I will always appreciate how Viola is extremely direct about the fact that she was and is a black woman constantly navigating the mental minefield of predominantly white art spaces that exist in a structure built to denigrate our inability to adhere to their made up binaries
Yall need to start being mean to people that are mean to YOU. Stop that bigger person shit.. Release your inner bitches or whatever Natasha Bedingfield said!
If I cut you off, your success later won’t make me regret it. Good for you, truly. But becoming rich, popular, married, fit, or “blessed” does not rewrite how you treated people when your character was on trial. I can respect your growth from a distance and still remember why access was revoked. Success can change your status, but it doesn’t automatically clean your history.
friendly reminder that the u.s. women’s team has won the women’s world cup four times!!!!! people seem to keep leaving women’s records out of these world cup conversations but women’s soccer is still soccer!! women are people!!
I just found out that water is considered a human right in Ireland, and households don’t pay water bills.
Every country should be like that.
Water is a human right and always should be.
“Can I bring my baby to the interview?”
The message came in at 11 PM:
“Hi, I have an interview with you tomorrow at 2 PM. My childcare fell through. Can I bring my 8-month-old? I understand if you need to reschedule.”
Old me would have rescheduled.
Unprofessional. Distraction. Red flag.
New me replied:
“Absolutely. See you tomorrow.”
She showed up with her baby on her hip.
She apologized three times before even sitting down.
Ten minutes in, the baby started crying.
She tried to soothe him while answering questions.
She apologized again.
I stopped the interview and said:
“Hey. You’re managing a fussy baby, answering complex questions, and staying calm under pressure. That’s literally the job. Handling chaos while staying professional. You’re already proving you can do it.”
Her eyes filled with tears.
We hired her.
She’s been with us for a year now.
The most reliable team member we have.
Why?
Because when you’re used to handling a screaming infant at 3 AM and still showing up to work the next day, workplace stress feels like nothing.
Working parents, especially mothers, are some of the most organized, efficient, and resilient people you’ll ever hire.
Yet we lose them because our hiring processes are built for people with zero caregiving responsibilities.
If your interview process can’t accommodate a parent facing a childcare issue, you’re not filtering for professionalism.
You’re filtering for privilege.
If you think this won’t touch you, you’re not paying attention. A govnt shutdown doesn’t just hurt ‘other ppl’, it bleeds into everything.
When millions lose healthcare, your premiums spike. YOUR costs rise. YOUR safety net weakens.
No one is safe. Everyone bleeds in a collapse
I mean this disrespectfully when I say shut the entire fuck up
Postpartum depression is biological. After birth estrogen & progesterone levels drop drastically. That literally disrupts our brain chemistry & triggers mood disorders like PPD & PSYCHOSIS.
Men CANT experience that