Yeah, immigration reform has been a pet cause for Bourdain for as long as he’s been in the public eye. I’m pretty sure he even talked about it at length in Kitchen Confidential.

Another cheer for Cat’s Eye! I took a Canadian Literature course in college on pure elective whim, and it was one of the best classes of my life.

Also check out other books by Atwood, the MaddAdam trilogy is also prescient, with a really interesting commentary on the intersection of feminism and environmentalism. I’d also suggest Cats Eye and the Robber Bride. Really great literature.

Can you explain what being a WOC has to do with not having a mommy or daddy or husband to pick up the slack?

The research I have done shows “general strikes” like this often respect those who cannot afford to strike due to financial needs or fear of retaliation from employer. Its just a reality that many people cannot participate in strikes like this. But to be honest, many of those women also could not afford to…

Lot of people don’t really seem to get that. Read up on the biggest strikes in this country’s history. Those people surely weren’t “privileged” enough to lose wages or their jobs but the risk was worth it.

March 8th is International Women’s Day, there’s stuff happening everywhere. It’s celebrated less in the USA than anywhere else.

Yea, I have tons of respect for those Yemeni bodega owners; you know they work on really narrow profit margins, and closing down for 8 hours was a big sacrifice for a lot of them.

Well, that’s kind of the point of a strike. Yes, strikes hurt the workers. But the idea is that the injustice you’re striking against is more damaging than the loss of wages.

This is just one prong of the protest effort. Folks who can’t take part in the strike will have many, many other opportunities.

Minogue’s attorneys also described Jenner as “a secondary reality television personality,”

I was a teen delinquent in the 80s, and went through one of those teen courts. They were honestly some of the most helpful people I’ve ever met. I had a B&E charge from being homeless, and breaking into an abandoned summer home during a storm because I was cold and wanted to be out of the rain. The neighbors called…

Empathy is taught, not inborn. Which is why reading novels (such as The Color Purple, The Kite Runner etc) may help them become better people in the future

Please get over your righteous self.

Man, I wouldn’t want to have to go to Reading either. Though the Pagoda on Mt. Penn is neat.

Yeah. Boo, and shame on the media for playing tape of the man you voted for, without prompting, saying racist, bigoted, sexist, hate-filled, xenophobic things. Totally the media’s fault.

Hmm. A misanthropic nihilist doesn’t have a good sense of humor? Who knew.

Fun fact: the people who will be pissed off by this skit also think the girl Ghostbusters ruined their childhood. 

The sooner people realize McCarthy is in the top 5 of the funniest people who ever lived ever the better off we’ll all be.