This is definitely something you don’t see in less blue collar jobs. Or at least something I’ve never seen. I want to go on a long rant about childcare options for low income mothers and how that negatively effects our economy, but …
she brought her baby to work …
Yes, I am always like this. Even before 8 AM while on vacation.
A lot of his opinion also boiled down to believing that Schulz’s knowledge of the human condition gave him an insight that didn’t require him to have first hand knowledge of Depression or any other neurological issues. He acknowledged Schulz was neurotic (he was essentially agoraphobic in his later years), but seemed to have a view of mental illness that lacked nuance and was, in my opinion, harmful.
Hijacking his panel to challenge his understanding of mental illness didn’t seem productive, though. I still wonder if I made the right decision by backing down.
He kind of realized how dumb his question was halfway through asking it, but that didn’t stop him from deciding to die on that hill.
The panel moderator’s response basically boiled down to, “Of course we want equity, but if you don’t like reading about strong female characters you can always read everything else that has ever been written instead.”
I am the luckiest boy.
I just want everyone to learn from my mistakes. My stupid, stupid mistakes.
According to RAINN, one in six women has been a victim of sexual assault. The numbers on men are a little harder to pin down, but even the estimate for women is probably low. They are your friends and family, your coworkers and associates. And so are their attackers.
This is not an endorsement of this terrible series that paints all foreigners as mysterious, otherworldly beings. I think I was on my third episode of a show that talked about people of various other ethnic groups without ever bothering to talk to any of them when I had to abandon ship.
“Keep the rant about gender to yourself” should be tattooed to the inside of my eyelids.
It’s hard to fight with people I love so much.