Michael Ann Dobbs's saved articles

i like the concept of dying the dress after the fact! Read more

I'm in Boston! They are expanding though, it's called MiniLuxe. Read more

As a nail tech I thought the article was very accurate. I’ve had great bosses and worked with good owners but I’ve also witnessed people being treated as slaves or denied pay because of a customer complaint. Also other abuses like making the workers work without any pay, and the most pervasive one where workers are… Read more

I’m perfectly serious. As biologist Sara Hrdy said, “mothers are flexible, manipulitive opportunists”. From time immemorial we females of all species have culled, eaten, abandoned and aborted unwanted offspring. If the time and circumstances aren’t exaclty right - out they go. Like most mothers, once the decision to… Read more

The governor made good on his promise: in August, the state inspected 182 salons, 43 percent of which were found to not pay minimum wage or overtime. 87 percent neglected to provide employees with wage statements or pay stubs, and approximately three out of five nail salon employers admitted they did not maintain… Read more

I just flat out tell them what they are saying. Bluntly. Without apology.

Go to him and say “You are saying that you would rather kids were dead then like my son. My son is hearing this. He is not old enough to understand what he is hearing, but his brain is processing it. I know plenty of adults with Autism and most… Read more

Um, yeah. If their businesses were really on the up and up, they’d have payroll records. Hope the IRS comes knocking.
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Please tell me your FB friend is a hamster. Read more

Maybe that’s what we should start to push? 60% of parents of kids with autism DON’T think it was related to vaccines. Why aren’t we listening to the parents? University of Mom. Mom knowledge, etc. etc. Why listen to the (dumb) minority of parents?
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Re: “I think we’re getting to the point where people just find facts and reality itself offensive.” Read more

I think we’re getting to the point where people just find facts and reality itself offensive. I’m waiting for someone to sue the CDC for offending their religious liberty. Read more

Even. If. Vaccines. Did. Cause. Autism. Which. They. Do. Not. An. Autistic. Child. Is. Still. An. Alive. Child. Read more

I think a Charlie Chan reboot with actual Asians and a healthy view of East Asian culture (like, majority-Asian writing crew) with detective-show tropes would be a hoot. I’d watch the shit out of that on Netflix. Read more

NDN anger coming: I hate how Joe Wright and everyone involved in Pan pushed aside any criticism of their casting choices. Yes, Neverland is imaginary, but the Native people Barrie based his racist caricatures on were Native American people. I hate that he touted Ben Kingsley as example of how they didn’t completely… Read more

So true! And when you’re broke, it’s not exactly that you have more time, like I kind of suggested in the post with my out-of-work example. It’s that time is one of the few resources you DO have, so even if it’s scarce, you’re more willing to use it to cut costs. Read more

It is so infuriating that wage theft is not treated like theft. If an organization steals 40 thousand dollars across state lines, they should be facing RICO charges.
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But we don’t need unions or collective bargaining or wage laws because each individual server can just use the vast power and leverage they hold to stop the managers from doing this sort of thing. Also I have a magic unicorn rabbit that shits skittles. Read more