Totally agree. Well stated!

I'd think if we were to ignore the sociological element they'd STILL prefer to put the most skilled person in the position regardless of gender. I hope at least one stay-at-home dad threw a wrench in their gears at some point.

I think that you've hit the nail on the head with them. The problem is that they define acceptable as "she didn't object" instead of "she DID consent."

Yuck. It's dependent on industry and company, of course, but I still regularly see a two-track system in the business clients I work with. Most generalized office positions are filled by a sea of applicants who are all hired on all at once, trained in once go, and then pushed into either an "advancement" track or a…

While women may keep cleaner at home, experience at every minimum-wage I worked from 14 to 24 taught me that women's restrooms are ALWAYS the dirtier of the two...

Japanese businesses are historically tone-deaf to gender issues with hilariously out-of-step results. My boss tells a great story about being in meetings as late as the mid-late-90s where the upper management of her Japan-based company would just non-chalantly be going through hiring plans and flow-charts where every…

Looking back from this vantage point it seems hard to believe the Spice Girls weren't formed from a reality show contest in the first place.

Ugh, yes. I think this is closely related to the dissonance between "who cares what they said!" and "she is smearing them by re-broadcasting what they said!"

Unless you make it REALLY far, all you get is a chintzy ribbon, a free Merriam Webster dictionary, and your photo in the newspaper ;)

As someone who competed in Scripps-Howard a couple years (but never made it to National), I wonder the same. By the time you left Regional, a very clear pattern emerged between relatively bright kids who were naturally talented at language and spelling and the real in-it-to-win-it families. I cannot imagine being…

UNF. Too many memories! I made it to State level in the Scripps-Howard. I lost on "nasturtium." Yeah... not gonna beat myself up for that one.

Preach it. Plus it's often deployed against women and POCs to remind them that their opinions are not welcome when they counter the dominant narrative...

As a cis-man, I cannot imagine being "uncomfortable" / that a trans* person's presence would in any way make me uncomfortable. I frankly don't even make eye contact with other bathroom users, much less *examine* them closely enough to decide if they're cis or not... Is this a thing?

I totally agree. The idea that someone else's gender has absolutely any bearing on me is mystifying. And I'm very glad that Jez runs this type of story. Even as someone politically active and committed to LGBT causes I don't see enough attention going to this type of story; our trans* brothers and sisters never…

I had the exact same experience. It's recommended weight loss number was closer to my baseline. But on the whole it's a good site and pretty easy to use. The Android app is ~pretty~ good, and once you get most of your groceries on the frequently used list it gets a lot easier.

Very well said!

There's been a few studies which talk about fundamental differences in the conservative vs. progressive mindset, too. Specifically, those who identify as conservative tend to show a larger fear response than those who identify as liberal. This obviously goes far beyond political spectrum, but it's interesting to see…

20 years ago, I would have absolutely agreed with your post. But absolutely everything changed when the fundies entered the picture with Newt's Republican Renaissance in the 1990s. There is absolutely no policy bedrock underlying the current GOP's Barbie Dream House of Ideology. The party still positions Paul Ryan…

Also, "Only in my Dreams" is JUST THAT GOOD.

"All the kids who want to play with your truck are just jealous of your success," sighs 1st-grade teacher Miss Rand. "This is the burden we Producers must bear."