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rogerashton

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7. Saw it today.

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Original post)

Sat Jan 12, 2019, 07:13 PM

Jan 2019

(I was not the only guy there -- not quite!) Took my Darlin' Companion in a bit of a last-minute thing. There was a party of young women there, well, Tweens, I think, but nevertheless. As they left the adult leader was saying "When you get to law school... " I had to suggest that there might be an astrophysicist in the party.

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Saw "On the Basis of Sex" today and I was crying like a baby at [View all] sinkingfeeling Jan 2019 OP

They need to be taught about it in history class shenmue Jan 2019 #1

Those of us of a certain age experienced many incidents like that - The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #2

And my story is almost exactly the same as yours. SharonAnn Jan 2019 #3

I was too. I worked 30 years for IBM. And they started married men sinkingfeeling Jan 2019 #4

Today's women take their human rights for granted - at their own peril CousinIT Jan 2019 #5

((sinking feeling)) blm Jan 2019 #6

Saw it today. rogerashton Jan 2019 #7

I tell my kids about the things murielm99 Jan 2019 #8

Thank you for sharing... Ferrets are Cool Jan 2019 #9

Hope to see it soon, depending on weather here in DC. elleng Jan 2019 #10

I wept with grief, relief and pride. If she hadn't lived when she did, done what she did, ancianita Jan 2019 #11

And a good portion of the people Mr.Bill Jan 2019 #12

Amen. colorado_ufo Jan 2019 #13

My sons, who are 28 and 26, are incredulous that there were no... 3catwoman3 Jan 2019 #14

The most interesting thing to me was her coping with the varied styles of resistance she ancianita Jan 2019 #15

When I was a teen, mglamb Jan 2019 #16

I always made it a point to tell both my son and my daughter of what it was like. llmart Jan 2019 #17

Kick for visibility. love_katz Jan 2019 #18

I haven't seen it yet. I agree that every young person should watch this. Honeycombe8 Jan 2019 #19

Can't wait to see this movie Miigwech Jan 2019 #20

I took my sister to the movie this afternoon! Delmette2.0 Jan 2019 #21

I just watched RBG on CNN (again) BigmanPigman Jan 2019 #22

Me, too! Chalco Jan 2019 #23