Watching her take off the make-up, the wig, the eye leashes - I'm a middle-aged Black woman with a voracious appetite for tv dramas. I have never seen a scene like that before. The whole dismantling of the facade just resonated with me. So many women I know do all that, the hair especially. What Ms. Davis did was the…

and i really like the idea that she DOES wear a wig, as well? it's incredibly realistic to her as a character, and for black women in general. and then to see her take it off, just...i'm super impressed.

In all seriousness, the advice I got (directed at women who want to be strong leaders and taken seriously in the workplace) says Merkel gave the PERFECT response.

Not only that, being late with no prior notice is a power play. It's the attempt to 'prove' that you're more powerful than the person you're meeting with by forcing them to wait to meet with you.

She doesn't have to care. His country's economy is in the shitter and she's sitting on the leader of Europe's economies.

What? How would that even work?!?!

Gwenyth Paltrow is a feminist icon?
wow I'm so behind

For what it's worth, I'm 110% sure that "accessorized" is the word that threw him. Having done a lot of historical research (as a dude!), I've probably never come across the word, whereas I've seen "donned" plenty of times.

I would laugh in a man's face if he seriously asked me if I had email.

New Hampshire is the South of the North. *runs*

Dude. I implore you.

This, exactly. I know myself that I'm in no way a potential rapist, but I also know that if you stand me beside an actual rapist, you will not be able to tell the difference.

But I can't - because you're always walking around with your damn earbuds in ("Don't talk to me!")

That's amazing! When my fiance moved away to college, his parents offered to stock his new refrigerator. On his shopping list was flaming yon and nobody understood what he wanted until he explained that flaming yon was his favorite cut of steak.

When we first moved down south our neighbor's son was over while I was getting ready to cook dinner. He asked me what we were going to have. "Filet Mignon" I told him. He looked at me strangely and exclaimed "Flamin' Onion?!!"

I DONT SPEAK FRENCH and walking away is just how i am going to end all conversations that aren't going my way from now on.

My theory is that it's not funny when a customer is ignorant of common foods (that's just a little weird and maybe sad), it's when he or she gets really mad and insistent and incredulous when their ignorance is politely corrected, that's where the real comedy gold is. The height of assholery.

Many years ago, my family went to a restaurant for breakfast and the server asked my little brother (he was probably 8 or 9 at the time) how he wanted his eggs done. After some pondering, he replied "deviled". I'm still laughing about that all these years later. Especially cause he truly was a little devil child.

I love those moments when you watch the lightbulb go off above a person's head.