that they are easier to make that way, but they are easier to adjust. The upper bodice—the area bounded by the shoulder, the armscye (arm hole) and the bust point is one of the trickiest places to fit *well*. Sleeves themselves are a pain…
I had offered to make my friend's wedding dress, but she thought that was too much of a favor to ask. After about a month of looking for a gown, she came back and asked how difficult it would be to put sleeves on a dress because she could not find a single one with sleeves. Um, not that difficult—certainly not…
+1 and bonus +1 for the referencing the greatest line ever mouthed by Matthew McConaughey.
Better...open a Church of Satan school or Thelemic Academy, grab some popcorn and watch as heads gloriously explode in a display to rival any Fourth of July fireworks celebration.
Here's the thing—I know several people of all genders who are exactly like how she describes herself—just in their own world, working hard and getting stuff done. My brother, for example, has contributed a great deal to computer science (specifically animation and gaming technology), but if you asked him, he'd say he…
I try to look at all my experiences as necessary to be where I am today (mostly crappy jobs—fortunately not much in the way of physical abuse), and with a sample size of n=1, it's impossible to predict if I'd be where I am without them. Same for this woman, I'm glad that she's been able to find a positive in an…
Up to a point, but in really expensive restaurants (where one might make a couple hundred off a single table), the waitstaff are almost entirely men.
As a narrative device, she sort of does have to come from this privileged background—her character is there to ask the questions that the audience, most of whom have little exposure to the prison system, would ask—to provide exposition. She has to be over-the-top blonde and wide-eyed, slim, pretty and wealthy to…
Sadly, while it *should* be easy to pass the test, most movies don't.
Fixed it.
Thank you! I'm starting to develop an allergy to all the red-herrings tossed about. This is a specific problem and here is a specific solution to that problem. This does not mean that THERE ARE NO OTHER PROBLEMS! FFS, I'm so tired of just about every post on Jez and other Gawker sites degrading into this sort of…
Suzanne is the BEST!
Besides buying cookies, how can I support this?
She does exemplify white privilege, but that is a huge part of the show (examining how that privilege functions, etc.) I love this show and I love that the other characters are able to tell their own stories without having the Piper character speak for them. Good for her for not just walking away from the issue when…
I follow her on Twitter and I love the mix of personal and political (and I think her relationship with Sudekis is really sweet).
Organic, locally grown, non-GMO straw I assume :-)
Me too on the faux chicken—it seems to be the most "neutral" fake meat. I'm not a huge fan of fake cold-cuts or anything that is flavored like meat (except occasionally sausage, but that's more about the herbs and spices than the meatiness anyway).