and help her get in touch with anyone from the “US Department of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in California, New York, or Georgia.”

Came here to say this. I’m in HR so I know. Check out the FFCRA: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic/ffcra-employee-paid-leave

If you want to support local restaurants, you can also order takeout or delivery. That’s not a solution to the problem, but neither is re-opening small confined spaces where people are opening their mouths a lot.

The federal government has done fuck all to assist people and businesses during this entire pandemic.…

Masks also hide facial features, which humans use to recognize the “humanity” of others. It’s easier to say or do something shitty to someone whom your brain doesn’t recognize as fully human. Most of us have social skills that override that. People who are still eating in restaurants during a surge in a global…

We get those “Cutie” tangerines and I’ve eaten some that clearly had started to ferment. It’s my way of sticking it to “the man” by not paying alcohol taxes.

Oh wow. I never would have made the connection if you hadn’t said something. Looks like she’s had a lot of work done. 

This is my sister in law. Even actually getting COVID isn’t enough for her to concede that because Biden will listen to scientists he’s any better than Trump. Many Bernie or Bust-ers are as bad as Trumpsters in their weird ass devotion to one man as a messiah.

The current conspiracy theories about child sex rings run out of pizza parlors and unholy (always Democratic) politicians drinking kids’ blood is Satanic Panic 2: Demonic Boogaloo.

Privilege is subjective. Yes, my grandparents had the privilege of running water, but also grew a huge garden which they canned and preserved to feed their four kids. They did this in the evenings and weekends after they worked 40+ hours at a factory of “under belching smokestacks”. Is that more privileged than a…

Having grown up Catholic and attended 12 years of Catholic school, I can say that I miss some of the rituals. I was in choir so I attended every mass and sang my heart out. I miss not singing those songs. But I can’t reconcile my wanting the comfort of the ritual of the church who won’t endorse full equality in its…

You mean “at will”, not “right to work”. Most states in the U.S. are at-will.

In most cases, employment is at-will, which means the employee and the employer can sever the relationship at any time for any reason that’s not illegal (discrimination, etc.). In the case of high profile sexual assault claims, it’s not unethical or even unwise to distance your entertainment vehicle from that.

As a fat burlesque performer, I get this a lot — “oh, you’re so BRAVE!”. And yes, any person who gets up onstage and gets mostly naked for the entertainment of others is brave. But the brave ‘compliment’ is usually only directed at the performers with bodies that are not conventionally attractive. Obviously our…

Jezebel, you don’t need to absolve Rhianna of blame by saying, “But is it really offensive?” As an artist, when you use someone else’s, or even your own, culture or religion in your work, people will have Opinions (capital O intended). It’s up to you whether you apologize, acknowledge, ignore or otherwise deal with…

OMG, thank you. This image is giving me prickles up and down my spine. I can deal with honeycombs and the like but when the holes are on a body, I freak the fuck out.

Rihanna was in a lengthy relationship with Saudi businessman Hassan Jameel which reportedly ended early this year,

Yeah, a lot of these so-called Christians are really more into Old Testament God with the smiting and suffering. I feel like they should really rename themselves because their branding is way off. Jesus (you know, the “Christ” part of “Christian”) hung out with outcasts, sinners, etc. and told them they were worthy of…

I’m not saying that hating on someone’s pain is cool, but you can kind of see where it’s coming from.

Unh unh. Someone under the age of 30 might be a father, but they aren’t Daddy. And definitely not Zaddy.

And that these programs should be available to underserved people who are not in prison.