ITA. This show is one of the few shows out there that is feminist in that not only the main female character tries to achieve her goals she expects/supports other women (and men)around her to reach their goals as well.

The only thing I really hated was that April "gave in" to the pressure around her to have kids she didn't really seem to want...and then they reduced her future to just that, being a mother (and Andy's to being a father). Everyone else got cool career turn-outs and April, of all people, just gets to be a mom. Sad…

Any time in the future, when visitors are being dickbags, or another building is on fire or my coworkers are being crazy or someone is asking me when George Washington fought the Battle of Gettysburg, I am going to remember this episode of Parks and Rec. I will replay Leslie talking about Work Worth Doing and Ron…

She also gave us the quote of the year.

I'm generation X and work in tech. I don't think people go into STEM careers if they're planning on opting out. Even though my peers/colleagues and I were in our early 30's when the alleged "opt-out" phenomenon was in the news, and most were highly educated upper middle class white women, very few of my peers…

Oh god, the Grasshopper. My mother is not what you would call a big drinker, and back in the day her taste buds were still firmly wedged in the 1960s. For some reason she and my father were invited out for drinks by a rather grand couple and they went to a specially nice bar in town, at the top of the Park Plaza…

I could *almost* give the people a pass for thinking Chipotle served soup because, while I don't live near one, I do have a Qdoba close by and they have tortilla soup as a regular menu item and, in my mind, they are roughly equivalent establishments. BUT there is no reason to get all crazy about serving things in…

I don't think the alcoholic Irish Coffees are that popular in general?

She is against lip syncing, and has never done it.

As someone who actually grades the US Government and Politics AP exam, let me put you all at ease—Fox News has nothing to worry about.

New Biology Curriculum:

So they'd prefer that we focus on "I have a dream" and "The Gettysburg address" speeches, instead of discussing racial oppression. Do they know what those speeches were about?

As a history teacher this makes me shake with rage. Fox commentators thinking history doesn't matter because they get bummed out having to think about slavery and the extermination of Native Americans is textbook white privilege.

"Women were created from men," says Zach.

No, Qdoba and Chipotle aren't the same fucking thing. Not even in the same league. Qdoba has queso. QUESO. Chipotle has no queso. Heretofore, Qdoba > Chipotlame.

I created an account JUST to reply to this.

What the fucking fuck do these people think they're doing dragging my religion and my people into this?! Get the fuck out of here with your insane Islamophobia masquerading as some sort of "support" for Jews and Israel — that's a disgusting lie and we want NO PART of it.

Am I a terrible parent for showing this to my horrified and intrigued 13-year-old daughter?

Ah. That's as good as when you suddenly really get bad cramps and then feel the slow ooze and you know...YOU KNOW what's happening...but you're in a meeting or something and you can't do anything about it.

Regarding periods, this is fantastic, and everyone should watch it: