DoD has a guideline on the acceptable pronunciation of “harassment.” Yes, they have to put it in writing, it must be pronounced HAIR-uhs-ment, because even the old white men in the Pentagon know the pushback against any sort of feminism will be immediate and relentless, and oh, so petty. They know the man in the [...]

I won’t be able to go to the festival, but this looks like a great movie:

Jehane Noujaime’s “The Square”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKLmPlIBINk

Female firefighter/paramedic (former) here. Thanks for making that point. It’s actually a pretty raging battle in public safety. The official verdict is no, they can’t exclude us from hiring. But there’s an old saying around the fire station: “A crew with a woman on it is short a man.” So the back-door bullying is the [...]