Didn’t shit on her nor hate on her. I made a point about the problem with high-profile individual responses to systemic problems. Paying one dude’s rent =/= making change and creates a false narrative that help is available for everyone if they only ask (and deserve it).

You missed the point. No-one said it wasn’t an act of kindness. I said these high-profile individual actions make it harder for larger scale reform because it gives people the false sense that the most egregious injustices will be solved by some “angel” who dives down and fixes it with money.

I hate this. These one-off offers of “generosity” by people who are obscenely wealthy creates this false narrative that there is help available for people in this situation. I’m glad Mr. Charles has his immediate needs tended to, but his personal injustice is just the tip of the iceberg. Don’t even get me started on…

I can’t believe there are only 4 comments on this well-written, on point post. Being an entrepreneur is no joke when you have no safety net. It takes something more than strength, especially when you add all the other insane hurdles she faced. I’ve heard her story before but the added detail you provided made her…

Oh good. My mother in law is writing headlines for Life and Style. Great to see her getting her getting out there after almost ruining my marriage. Spread the joy! 

On the almost 1 year anniversary of Parkland, I can’t help but think that teens are obsessed with death because people keep killing them. 

I would be surprised about the level of conviction involved in an argument about homemade wine, but i see there’s a guy downthread busting his aorta insisting this kid’s hair is a weave. Some people have crazy priorities.

He’s really invested in it being a weave. I feel like his “real” 90s dreads (aka formed with egg whites and dirt) were his biggest achievement to date. Well, until this comment thread. 

How can we make this happen in the year of our lord 2019?

You are absolutely correct, and I hadn’t really thought about it in that context. Motivation to keep fighting! Thanks! 

It’s a good question. I am wondering what my next steps are—he definitely knows his behavior is wrong, I am someone who has told him so directly. I do know he got some anger management, but it didn’t take. I obviously need to find a new job--I have recently become senior to him, though he doesn’t report to me--and am…

I work with someone who has been making his female colleagues feel unsafe for years. We have exhausted all internal options for getting him disciplined, and HR confidentiality prevents us from learning what, if any corrective action has been taken. Those of us who have gone out on a limb to report his behavior have…

Why is it incredible that the Boston Red Sox supported Yes on 3? I’m not a big Sox fan, but it’s limited to assume that sports organizations=bigoted stances.  

It’s only set up to break certain people. Certain kinds of people. 

It’s exhausting. I don’t know what we are supposed to do. Which is exactly why some of us join them, because having no power can defeat a person. 

Why I didn’t report is so complicated. I was 16, he was 23. I was a little drunk, he got me that way. I was not supposed to be out with him. I was new and didn’t know many people where I lived. I said no, a lot, but I also had a positive physical reaction, which confused and shamed me. I didn’t want my parents to be…

We always knew Jordan Catellano was stupid; the revelation has been just how much “cool” wins over moronic. He’s really hit his stride in this, the Year of the Moron. 

Why aren’t they searching her apartment, what with her being the fucking murderer? 

Not sure anyone saw this peak whitesplaining example over at the Boston Globe today...

Yes! And pictures of her wearing clothing she chose instead of that vile tutu those tennis freakshows make her wear. As a 6 foot tall muscular lady myself, the thought of stepping out of the house in that shit gives me hives. Bring back the catsuit.