Oh. My god.
Okay, if you’ve ever wanted to watch stuff on Hulu or Netflix or iPlayer (all that Brit stuff: Miranda, Sherlock, Doctor Who) but were in the wrong country, here’s something that’ll let you access those sites for free:
http://hola.org/unblocker.html
The Chrome extension is much more recent than the one for Firefox and there’s a downloadable version too.
It works!
Oh. My god.
Okay, if you’ve ever wanted to watch stuff on Hulu or Netflix or iPlayer (all that Brit stuff: Miranda, Sherlock, Doctor Who) but were in the wrong country, here’s something that’ll let you access those sites for free:
http://hola.org/unblocker.html
The Chrome extension is much more recent than the one for Firefox and there’s a downloadable version too.
It works!
“Just a reminder, ladies, that you may graduate from Wellesley, then Yale Law School, become one of the most powerful and influential lawyers in the country, then the First Lady of the United States, then a U.S. Senator from New York, come this close to being the Democratic nominee for president yourself, and ultimately serve as the Secretary of State, but you’ll always be a woman — an emotional, unhinged, woman.”—
From the article Here’s the New York Post with the Most Sexist Headline of the Year on the New York Post’s cover of Hillary Clinton (with a scared-looking Bill in the corner) testifying during the congressional hearing over the embassy attack in Benghazi. (via lcucinotta)
Thank you.
(via cactustreemotel)
And once again, HILLARY, who calmly answered the same irrelevant question somewhere around 12,000 times is portrayed as “exploding with rage” while the male Republican congressman who literally screamed at her isn’t mentioned.
Anyone want to come talk to me about how sexism doesn’t exist anymore?
(via stfusexists)
“Just a reminder, ladies, that you may graduate from Wellesley, then Yale Law School, become one of the most powerful and influential lawyers in the country, then the First Lady of the United States, then a U.S. Senator from New York, come this close to being the Democratic nominee for president yourself, and ultimately serve as the Secretary of State, but you’ll always be a woman — an emotional, unhinged, woman.”—
From the article Here’s the New York Post with the Most Sexist Headline of the Year on the New York Post’s cover of Hillary Clinton (with a scared-looking Bill in the corner) testifying during the congressional hearing over the embassy attack in Benghazi. (via lcucinotta)
Thank you.
(via cactustreemotel)
And once again, HILLARY, who calmly answered the same irrelevant question somewhere around 12,000 times is portrayed as “exploding with rage” while the male Republican congressman who literally screamed at her isn’t mentioned.
Anyone want to come talk to me about how sexism doesn’t exist anymore?
(via stfusexists)
elle-subterfuge replied to your post: Wait, wait, what. I like nothing about this plot….
I agree so much! This subplot bugged me so much! I am so over Mike and his man!pain and just everything about him. He’s honestly the worst. It sucks for Maria, it utterly humiliates Louis, it makes Jessica look bad, and all to protect Mike? Ugh.
Exactly! And he, on the other hand, instead of being even a little grateful or just, you know, courteous and actually obeying the law, just goes around breaking privilege and lecturing everybody. And now Harvey has to hire Katrina, something he didn’t even want. And actually, while I preferred Maria, Katrina’s still miles above Mike. I’d have been fine with Katrina and Maria, yes, Mike, gone.
elle-subterfuge replied to your post: Wait, wait, what. I like nothing about this plot….
I agree so much! This subplot bugged me so much! I am so over Mike and his man!pain and just everything about him. He’s honestly the worst. It sucks for Maria, it utterly humiliates Louis, it makes Jessica look bad, and all to protect Mike? Ugh.
Exactly! And he, on the other hand, instead of being even a little grateful or just, you know, courteous and actually obeying the law, just goes around breaking privilege and lecturing everybody. And now Harvey has to hire Katrina, something he didn’t even want. And actually, while I preferred Maria, Katrina’s still miles above Mike. I’d have been fine with Katrina and Maria, yes, Mike, gone.
Wait, wait, what. I like nothing about this plot. This awesome, awesome lawyer, who happens to be an Indian woman, and actually from Harvard, and who would be such an asset to Pearson Hardman, isn’t hired because they keep on having to cover up this lying, judgmental hypocrite? She is being punished for his mistakes? And Jessica’s the one who has to carry it out.
Wait, wait, what. I like nothing about this plot. This awesome, awesome lawyer, who happens to be an Indian woman, and actually from Harvard, and who would be such an asset to Pearson Hardman, isn’t hired because they keep on having to cover up this lying, judgmental hypocrite? She is being punished for his mistakes? And Jessica’s the one who has to carry it out.
The Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages for Men in the “Female” Professions
This is a super important primary source to have in your life.
It is double important if you want to take on the dreary and unfunny task of talking to whiny men who like to throw temper tantrums on the internet about how feminists oppress them.
The whole article is very readable and interesting, but here are two important summary conclusions:
” men [in traditionally feminine fields] are given fair—if not preferential—treatment in hiring and promotion decisions, are accepted by supervisors and colleagues, and are well-integrated into the workplace subculture. Indeed, subtle mechanisms seem to enhance men’s position in these professions—a phenomenon I refer to as the “glass escalator effect.”
An additional conclusion is the men do face stigma when they enter traditionally feminine fields but that this stigma actually benefits men because it pushes them into more “acceptable” professions that are higher pay and higher status. For example, a male kindergarten teacher will be “stigmatized” into being made assistant principal, or a male social worker will be stigmatized into becoming a supervisor, policy maker or researcher and in both cases this is likely to propel them over more qualified women.