For the many, not the few.

daniel radcliffe calling out j.k. rowling on her bullshit is big dick energy

Iconic.

Ok but where is this from

Her name’s Marianne, she’s a Samburu woman and the Supalake village chairlady. It’s from The Land of No Men: Inside Kenya’s Women-Only Village and that convo is at 22:16, but the entire video is awesome!

1973. Some things never change

let’s change them

‘Please,’ Rees-Mogg says. 'Have a sandwich.’

You hesitate. 'I’m not hungry.’

'Please have a sandwich,’ Rees-Mogg says. It isn’t mere politeness; there’s something desperate in his voice. 'I cannot eat all these sandwiches by myself.’

The room is full of people. 'I’m sure there’s someone else who can—’

'Have a sandwich,’ Rees-Mogg says. He slips off his chair, gets onto his knees in front of you. You take a step back in alarm. 'I’ve asked. There’s nobody else.’

'All right,’ you say, unsettled. 'Thank you.’ You reach for a sandwich.

He stops you with a hand on your arm.

'I’m delighted you’d like a sandwich,’ he says. His eyes bore into yours. 'You are entitled to a sandwich if you can prove that your family has been resident in the UK for the last ten generations.’

You jerk your arm out of his grasp. 'I can’t do that.’

Rees-Mogg starts to cry. He slumps back into the chair and begins to eat the sandwiches. There are so many sandwiches, and he eats all of them, crying.

'Nobody can help me,’ he whispers through a mouthful of ham.

Eton mess

Whatever else you read today, it will never be as WTF good as this. “One who did not fall for the trap was Senegalese leader Macky Sall. This was because the fake Le Drian made the basic error of addressing the president with the polite French vous. In fact the two men know each other well, and when talking together use the familiar tu.”

[The first step in making society better is caring about things that don’t affect you directly.]

people have become so incredibly desensitized to pedophilia online its crazy

“they arent a pedophile/arent playing into pedophilic culture, they are just sexually aroused by things that children do and by children characters and imagining themself as a child in sexual situations and are good friends with people who create child porn!” do you people realize how you sound

Always be vague. Say I think they’re in today or not until later. If they press say it’s company policy not to give out the schedule. Most companies do have this and even if they don’t how would a stranger know. Don’t give out specifics, they can get people injured or even killed.

At my last job someone came up and asked when “Sarah” was working next. I didn’t tell him and then texted her a description, turns out he was an abusive ex who had been stalking her. Don’t do this shit please.

Do NOT say anything along the lines of “they’re not in today” or “not until later” because you are confirming that this is somewhere the person in question can be found. NEVER confirm anything!

My old boss told us a story of how, years before when she was a fairly new manager (I’m talking decades, she’s 64 right now), there was a man who came in and asked for an employee by name and said he was her uncle. She told him the employee’s shift started in a coule hours. He waited the entire time for her, and when she came in, he assaulted her and bashed her face into the counter. My boss saw everything. She can’t recall what he said, but he kept screaming until someone threatened to call the police.

She told me that story after a man came in and asked for when an employee, who recently quit, would be coming in. I told him she doesn’t work here anymore and he said to me “Okay, well I’m her dad so if you see her tell her I’ll be across the street at the gas station.” He left and my boss IMMEDIATELY came out and scolded me for it, then told me that story.

She gave me some advice on what to say or do in that situation:

Regardless of if the customer know the employee’s name, description, or daily (not hourly) schedule, even if they look like the same race and claim to be family, you NEVER confirm the employee’s existence.

The only exceptions are if the employee tells you themself they’re expecting someone to come in for them (ASK FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE PERSON), and if you personally know who they are in relation to the employee. When anyone I know has to come in because I asked them to come in, I describe what they look like and what they usually wear. I go into deep descriptions, even including how they walk.

You could literally save a life, guys. Don’t blindly trust your gut either and think “But they LOOK innocent” or “But they said ______” because that can result in someone getting severely hurt, or killed.

I know I joked on this post before but seriously

If youre in the US it is against federal law to give out anyones personal information (this includes numbers, names, and schedules) without writen and signed permission.

Just say its against federal law and you cant give out that info without risk of termination - this will get 99% off your back the first time

Please do not pass this by without reading it

one thing that has always bothered me about theatre, and broadway especially, is that ever since i was little theatre has always been “a girl’s things”. it’s shown as girly and young boys who are interested in theatre are assumed to be gay or are made fun of. and yet, in major theatre productions, you hardly ever see women. women aren’t known producers, they aren’t recognized playwrights and composers, and plays- mostly musicals- hardly ever have more than two female characters in the spotlight. it’s yet another “girl’s thing” that’s dominated by men.

just like women are expected to be great chefs at home but most of the worlds master chefs are men

just like teaching K-12 (which is part child care) is seen as women’s work but the university level is dominated by men in tenured positions

just like high fashion has a shit ton of male designers who are considered “elite” but most men would ask their wives to sew a button their shirts

Just like men “make art” and women “do crafts”

Also I’ve been working with horses my whole life and I’ve only ever known like one guy who rides and yet most Olympic equestrians are men??? Sincerely, a female musical theatre composer/performer who thanks you for this post

Michelle Dean writing about Hannah Arendt and her work “The Origins of Totalitarianism”