Is "Girlboss Feminism" Dead? If It Is Dead, How Come the Rest of Us Are Still Forced by the Government to Subsidize These "Independent" Girlbosses?

You may remember Lindy West. Barely. She was one of those 2010's loudmouthed Fat n' Proud feminists that shrieked constantly at Jezebel or the Guardian.

Apparently she's written a memoir -- kind of like Lena Dunham -- and it's inspired a couple of viral articles about "Millennial Feminism" or "2010s girlboss bog feminism."

Helen Lewis writes about Lindy West being pressured to allow her "boyfriend" to date another woman. Which she accepts, because it's the "progressive," "sex positive," "feminist" thing to do.

Isn't it?

Actually she writes about various bits of Millennial Feminism nonsense but I'm going to focus on that one part.

The Death of Millennial Feminism
Lindy West has unwittingly written the obituary for an era.

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That background is what makes the publication of her new memoir, Adult Braces, such a cultural moment. Adult Braces is many things: a paean to the varied landscapes of America, an advert for #vanlife, a reminder to be grateful that your partner hasn't talked you into a throuple with a much thinner woman. It is also the tombstone for Millennial Feminism--that swirling brew of Media Twitter, blog snark, the Great Awokening, whaling on Lena Dunham, fat positivity, and boring straight people identifying as queer through accounting tricks. To read Lindy West is to gaze backwards in time, to an era when it was acceptable to write "welp!" in copy.
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Her fatness wasn't only a joyful expression of her appetites; instead she has now realized that "I am at my biggest when I am at my saddest."
Even her relationship wasn't all that it seemed. In her 2019 essay collection, The Witches Are Coming, she had written that she and Oluo--her "best friend" and a "once in a generation" musical talent--had a "dawn ritual" where they lay in bed talking for hours. In Adult Braces, she adds that "what I omitted was that we'd only developed that 'ritual' to mitigate a toxic pattern we'd been stuck in for years: I'd wake up anxious, I'd vomit my anxiety on Aham, he'd snap at me for triggering his anxiety, I'd feel alone and unsupported, I'd stare at him with tears in my eyes until he had a panic attack, he'd zone out for the rest of the day and not listen to a word I said."
As it offers a revisionist history of West's 2010s, Adult Braces makes another grand claim: that West is now polyamorous and lovin' it. Yes, she might have been upset when a fan texted her with the news that Oluo was out in public kissing another woman. (Even then, she admits halfway through the book, that wasn't the whole truth: "I told you Aham was secretly seeing one woman in 2019. He was actually seeing two.") But really, she absolutely adores her and Oluo's now-mutual girlfriend, Roya, to the extent that through sheer force of will, she has become bisexual. It only took driving a van from Seattle to the Florida Keys and back, while also undergoing cosmetic dentistry, to realize this.

When I read Adult Braces, my instinctive reaction was: I don't believe you.
To me, it seemed obvious that Oluo, who is mixed race, had successfully used West's desire to be progressive against her: "He believed that monogamy was, at its root, a system of ownership. I had to admit that perhaps I didn't feel it as keenly, as a white person." Oluo had also rebranded himself as a "non-binary he/they," perhaps to shrug off any suggestion that he was acting like every harem-patrolling patriarch in history.
Now, I know plenty of people who have come to a different understanding of their sexuality as adults--mostly Later-Life Lesbians, or LLLs--but it seems an unlikely coincidence that the first woman West has ever been attracted to was already her husband's girlfriend. Not least when the book includes this line: "Being cool about polyamory felt like a growing imperative in progressive circles."

Lindy West has sniffed that her life choices are none your business.

This might be true, although I would say again that if you don't want people picking over your personal life, avoid writing a memoir.
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This is why so many women who considered themselves left-wing--myself included--eventually parted ways with Millennial Feminism. At the beginning, the movement felt intoxicating and liberating, but it soon became clear that sticking with Millennial Feminism would have required submitting ourselves to a voluntary lobotomy. After all, Lindy West essentially did.
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Of course, it's one thing to set rigid and unforgiving rules of human conduct. It's quite another to expect anyone to live by them. What killed Millennial Feminism was the gap between what its high priestesses demanded and what they were able to endure themselves. If you insist that accepting polyamory is the price of being a good person, and then write a book about your throuple where the front cover shows you with mascara-streaked tears running down your face, people will spot the dissonance.

For a long time I've been saying that the Democrat Daddy Government is the Husband of Last Resort for bitter sexless husband-less AWFULs. What I meant -- I guess I didn't explain it -- was that AWFULs pretend to be "independent" from their daddies and from husbands but they're still mostly dependent on other people to support them. No, they don't have to answer to or please a husband to provide them with economic support. Rather, they just demand that the federal government provide the support that husbands traditionally did. They get the monetary benefit of marriage without actually having to find or please a mate.

Inez Stepman wrote a real corker of a piece on this subject. I don't mean she cribbed from me, I just mean she questions how "independent" the "independent girlboss" really is, given that she's so incredibly dependent on subsidies provided by taxpayers, quite against their will.

Is the independent girlboss dead? Maybe she never existed to begin with.
The release of Lindy West's latest cringeworthy memoir, Adult Braces--about how her husband out-woked her into becoming the side chick in her own marriage--has prompted an intra-leftist firing squad about who bears responsibility for the girlboss's dimming appeal to younger women.
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The image of the working woman, the girlboss, remains the sine qua non of independence. After all, she pays her own bills using money she earned herself, or so it seems. But dig into the details and one learns she is propped up from every angle by laws, taxpayer dollars, and the ability to externalize the costs of her lifestyle onto others. In other words, the girlboss is often as much a dependent as Betty Draper, but her dependence is less honest, laundered through public policy.
President Barack Obama ran an infamous 2012 campaign ad, mocked by conservatives, about the "Life of Julia," a woman dependent on government at every turn. That model could be renamed for Millennial girlbosses as the "Life of Jessica": a cycle of dependence on institutions and structures that allegedly liberate women from the patriarchal boot but instead merely redistribute and conceal their dependence.

She points out that Democrat open borders policies provide these "girlbosses" with incredibly cheap and exploitable foreign labor which increases their own economic power. Read the whole essay for that.

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Then there are the girlboss jobs themselves. While millions of women create real value in the economy and deserve their paychecks, it's impossible not to notice the wild proliferation of "email jobs" and administrative compliance positions that don't add to the company bottom line (David Graeber famously called them "bullshit jobs" in his bestselling book of the same title), jobs disproportionately filled by the fairer sex.
In 1991, reforms to the Civil Rights Act ensured that lawsuits over (often spurious) sexual harassment claims in the workplace became a major cash cow for litigants. Companies responded by bending the knee to the most easily offended, kicking off the era of "political correctness" and spawning an enormous industry that trains employees not to harass one another. These reforms also raised the stakes for employers to prove they were not discriminating on the basis of sex or race in their hiring and promotion practices, pushing them well beyond meritocracy into de facto affirmative action for women and minorities.
Even more pernicious is the proliferation of Soviet commissar-style jobs, both in the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, that exist primarily to enforce political agendas rather than to produce value. In the U.S., the number of human resources jobs, three-quarters of which are filled by women, has exploded, roughly doubling from 2014 to 2024. It's unlikely that managing a payroll has become commensurately burdensome in the past ten years; those additional roles exist to enforce diversity laws. The entire DEI complex is a giant subsidy for make-work positions staffed by women and racial minorities.
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Earlier in the life of the girlboss resides an even more obvious source of her dependency: universities. Higher education is disproportionately attended and staffed by women. It is also funded in large part by the taxpayer, with an output that adds to cultural revolution more than to the wealth of nations.
Female students earn just under 60 percent of bachelor's degrees, and similar proportions of master's and PhDs. Given that women more often choose lower-paid majors such as gender studies and communications, as opposed to structural engineering and computer science, it's little surprise that the student debt crisis is itself a disproportionately female phenomenon. Women hold two-thirds of outstanding student debt, nearly all of which has been financed by the federal government. Unless serious policy changes are made to defuse this debt bomb, the high default rates will ultimately fall on the taxpayer, through whom the government already owns 93 percent of student loans.

As I said, read the whole thing. The "independent" girlboss is an illusion; they've merely forced all the rest of us to become their daddies and husbands.

I got this from Based Camp, who have called the phenomenon of women who are almost entirely subsidized by the taxpayers -- and usually paid by taxpayers to act as agitators and disruptors against the lives and lifestyles of the taxpayers themselves -- "Nuns of the State." Rather than being supported by the Church to teach Church doctrine, they're paid by the Deep State -- using money the Deep State stole from taxpayers -- to disrupt society and make taxpayers' lives a living hell.

That's another good term for it.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:15 PM

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1 Huh. I could be first.

Posted by: fd at April 17, 2026 02:17 PM (vFG9F)

2
I have noticed lately that all the manliest men are donning the Smart Girl glasses.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 17, 2026 02:18 PM (xG4kz)

3 Otters called

Posted by: SciVo at April 17, 2026 02:18 PM (Sy6m/)

4 it is FD!!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 17, 2026 02:19 PM (Y09E4)

5 Get some frickin work, feministo-nutjobs. Maybe try "adulting".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 17, 2026 02:20 PM (2zpV4)

6 "The "independent" girlboss is an illusion; they've merely forced all the rest of us to become their daddies and husbands."

I got my hands full already as a husband... if you know what I mean. lol

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 17, 2026 02:20 PM (DgMqy)

7 2010 was 16 years ago.

Posted by: According to my Bomar calculator at April 17, 2026 02:21 PM (A+zd0)

8 What are those creatures at the bottom?

Posted by: fd at April 17, 2026 02:21 PM (vFG9F)

9 >>>I got my hands full already as a husband... if you know what I mean. lol

This One Neat Trick can free you from that.

Posted by: Ruben Gallego at April 17, 2026 02:21 PM (1wjle)

10 Die lonely, intestate, fed on as carrion.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at April 17, 2026 02:21 PM (YlWIZ)

11 >>>Is "Girlboss Feminism" Dead?

in pop culture? maybe

n the world of email jobs in corporate America? no, no way

Posted by: brak at April 17, 2026 02:22 PM (jGJov)

12 My favorite thing is observing a white Karen go on about her independence while collecting alimony checks

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 17, 2026 02:22 PM (REq0p)

13 Leftist insanity never dies. It may go dormant for a while but it never goes away.

We all thought woke was dead after Trump won. It didn’t die. It retreated somewhat. But it’s making a comeback. See the Sabrina Carpenter thing as an example. If woke were dead she would have told that Arab bitch to fuck off. Instead she had to grovel and apologize.

Netflix is still full of black Vikings and seeing a. Straight white male in a tv commercial is like seeing big foot.

Posted by: Heroq at April 17, 2026 02:22 PM (b4qzS)

14 >>>What are those creatures at the bottom?

that's Malcolm and Simone, a married couple, of the podcast "Based Camp." Despite looking like complete lefties (I think maybe they used to be) they are in fact very #Based.

Posted by: ace at April 17, 2026 02:22 PM (1wjle)

15 bog feminism?

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 17, 2026 02:23 PM (4NO2D)

16
We'll always have HR!

-- girl bosses everywhere

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 17, 2026 02:23 PM (xG4kz)

17 BTW, every single one of these insufferable saggy hags of filled yeast infections works in HR

in fact i have a meeting with one in 30 minutes

light a candle for me

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 17, 2026 02:23 PM (REq0p)

18 I have noticed lately that all the manliest men are donning the Smart Girl glasses.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 17, 2026 02:18 PM (xG4kz)
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Those are not the manliest men those a middle aged lesbians.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 17, 2026 02:23 PM (xvV+O)

19 My favorite girl power movie is Red Sparrow though Alita Battle Angel would be if she was mostly cyborg.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 17, 2026 02:23 PM (0cOSz)

20 I have noticed lately that all the manliest men are donning the Smart Girl glasses.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 17, 2026 02:18 PM (

Clark Kent glasses for "guys."
Birth Control glasses for the "women."

Posted by: Diogenes at April 17, 2026 02:23 PM (2WIwB)

21 The Justice Department has removed the career Miami federal prosecutor leading the investigation into John Brennan, after she resisted pressure to quickly bring charges against the former CIA director and prominent critic of President Donald Trump, according to people briefed on the matter.

Maria Medetis Long on Friday notified attorneys representing people involved in the case that she was no longer handling the investigation, the people familiar with the matter said. She has led the politically sensitive probe for months amid demands from Trump to prosecute Brennan and other critics.

Posted by: SMOD at April 17, 2026 02:23 PM (RHGPo)

22 I was a girlboss. I even had three names.

Posted by: Mary Tyler Moore at April 17, 2026 02:24 PM (A+zd0)

23 Girlbosses have their faults, but they certainly show large numbers of military-trained, 270 lb males what's what. Hollywood wouldn't lie.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 17, 2026 02:24 PM (Riz8t)

24 Get rid of the smart glasses whether you're on the Right or Left.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 17, 2026 02:25 PM (0cOSz)

25 >>>BTW, every single one of these insufferable saggy hags of filled yeast infections works in HR

HR Karen 1: Hiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!

HR Karen 2: Ohh heeyyyyyyyyyy! How are yooooooouuuuu??

HR Karen 1: Gooooooood!!!!

*vocal fry intensifies*

Posted by: the start of every HR meeting at April 17, 2026 02:25 PM (jGJov)

26 Mostly what I'm getting from that Lindy West piece is she lied to everyone, especially herself. Also, as an extremely neurotic person, leftism gave her plenty of fuel for her neuroticism.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 17, 2026 02:25 PM (mkw2N)

27 Get rid of the smart glasses whether you're on the Right or Left.

I like women in smart glasses. S.E. Cupp in her younger days is a good example.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 17, 2026 02:26 PM (Riz8t)

28 I get exhausted just skimming the article. Can't imagine how these people live it 24/7/365.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 17, 2026 02:26 PM (LxER7)

29 "She's written a memoir - kind of like Lena Dunham-"

Uh oh.

Posted by: Lindy West's sister at April 17, 2026 02:26 PM (0e5Te)

30 The Lindy West story is complete bullshit. Her "husband" Aham Oluo is gayer than two dudes 69ing while wearing pink crocs and "YMCA" playing in the background. This is clickbait bullshit designed to try to sell books.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 17, 2026 02:26 PM (iFTx/)

31 Like Sotomeyer, Lindy needs a bakers dozen of sugar donuts.... STAT!!

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 17, 2026 02:26 PM (xvV+O)

32 Her "husband" Aham Oluo is gayer than two dudes 69ing while wearing pink crocs and "YMCA" playing in the background.

That's pretty gay.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 17, 2026 02:27 PM (Riz8t)

33 She ain't right in the head.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 17, 2026 02:27 PM (wVcYX)

34 I love glasses on chicks. They accentuate the eyes.

Posted by: Bulg at April 17, 2026 02:27 PM (77rzZ)

35 My company’s HR is about 10 people. All women except for one guy, who is the gayest gay man you’ve ever met.

Posted by: Heroq at April 17, 2026 02:27 PM (b4qzS)

36 Fat girls can be annoying.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 17, 2026 02:27 PM (FmapG)

37 Women run all entertainment (forget about the Joos!)

Posted by: steevy at April 17, 2026 02:27 PM (YwEeS)

38 All of our social support systems allow people to be assholes. If you knew that, were bad luck to strike you, that you would need to depend on the kindness of family, church, and friends, people would be on their best behavior most of the time.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 17, 2026 02:27 PM (4NO2D)

39 I was going to post this earlier but this thread is better for it: on the scale of happiness among women, married women with children are happiest. On the lower scale are unmarried mothers and married women without children.
Unmarried women without children are mostly miserable.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 17, 2026 02:28 PM (gKWVE)

40
Girlbosses manage to combine the worst characteristics of men and women.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 17, 2026 02:28 PM (tgvbd)

41 I love glasses on chicks. They accentuate the eyes.

I'm kinda surprised some women don't wear glasses on their chests.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 17, 2026 02:28 PM (Riz8t)

42 Did the article address bird hands? Because bird hands, like danger hair, are sure signs of an AWFUL.

Posted by: Beartooth at April 17, 2026 02:28 PM (tYGL3)

43 ... an advert for #vanlife ...

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That was once me ... down by the river.

Posted by: ShainS at April 17, 2026 02:28 PM (qE1/4)

44 37 Women run all entertainment (forget about the Joos!)

Posted by: steevy at April 17, 2026 02:27 PM (YwEeS)

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There was a survey result going around on X over the last day.

Demos of the publishing industry.

8% of the industry is trans.

Somewhere between 8-12% are white, straight men.

There are likely as many trans people as white straight men in publishing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 17, 2026 02:29 PM (B5oTI)

45 I just retired from federal law enforcement, which is now swimming with unskilled women demanding to be supervisors. It's become a real problem. I do believe women belong in law enforcement, but 1) let's not pretend they have the same skillsets as the men, and 2) they should not be promoted because they're girls and want to be in charge.

Posted by: UGAdawg at April 17, 2026 02:29 PM (4MsaP)

46 Stronk Wahmyn Lets Boyfriend Pork Other Women?

Totally empowering.

Posted by: Sharkman at April 17, 2026 02:29 PM (e0BHL)

47 The Libdy Loser West part hurts my brain.

JFC "Girlboss." Grow TF up

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at April 17, 2026 02:29 PM (dBJdm)

48
Naughty librarian glasses look good on naughty librarians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 17, 2026 02:29 PM (tgvbd)

49 45 I just retired from federal law enforcement, which is now swimming with unskilled women demanding to be supervisors. It's become a real problem. I do believe women belong in law enforcement, but 1) let's not pretend they have the same skillsets as the men, and 2) they should not be promoted because they're girls and want to be in charge.

Posted by: UGAdawg at April 17, 2026 02:29 PM (4MsaP)

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False.

I've seen Zootopia.

The little girl bunny is as much a physical threat as the giant male yaks.

This is Current Year, UGAdawg. Catch up with the times.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 17, 2026 02:30 PM (B5oTI)

50 Publishing is the worst. Remember also that even what they don't run they control the hiring( dominating HR)

Posted by: steevy at April 17, 2026 02:30 PM (YwEeS)

51 I remember the Atlantic published an article a while back arguing that all modern American feminism did was move from middle/upper class women taking care of their own kids to middle/upper class women hiring "brown women" to do the work

Seemed pretty not narrative approved at the time but the Atlantic used to stray on occasion from whatever the leftwing narrative was

Posted by: 18-1 at April 17, 2026 02:30 PM (sKqQm)

52 Every year about this time I meet with Melissa. Melissa is the Director of Accounts and Security Registration Renewals for the little town I live in. (yeah, no idea what it all means either) She is a Directorate of 1. So...a girl boss. Writes up her own annual review. But she doesn't take herself too seriously. Always fun to talk with too.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 17, 2026 02:30 PM (2WIwB)

53
It only took driving a van from Seattle to the Florida Keys and back, while also undergoing cosmetic dentistry, to realize this.

OH, THERE'S THE DIAPER CLAD FEMALE NASA ASTRONAUT FLYING CROSS COUNTRY TO CONFRONT HER SEXUAL NEMESIS

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 17, 2026 02:30 PM (xG4kz)

54 >>>Iran Claims They Have Completely Opened the Strait of America, Claims They're Ready to Turn Over All Uranium and Give Up Their Nuclear Ambitions

I miss this additional Trumpmas miracle.

And I am beyond ecstatic that I don't know WTF a Lindy West is.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 17, 2026 02:30 PM (dK+Kv)

55 So, what will happen if Rs lose the house and Senate?

This : "Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) is pushing to require President Donald Trump to halt his military campaign against Iran within 60 days and begin withdrawing U.S. forces thereafter, Punchbowl reports."

Tell me again how losing the House will not impact the Iran campaign, and how Iran through its fans and proxies in the US is not working toward neutering DJT in his campaign while dragging out the negotiations and by feeding the stupid negotiating team BS.

Posted by: runner at April 17, 2026 02:31 PM (GD0B3)

56 Oh, fer the lov'a....

I self-supported for a good 36 years, and did so just fine, thank you very much. I got a Masters degree, all on my own, and paid for it, too. I started working at the ripe old age of 14 and never stopped. I worked through college. I paid off my student loans all on my lonesome. I was, indeed, the boss, on occasion. I made my way through the world without depending upon anyone, and mostly without pissing anybody off that didn't deserve it richly.

I put up with all kinds of sexist crapola, including a Dean who said women don't make good architects. I was called "the little filly in your office" and other lovely such epithets. I figured that just meant that I was doing fine and they were flummoxed.

I was never a feminist of any kind, nor did I sleep around or demean myself by trying to be manly, or demand that anyone, including the government, step in to support me.

Lindy West and her ilk are idiots. That didn't make me one.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 17, 2026 02:31 PM (DwqWV)

57 My company’s HR is about 10 people. All women except for one guy, who is the gayest gay man you’ve ever met.

Posted by: Heroq at April 17, 2026 02:27 PM (b4qzS)

And the entire company is only 15 people. You forgot to add. Heh.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 17, 2026 02:31 PM (Ziya2)

58 Her "husband" Aham Oluo is gayer than two dudes 69ing while wearing pink crocs and "YMCA" playing in the background.

That's pretty gay.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 17, 2026 02:27 PM (Riz8t)
____

I googled him for s&g. He's some kind of "musician" who uses "they/them" pronouns and looks like he sets off fire alarms. Dude is a homosexual.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 17, 2026 02:31 PM (iFTx/)

59 "I love glasses on chicks. They accentuate the eyes."

Huge fan of that look. I thought my heart was going to stop when Emily Compagno started wearing them.

Posted by: UGAdawg at April 17, 2026 02:32 PM (4MsaP)

60 >> As I said, read the whole thing. The "independent" girlboss is an illusion; they've merely forced all the rest of us to become their daddies and husbands.

These are the same stronk women who try to boss you around in public or at the supermarket, and then are surprised when you tell them to knock it off before they get punched in the face.

Posted by: The Crow at April 17, 2026 02:32 PM (JW6Az)

61 I told Pooky from the very start, "If I catch you cheating, she'll be dead and you'll wish you were."

I don't share well.

Posted by: pookysgirl can get possessive at April 17, 2026 02:32 PM (Wt5PA)

62 55 Tell me again how losing the House will not impact the Iran campaign, and how Iran through its fans and proxies in the US is not working toward neutering DJT in his campaign while dragging out the negotiations and by feeding the stupid negotiating team BS.

Posted by: runner at April 17, 2026 02:31 PM (GD0B3)

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The Iran campaign is going to be long over by November, first of all.

Secondly...it has to pass the Senate and get Trump's signature as well.

Seriously, Democrats taking the House (they won't take the Senate, it's actually a higher probability that they lose the MI Senate seat than they gain NC) will affect shockingly little.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 17, 2026 02:32 PM (B5oTI)

63 One of the bigger economic changes of the last twenty years is the massive amount of bureaucracy the government has demanded from all the tightly regulated industries.

And this is why a medical office that used to be a doctor, a couple of nurses, a receptionist, and a billing person now has a billing department and a paperwork department and likely a Medicaid department too...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 17, 2026 02:32 PM (sKqQm)

64 BTW, every single one of these insufferable saggy hags of filled yeast infections works in HR

in fact i have a meeting with one in 30 minutes

light a candle for me
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 17, 2026 02:23 PM (REq0p)

May I be of assistance?

Posted by: Gwyneth Paltrow at April 17, 2026 02:32 PM (wVcYX)

65 Iranian mullahs were able to outsmart every Western politician for 50 years. They know the US political realities, better than many "pundits" in the US.

Posted by: runner at April 17, 2026 02:32 PM (GD0B3)

66 I don't like glasses on girls . Especially if it's a fashion statement. LASIK and contacts have been available for decades. But I understand those who find it sexy even though I don't.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 17, 2026 02:32 PM (0cOSz)

67 >>I just retired from federal law enforcement, which is now swimming with unskilled women demanding to be supervisors.

I learned how to re-holster my sidearm. Make me a supervisor now or else.

~ USSS Special Agent FUPA

Posted by: one hour sober at April 17, 2026 02:32 PM (Y1sOo)

68
then are surprised when you tell them to knock it off before they get punched in the face.

Posted by: The Crow at April 17, 2026 02:32 PM (JW6Az)

__________

Equal rights, equal lefts.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 17, 2026 02:33 PM (tgvbd)

69 Speaking of left wing retardation…

Mamdani has announced NYC will get rid of 6500 parking sports in the city to make room for giant garbage bins.

Fun.

Posted by: Heroq at April 17, 2026 02:33 PM (b4qzS)

70 Women in law enforcement who inevitably get overpowered by a criminal will reach for the gun. Thankfully, most are terrible shooters

Posted by: Wally at April 17, 2026 02:33 PM (0e5Te)

71 I was called "the little filly in your office"

Bwahahahaha! Sorry, but that's so cringy, it's amusing.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 17, 2026 02:33 PM (Riz8t)

72 I watch on line feminists and influencers , and you realize they have nowhere else to go. They've created this persona , whether girl boss or whatever you want to call it and the slightest error crushes them completely. Lot of suicide in that crowd m

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 17, 2026 02:33 PM (gu0hJ)

73 I love posts like this. It's equivalent to going to the Zoo. You peruse the "cages" of the weird looking animals. For about five minutes you're entertained as a giant turtle mounts another giant turtle. You look around to see the embarrassed expressions of the others examining the exhibit, laugh, then go grab a cone of soft-serve, that you scarf down in front of a group of feces throwing monkeys trying to entertain themselves.

Lindy West is a zoo exhibit. She isn't in their natural element. She isn't happy. She isn't honest enough or smart enough to understand that she is an outlier performing for other people's entertainment. And, that entertainment comes at her own expense.

Posted by: Orson at April 17, 2026 02:34 PM (dIske)

74 "I love glasses on chicks. They accentuate the eyes."

Not always a good thing.

Posted by: Sandy Duncan at April 17, 2026 02:34 PM (Y1sOo)

75 Ace, are you saying Lindy West is a fat unfulfilled narcissistic pig who is unhappy she is a fat unfulfilled narcissistic pig who finds some semblance joy from life by bitching about being a fat unfulfilled narcissistic pig?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at April 17, 2026 02:35 PM (glnUu)

76 I love glasses on chicks. They accentuate the eyes.

In the Army, guys had to wear BCGs. Heavy and black-rimmed. Birth Control Glasses we called them. Heh.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 17, 2026 02:35 PM (Ziya2)

77 It is also the tombstone for Millennial Feminism--that swirling brew of Media Twitter, blog snark, the Great Awokening, whaling on Lena Dunham...

No! Some finally harpooned me white whale?!?!?!

Posted by: Captain Ahab at April 17, 2026 02:35 PM (JCZqz)

78 For over 40 years, all men have had to suffer under the constant threat of even clearly false allegations of sexual harassment being treated just as seriously as actual claims.

To the point that, the mere allegation was enough to ruin their career.

Now there stands Trump, shot with every arrow in the feminist quiver--even to the point of convicting him in a court of law over obviously false claims!

And yet he stands ....

Feminist, and their kept stable of Democrat men, are desperately trying to save that machinery of systematic oppression and control.

Because feminism cannot win when confronted with masculinity.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 17, 2026 02:35 PM (HXT0k)

79 75 Ace, are you saying Lindy West is a fat unfulfilled narcissistic pig who is unhappy she is a fat unfulfilled narcissistic pig who finds some semblance joy from life by bitching about being a fat unfulfilled narcissistic pig?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at April 17, 2026 02:35 PM (glnUu)

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Her happy face is crying. It just looks like sadness because of the patriarchy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 17, 2026 02:35 PM (B5oTI)

80
My impression is that a lot of these girlbosses are also bean-arrangers at major corporations. I remember one, with some vaguely Hispanic name, who was the head of some DEI department at Facebook or Apple or some damn place, celebrating her "Latina Brunch" or some other stupid money-burner. Sitting on top of it all, seeing to it that the appropriate number of white men were kept out, with a big triumphant grin and some expensive eating experience that was surely expensed.

I know she had a salary of over $400k. What did she do besides nose around in personnel files and make sure the demographics were appropriate, threatening directors with discipline or funding cuts if they had too many competent, hard-working white men?

Girlboss!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 17, 2026 02:35 PM (n7rxJ)

81 Bwahahahaha! Sorry, but that's so cringy, it's amusing.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 17, 2026 02:33 PM (Riz8t)

I laughed at it, too, even at the time.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 17, 2026 02:36 PM (DwqWV)

82 Lena Dunham is apparently immune to Ozempic.

Posted by: steevy at April 17, 2026 02:36 PM (YwEeS)

83 >>> Is "Girlboss Feminism" Dead?

I hope this brand of it dies. Because it destroys the parts of feminism I love and embrace.

Speaking of dumb feminist girlbosses: It's gross that "Sharon Says So," a woman a lot of my 40something lib lady friends endlessly like and share, is going to be commencement speaker at UVU. Less than a year after Charlie Kirk was shot there. And they picked her, after she said vile things after his death and falsely libeled Charlie in her social media.

UVU has always branded themselves as the "counter-BYU," and is proudly, rabidly progressive. They had Michael Moore as a speaker one year. But this is beyond tone deaf for a school still reeling from all the bad press they got in the wake of his death.

Latter Daily Saints podcasted about this, one of the hosts witnessed Charlie Kirk get shot live and is utterly disgusted. They also share that a BYU pride event had Mike Lee as a pinata, molotov cocktail art, and a painting for sale of Trump's head on a platter like John the Baptist. Utah County be nuts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZGOpOkr4_I

Posted by: LizLem at April 17, 2026 02:36 PM (Eng1Z)

84 I don't like glasses on girls . Especially if it's a fashion statement. LASIK and contacts have been available for decades. But I understand those who find it sexy even though I don't.

Obligatory:

https://youtu.be/lUQVn2d-FBE

Posted by: Archimedes at April 17, 2026 02:36 PM (Riz8t)

85 82 Lena Dunham is apparently immune to Ozempic.

Posted by: steevy at April 17, 2026 02:36 PM (YwEeS)

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Her appetite has never been defeated.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 17, 2026 02:36 PM (B5oTI)

86 >> Tell me again how losing the House will not impact the Iran campaign

Tell me that you don’t know what youre talking about without telling me you don’t know what you’re talking about

Posted by: The Crow at April 17, 2026 02:36 PM (gxJBA)

87 Fat girls can be annoying.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 17, 2026 02:27 PM (FmapG)

But their bottoms make the rockin' world go 'round!

Posted by: Sir Brian May, PhD Astrophysicist at April 17, 2026 02:37 PM (wVcYX)

88 "Melissa is the Director of Accounts and Security Registration Renewals for the little town I live in. (yeah, no idea what it all means either)"

Is this about me?

Posted by: Pentagon Deputy Assistant Undersecretary of Assistant Principal Deputies at April 17, 2026 02:37 PM (A+zd0)

89 And this is why a medical office that used to be a doctor, a couple of nurses, a receptionist, and a billing person now has a billing department and a paperwork department and likely a Medicaid department too...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 17, 2026 02:32 PM (sKqQm)

In my town there is a hospital and around the hospital it’s surrounded by medical offices. At around 4pm it’s like a stadium after an NFL game has let out. Thousands and thousands and thousands of people coming out of parking lots.

And it’s precisely this. There’s an army of administrative people supporting health care. Which is a large part of why it’s so expensive.

Posted by: Heroq at April 17, 2026 02:37 PM (b4qzS)

90 I have noticed lately that all the manliest men are donning the Smart Girl glasses.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic

Stephen Colbert has entered the chat

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at April 17, 2026 02:38 PM (dBJdm)

91 >I just retired from federal law enforcement, which is now swimming with unskilled women demanding to be supervisors.

I learned how to re-holster my sidearm. Make me a supervisor now or else.

~ USSS Special Agent FUPA
Posted by: one hour sober at April 17, 2026 02:32 PM (Y1sOo)
***

Well, don't paint with too broad a brush.
Was playing golf last summer at Trump's course in Virginia when he showed up too play. He came down to the driving range where I was warming up. I wanted to take a picture but the USSS woman standing near me said no. I totally obeyed. The CAR-4 was convincing as was the Glock on her thigh. But one look into her blue eyes and I'd of done anything she asked.
Drop dead gorgeous!

Posted by: Diogenes at April 17, 2026 02:38 PM (2WIwB)

92 "Women in law enforcement who inevitably get overpowered by a criminal will reach for the gun. Thankfully, most are terrible shooters"

I've noticed quite a few make terrible decisions under stress. Scenario based training reveals a lot of flaws, and shooting role players with a paint gun in a panic is a significant flaw.

Posted by: UGAdawg at April 17, 2026 02:39 PM (4MsaP)

93 One of the bigger economic changes of the last twenty years is the massive amount of bureaucracy the government has demanded from all the tightly regulated industries.

And this is why a medical office that used to be a doctor, a couple of nurses, a receptionist, and a billing person now has a billing department and a paperwork department and likely a Medicaid department too...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 17, 2026 02:32 PM (sKqQm)

My best friends brother was a GP in private practice. The BS admin burden became so great he shut down and joined a hospital. Thus becoming a corporate doctor. Not speaking bad of him but I much prefer doctors in private practice rather then "corporate" ones. For obvious reason.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 17, 2026 02:39 PM (Ziya2)

94 Somebody please explain to me how it would be empowering to share your husband with anybody else? What do these people think a marriage consists of? Forsaking all others until death do you part is not exactly the same as me on Monday, her on Tuesday, both on Wednesday.

These people are sick.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 17, 2026 02:39 PM (DwqWV)

95 l
I like women in smart glasses. S.E. Cupp in her younger days is a good example.
Posted by: Archimedes

Kat Timpf

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at April 17, 2026 02:40 PM (dBJdm)

96 I don't like glasses on girls . Especially if it's a fashion statement. LASIK and contacts have been available for decades. But I understand those who find it sexy even though I don't.

Obligatory:

https://youtu.be/lUQVn2d-FBE
Posted by: Archimedes at April 17, 2026 02:36 PM (Riz8t)

Yes +1

Add Bailey Quarters and Marilyn Monroe.

Hubba! Hubba!

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 17, 2026 02:40 PM (wVcYX)

97
For over 40 years, all men have had to suffer under the constant threat of even clearly false allegations of sexual harassment being treated just as seriously as actual claims.

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Serious sexual harassment and threats happened back in the day. I read an ancient article from one of those women's magazines like Redbook or Ladies Home Journal about a widow who had to get a job to support herself and her kids, and her (married, of course) boss told her to put out or get fired with a bad reference.

Something like that happened to an older relative of mine in the early 1950s. She stayed so mad about it that she wrote to the company 50 years later and named the married bastard!

This doesn't justify the girlboss abuse, but the pendulum, she swings.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 17, 2026 02:40 PM (n7rxJ)

98 Law enforcement used to have standards before DEI. There is one chick on our PO who could be stopped from a chase by waiving a cookie or bag of Cheetos.

Posted by: The Crow at April 17, 2026 02:40 PM (gxJBA)

99 If all these fat, uggos took ozempic and magically became thin, would they still be insufferable twats?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Seems Legit at April 17, 2026 02:40 PM (aZm/F)

100 Dolley's newest pair of glasses are pretty much exact replicas of the glasses Laura Dern wore in Jurassic Park.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 17, 2026 02:40 PM (B5oTI)

101 "Nuns of the State?"

More like Scolds of the State.

amirite

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 17, 2026 02:41 PM (AkEZC)

102 Myself, I've long made a study of the Women's Movement, especially when viewed from behind.

Posted by: Zombie Rush Limbaugh at April 17, 2026 02:41 PM (oftw2)

103 Drop dead gorgeous!

Posted by: Diogenes at April 17, 2026 02:38 PM (2WIwB)

Visit Israel.

And...you were in public; there is no law that buttresses that demand not to photograph.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 17, 2026 02:41 PM (n9ltV)

104 >>> Somebody please explain to me how it would be empowering to share your husband with anybody else?

It's not. Only broken, messed up, and possibly abused people see this as empowering.

Posted by: LizLem at April 17, 2026 02:41 PM (Eng1Z)

105
I love the women's movement.
Especially from behind.

Posted by: El Rushbo at April 17, 2026 02:42 PM (A+zd0)

106 66 I don't like glasses on girls . Especially if it's a fashion statement. LASIK and contacts have been available for decades. But I understand those who find it sexy even though I don't.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

It's tough...I've seen hot women with and without. I don't know if they're a general positive, negative, or maybe they affect different faces/personalities differently?

For example, consider the sexy librarian: https://tinyurl.com/386rczmc

Sure, she's hot without glasses, but it looks a little off. Glasses are part of the whole esthetic. It's like a Goth girls with blonde hair and a Banana Republic wardrobe.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 17, 2026 02:42 PM (JCZqz)

107 >> These people are sick.

You answered your own question. They are and they have taken down a generation of children and our society with them.

Posted by: The Crow at April 17, 2026 02:42 PM (gxJBA)

108 @56/tcn in AK: "Lindy West and her ilk are idiots. That didn't make me one."

Very nice to make your acquaintance then.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 17, 2026 02:42 PM (O7YUW)

109
The BS admin burden became so great he shut down and joined a hospital.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above!

==============

I think that's the objective of these rule-makers. Bury the small indies and get everyone into a big organization that's easy to bully and loot.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 17, 2026 02:43 PM (n7rxJ)

110 The Left knows women will bend to anything. They've even got them to routinely laud the deaths of infants which if you know anything about the biology or emotional makeup of women, must be a "miracle" of pure demonic influence. I don't know what the word for a demonic miracle would be. A spell? Its more than a spell, it's an unholy abomination.

To think that in an age of supposed reason where although there may be an "intersection of bodily autonomies" (as the Left would call it except they don't count the tiny body) we are in a time where we can see the life, hear it, perceive its identity, in full 3D even. And yet they get grown women to adhere to,, celebrate, march and even glorify and sanctify the "choice" to end those little lives.

So yes women will surely submit - and the Islamists certainly know it too. Women can be controlled not just physically by men, but mentally by what other women think and say. And of course, not every one, obviously. And there are plenty of pro life women, and women who do not give a fuck and will cut a bitch who tries to control them. We harbor many such here, several of whom I think very highly of. But that is what they and we are up against.

Posted by: ... at April 17, 2026 02:43 PM (RbWJI)

111 This doesn't justify the girlboss abuse, but the pendulum, she swings.

****************

Ironically the worst women in divorce cases are the ones who decide to be stay at home moms, when the marriage goes south, because the corporate world is set up the way it is, they cant easily join the workforce, so alimony makes sense.

that scenario then goes from reasonable to "if im not getting paid $300,000 a year in alimony I will die" real fast though

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 17, 2026 02:43 PM (REq0p)

112 >> Then there are the girlboss jobs themselves. While millions of women create real value in the economy and deserve their paychecks, it's impossible not to notice the wild proliferation of "email jobs" and administrative compliance positions that don't add to the company bottom line (David Graeber famously called them "bullshit jobs" in his bestselling book of the same title), jobs disproportionately filled by the fairer sex.
...
I got this from Based Camp, who have called the phenomenon of women who are almost entirely subsidized by the taxpayers -- and usually paid by taxpayers to act as agitators and disruptors against the lives and lifestyles of the taxpayers themselves -- "Nuns of the State." Rather than being supported by the Church to teach Church doctrine, they're paid by the Deep State -- using money the Deep State stole from taxpayers -- to disrupt society and make taxpayers' lives a living hell.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace

Another term I have heard lately is Corporate Adult Daycare, mostly for women. It is a classic example of the Principal-Agent Problem, with managers corruptly wasting organizational resources on making themselves feel good.

Posted by: SciVo at April 17, 2026 02:43 PM (Sy6m/)

113 A bunch of Thelma fans at aos😀

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 17, 2026 02:43 PM (0cOSz)

114 Career-wise, all feminism has accomplished for women over the last 100 years is change the percentage of women engaged in farm labor.

Other than that, the percentage of women in all other areas remains the same; and still highly concentrated in the social jobs such as secretary, admin, and teacher.

100 years of "woman want to be doctors, scientist and engineers--if they just have the chance!" has had zero-point-zero success.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 17, 2026 02:43 PM (HXT0k)

115 "I love glasses on chicks. They accentuate the eyes."

Not always a good thing.
Posted by: Sandy Duncan at April 17, 2026 02:34 PM (Y1sOo)

Concur.

Posted by: Shelley Duvall at April 17, 2026 02:44 PM (wVcYX)

116 Kat Timpf

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at April 17, 2026 02:40 PM (dBJdm)

Tell us on the doll where the popsicle stick touched you as a child.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 17, 2026 02:44 PM (dK+Kv)

117 115 "I love glasses on chicks. They accentuate the eyes."

Not always a good thing.
Posted by: Sandy Duncan at April 17, 2026 02:34 PM (Y1sOo)

Concur.

Posted by: Shelley Duvall at April 17, 2026 02:44 PM (wVcYX)

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Glasses for near-sightedness make the eyes look smaller, though. Could work for some chicks.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 17, 2026 02:44 PM (B5oTI)

118 it's not hard to understand how the Mullah's and Eurotrash think that opposing Trump and the US is the right course of action.
they watch our media, they read our newspapers, listen to our cable news programs and hear everything that the Democrats are saying.
it's no wonder they don't grasp how much they are angering a huge chunk of America and misunderstanding how their actions are being received here.
has any democratic society survived having all it's major institutions hate that nation, indoctrinate it's youth and spread a global message of defeatism, self-hate and appeasement?

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at April 17, 2026 02:44 PM (MNCvZ)

119 "2010s girlboss bog feminism"

More like 2010s girl Boss Hogg feminism

Posted by: Amiright or amiright? at April 17, 2026 02:44 PM (TbWk/)

120 The Left knows women will bend to anything. They've even got them to routinely laud the deaths of infants which if you know anything about the biology or emotional makeup of women, must be a "miracle" of pure demonic influence. I don't know what the word for a demonic miracle would be. A spell? Its more than a spell, it's an unholy abomination

Cult brainwashing.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 17, 2026 02:44 PM (liTrP)

121 115 "I love glasses on chicks. They accentuate the eyes."

Not always a good thing.
Posted by: Sandy Duncan at April 17, 2026 02:34 PM (Y1sOo)

Concur.
Posted by: Shelley Duvall

So, should I wear them, or no?

Posted by: Mantis at April 17, 2026 02:45 PM (JCZqz)

122 99 If all these fat, uggos took ozempic and magically became thin, would they still be insufferable twats?

Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 17, 2026 02:40 PM (aZm/F)

They won't get skinny, because they can blame their toxic personalities on being fat. Once they are skinny, and people are still repulsed, they won't have that excuse.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 17, 2026 02:45 PM (DwqWV)

123 Other than that, the percentage of women in all other areas remains the same; and still highly concentrated in the social jobs such as secretary, admin, and teacher.

100 years of "woman want to be doctors, scientist and engineers--if they just have the chance!" has had zero-point-zero success.

That is simply false. There are far more women doctors, scientists, and engineers than there used to be.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 17, 2026 02:45 PM (Riz8t)

124 My SiL fancies herself a stronk empowered woman. She quit her job shortly after the wedding. She once tried to tell me what a badass woman she was and I replied "all you ever did was marry my brother." I'm not her favorite person.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 17, 2026 02:45 PM (2UnvF)

125 My best friends brother was a GP in private practice. The BS admin burden became so great he shut down and joined a hospital. Thus becoming a corporate doctor. Not speaking bad of him but I much prefer doctors in private practice rather then "corporate" ones. For obvious reason.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 17, 2026 02:39 PM (Ziya2)

The independent doctor is pretty much extinct. There are still some small group practices but even those are slowly going away and swallowed up by the cartels.

Posted by: Heroq at April 17, 2026 02:45 PM (b4qzS)

126 Visit Israel.

And...you were in public; there is no law that buttresses that demand not to photograph.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 17, 2026 02:41 PM (n9ltV)

One day I will go there.

Not sure about the public thing. Its a private course. And any photo would include some of his security that they don't want filmed. But did I mention her eyes?
Sigh...

Oh, and Trump can crush the ball.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 17, 2026 02:46 PM (2WIwB)

127 Tell us on the doll where the popsicle stick touched you as a child.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

Lol

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at April 17, 2026 02:46 PM (dBJdm)

128 113 You mean Velma from Scooby-Doo?

Posted by: Bulg at April 17, 2026 02:46 PM (77rzZ)

129 Yes, nothing says mom and girl boss like supporting the murder of children, gender mutilation if they live, and euthanasia when their lives become inconvenient.

Posted by: The Crow at April 17, 2026 02:46 PM (gxJBA)

130 102 & 105. Hordemind. Scary.

Posted by: I miss Rush at April 17, 2026 02:46 PM (A+zd0)

131 61 I told Pooky from the very start, "If I catch you cheating, she'll be dead and you'll wish you were."

I don't share well.
-----------------
Snort. Does not play with others well.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 17, 2026 02:46 PM (FmapG)

132 "2010s". I love how they want to distance themselves like it wasn't all like four months ago. Or yesterday.

Did feminism end with the resounding defeat of Harris? No, it just made them think and regroup.

Posted by: ... at April 17, 2026 02:46 PM (RbWJI)

133 >>> I don't like glasses on girls . Especially if it's a fashion statement. LASIK and contacts have been available for decades.

Some people can't do LASIK or contacts, and it adds extra costs to their lives that glasses don't. A friend of mine dumped thousands into LASIK, and she has to wear glasses again because her eyes changed.

Also, I don't think the morons here will revoke your Moron Card for not thinking the sexy librarian look is hot...but you might get some serious side eye from a few.

Posted by: LizLem at April 17, 2026 02:46 PM (Eng1Z)

134 Myself, I've long made a study of the Women's Movement, especially when viewed from behind.
Posted by: Zombie Rush Limbaugh at April 17, 2026 02:41 PM (oftw2)

It's like jello on springs!

Posted by: Zombie Jack Lemmon at April 17, 2026 02:47 PM (wVcYX)

135 I love my son so much, I cut his dick off, gave him fake tits and put him in a dress.

Said nobody ever.

Posted by: The Crow at April 17, 2026 02:47 PM (gxJBA)

136 Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 17, 2026 02:42 PM (JCZqz

I'm so tempted to click on to your link to see what horrible awaits. A different no would have got me.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 17, 2026 02:47 PM (0cOSz)

137 I remember in the old days when people said, "If Oprah lost weight, she'd be so beautiful."

Umm, no.

And after the weight loss, she's still annoying.

Posted by: Wally at April 17, 2026 02:48 PM (0e5Te)

138 136 Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 17, 2026 02:42 PM (JCZqz

I'm so tempted to click on to your link to see what horrible awaits. A different no would have got me.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 17, 2026 02:47 PM (0cOSz)

=======

He's linked to worse.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 17, 2026 02:48 PM (B5oTI)

139 I think it’s sad that we’ve lost a significant proportion of an entire generation of women who could have lived fulfilling lives, as wives, mothers, and employees. Men too. Millennial men have been browbeaten, feminized, or considered disordered, just for wanting to be manly. But I think the next generation is rebelling.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at April 17, 2026 02:48 PM (tRlHM)

140 It’s not the physical appearance, these people are ugly inside.

Posted by: The Crow at April 17, 2026 02:48 PM (gxJBA)

141 Sounds like this Oluo fellow might be related to Paolo.

Except he's from the chubby chaser wing of the family.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at April 17, 2026 02:48 PM (k1E2D)

142 MF'er I hate autocorrect with the heat of a million suns.

Horror = Horrible
Nic = no

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 17, 2026 02:49 PM (0cOSz)

143 127 Tell us on the doll where the popsicle stick touched you as a child.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

Lol

Tell me you're an Abby Shapiro fan without telling me you're an Abby Shapiro fan.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 17, 2026 02:49 PM (Riz8t)

144 I remember in the old days when people said, "If Oprah lost weight, she'd be so beautiful."

Umm, no.

And after the weight loss, she's still annoying.

Posted by: Wally at April 17, 2026 02:48 PM (0e5Te)

I think it was WFB that called her "that woman who is alternately fat and skinny". Heh.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 17, 2026 02:49 PM (Ziya2)

145 141 Sounds like this Oluo fellow might be related to Paolo.

Except he's from the chubby chaser wing of the family.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at April 17, 2026 02:48 PM (k1E2D)

------

He needed a beard.

Posted by: Seems Legit at April 17, 2026 02:49 PM (aZm/F)

146 People now make fun of boomers, but wait until the millennials reach retirement age. I have the feeling we ain't seen nothin' yet.

Posted by: bluebell at April 17, 2026 02:49 PM (afFes)

147 100 years of "woman want to be doctors, scientist and engineers--if they just have the chance!" has had zero-point-zero success.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 17, 2026 02:43 PM (HXT0k)

Perhaps so, but I worked with plenty of women who are engineers, and doing just fine, who probably wouldn't be if nobody every tried it. My grad school class was the first to be more women than men, by a small percentage. That was mumble mumble years ago. I was certainly a black swan when I went into architecture, but now it is taken for granted that a woman can be in a technical position and do fine.

I know lots of people think most women can't be effective bosses, but I never tried to behave like women think men behave, and I never had issues with that. I had a fiercely loyal team of dedicated designers and contractors and we did some amazing stuff.

We only hear about the idiots and squeaky wheels.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 17, 2026 02:49 PM (DwqWV)

148 >The Left knows women will bend to anything. They've even got them to routinely laud the deaths of infants which if you know anything about the biology or emotional makeup of women, must be a "miracle" of pure demonic influence. I don't know what the word for a demonic miracle would be. A spell? Its more than a spell, it's an unholy abomination

Cult brainwashing.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 17, 2026 02:44 PM
+++

Now do COVID masks.

Posted by: Two weeks! at April 17, 2026 02:50 PM (A+zd0)

149 I really have no idea what this is about but am totally confident it involves sammiches.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 17, 2026 02:50 PM (RIvkX)

150 23 Girlbosses have their faults, but they certainly show large numbers of military-trained, 270 lb males what's what. Hollywood wouldn't lie.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 17, 2026 02:24 PM (Riz8t

You'd think some one would teach the dudes how to counter the flying muff smother.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 17, 2026 02:50 PM (i0Hi3)

151
Why do so many "girl bosses" spend so much time crying in the restroom?

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 17, 2026 02:50 PM (IifOV)

152 It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies and the nosers-out of unorthodoxy.
- George Orwell

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at April 17, 2026 02:50 PM (MNCvZ)

153 "Smart Girl" eye-glasses are the fashion equivalent of bell-bottomed pants.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 17, 2026 02:51 PM (O7YUW)

154
Coming in hot and hard ladies! HOT AND HARD!

Posted by: Flyin' Green Dildo at April 17, 2026 02:51 PM (DDJSl)

155 I thought Oprah looked better fat. Some black women can pull it off. Queen Latifah is another example.

Posted by: Bulg at April 17, 2026 02:51 PM (77rzZ)

156 Good Substack on what Tucker is up to:
https://tinyurl.com/3y3dtk58

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 17, 2026 02:51 PM (wOXCn)

157 87 Fat girls can be annoying.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 17, 2026 02:27 PM (FmapG)

But their bottoms make the rockin' world go 'round!
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They're not fat girls they are Rubenesque Ladies. A woman with meat on her is a wonderful thing.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 17, 2026 02:52 PM (FmapG)

158 I'm so glad LizLem is here to extol the virtues of Mormon feminism and pioneer badassery like she did in that awesome post yesterday, sarc. What this world definitely needs more of is women (Mormon or otherwise) who feminize their husbands by forcing them to watch the kids while they go off to fulfill their true callings in medical school.

I had a best friend who did just that (pretty close). It did not end well. Feminism screws up families big time - LizLem should try to understand this. My best friend's son ended up in the hospital for a week after he tried to commit suicide. And while my friend's feminist life trajectory isn't totally to blame, it certainly was a contributing factor. Shame on the Mormon church for stepping away from the traditional values they used to believe in. I speak this as a former Mormon and returned missionary, my friend and her husband are also highly active in the LDS church, just so you know I have some credibility on this topic.

Posted by: Anna Beth at April 17, 2026 02:52 PM (Y03RW)

159 I don't think "Girlboss Feminism" is a thing. It's just moldy old "Feminism" with a more cumbersome name.

Feminism was always nothing more than a vehicle for incompetent and undesirable women to force themselves on a society that rejected them. Women like Lindy West have been the posterpigs for Feminism since Day One.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 17, 2026 02:52 PM (iFTx/)

160 >>> It's like jello on springs!
Posted by: Zombie Jack Lemmon at April 17, 2026 02:47 PM (wVcYX)

Speaking of Marilyn...In How to Marry a Millionaire, Marilyn Monroe's character is blind as a bat and gets into screwball hijinks when she doesn't wear them and fumbles round, because she thinks it makes her less attractive. She finds a guy who loves her, glasses and all, thinks they give her face character. (Of course she's Marilyn, so...even if he wasn't a fan of the glasses, there's a lot of other parts of her to like!)

Posted by: LizLem at April 17, 2026 02:52 PM (Eng1Z)

161
I'm happy that there are more woman doctors, scientists and engineers. But I have a hypothesis based only on feelz. Many men are happy to keep at those jobs on the floor, in the lab or on the unit. But most women look at that kind of work as an interlude to some supervisory role, administrative job or, if those aren't possible, leaving the profession altogether.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 17, 2026 02:52 PM (tgvbd)

162 131 61 I told Pooky from the very start, "If I catch you cheating, she'll be dead and you'll wish you were."

I don't share well.
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Snort. Does not play with others well.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 17, 2026 02:46 PM (FmapG)

***

Years ago I mentioned to Mrs D that I had reached the age where it was time for a hot sports car or a hot blonde. She thought for a second and said, "Well, both will get you taken to the cleaners, but only one will get you a ride home. Choose wisely."
I love my BMW.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 17, 2026 02:52 PM (2WIwB)

163 ...I know lots of people think most women can't be effective bosses, but I never tried to behave like women think men behave, and I never had issues with that. I had a fiercely loyal team of dedicated designers and contractors and we did some amazing stuff.

We only hear about the idiots and squeaky wheels.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 17, 2026 02:49 PM (DwqWV)

I think it's all about attitude tcn and you sound like someone I would have been proud to work under.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 17, 2026 02:52 PM (Ziya2)

164 There is nothing girlboss about Lindy West’s setup.
She is a cuck, or worse, an unplanned sugarmama. Nothing about this is to her advantage, except that she still gets to claim she’s (technically) married. She has been completely rejected, yet expected to fund her husband’s new, happier life. And she has a front row seat to all of it.

This is not empowering. It is humiliating, publicly so.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 17, 2026 02:53 PM (4KUe5)

165 That is simply false. There are far more women doctors, scientists, and engineers than there used to be.
--
In absolute numbers, yes.
Percentages are still roughly the same.

Only big change was lawyers IIRC.
But lawyers are parasites so we can't count them as people.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 17, 2026 02:54 PM (HXT0k)

166 You'd think some one would teach the dudes how to counter the flying muff smother.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless
________

Is that the Katy Perry move?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 17, 2026 02:54 PM (XvL8K)

167 George Orwell
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at April 17, 2026 02:50 PM (MNCvZ)

I think he saw just how vicious and psychopathic they could be in the Spanish Civil War. A bunch of Manson chicks.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 17, 2026 02:54 PM (0cOSz)

168 164 There is nothing girlboss about Lindy West’s setup.
She is a cuck, or worse, an unplanned sugarmama. Nothing about this is to her advantage, except that she still gets to claim she’s (technically) married. She has been completely rejected, yet expected to fund her husband’s new, happier life. And she has a front row seat to all of it.

This is not empowering. It is humiliating, publicly so.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 17, 2026 02:53 PM (4KUe5)

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Nicely put and so true.

Posted by: Seems Legit at April 17, 2026 02:54 PM (aZm/F)

169 ...Only big change was lawyers IIRC.
But lawyers are parasites so we can't count them as people.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 17, 2026 02:54 PM (HXT0k)

I'll give you a great big Hi Five on that one!

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 17, 2026 02:55 PM (Ziya2)

170 Didn't the Millennial Feminism do the Kotex Run in twelve parsecs?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 17, 2026 02:55 PM (0sNs1)

171 I've had a few good female supervisors and more than a few female coworkers I really respected .

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 17, 2026 02:56 PM (0cOSz)

172 Mormon feminism
--
Them have one of the highest concentrations of batshit insane womens.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 17, 2026 02:56 PM (HXT0k)

173
But lawyers are parasites so we can't count them as people.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 17, 2026 02:54 PM (HXT0k)

__________

Another hypothesis. Most people go into law because it's the only thing they can do with their degree. And most find out there's little glamor in it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 17, 2026 02:56 PM (tgvbd)

174 In the early days no one paid attention to S.E.Cupp because of her smart glasses or her vaguely conservative views, they watched her for her sweater puppies

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 17, 2026 02:56 PM (gu0hJ)

175 Hey ladies. Call us.

Posted by: Oil exploration and roofing companies at April 17, 2026 02:56 PM (A+zd0)

176 Years ago I mentioned to Mrs D that I had reached the age where it was time for a hot sports car or a hot blonde. She thought for a second and said, "Well, both will get you taken to the cleaners, but only one will get you a ride home. Choose wisely."
I love my BMW.
----------------
The world needs dumber women.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 17, 2026 02:56 PM (FmapG)

177 170 Didn't the Millennial Feminism do the Kotex Run in twelve parsecs?

Isn't Millennial Feminism one of The Derby horses this year?

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 17, 2026 02:57 PM (DgMqy)

178 Speaking of girl-bosses

The limp dick trifecta of Starmer, Carney, and that retard prime minister in Australia are showing the world exactly how not to run.. anything.

Starmer is a fucking joke
And Aussie idiot looks like his faggot "partner '

Jesus.. what happened to real leaders?

Posted by: melodicmetal at April 17, 2026 02:57 PM (61TgR)

179 I really don't care what women wear, that's their business.
But some of these glasses are so huge they must add ten pounds to their weight.

Posted by: Case at April 17, 2026 02:57 PM (pvf3X)

180 I prefer working for and with women.

Posted by: Bulg at April 17, 2026 02:57 PM (77rzZ)

181 They won't get skinny, because they can blame their toxic personalities on being fat. Once they are skinny, and people are still repulsed, they won't have that excuse.
Posted by: tcn in AK

PLENTY of former "I'm beautiful no matter what" or "real me love my curves" celebrifatties have suddenly changed their tune with Ozempic.

Meghan Trainor, Lizzo, Amy Schumer!

Amy Schumer Pre-Ozempic: https://tinyurl.com/2td88s7s
Amy Schumer 2026: https://tinyurl.com/2p9n98ex and https://tinyurl.com/ycx3jkh3

NOT traps. And really, if you could take pills or injections to lose a lot of weight, it would be VERY appealing and might make you change your tune.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 17, 2026 02:58 PM (JCZqz)

182 The independent doctor is pretty much extinct. There are still some small group practices but even those are slowly going away and swallowed up by the cartels.
Posted by: Heroq at April 17, 2026 02:45 PM (b4qzS)

Pretty much. Large healthcare systems and private equity have been destroying independent medical practices for years now.

Posted by: Cartels and oligarchs all the way down. Or up. at April 17, 2026 02:58 PM (TbWk/)

183 178 Speaking of girl-bosses

The limp dick trifecta of Starmer, Carney, and that retard prime minister in Australia are showing the world exactly how not to run.. anything.

Starmer is a fucking joke
And Aussie idiot looks like his faggot "partner '

Jesus.. what happened to real leaders?

Posted by: melodicmetal at April 17, 2026 02:57 PM (61TgR)

======

Starmer flew to Paris for a virtual conference (instead of just joining it in London because he wants the world to burn from climate change), and they all agreed that after America is done securing the strait of Hormuz, they're going to secure the strait of Hormuz.

I cannot imagine anyone taking these people seriously, but I think roughly 1/6 of Britain takes Starmer seriously.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 17, 2026 02:58 PM (B5oTI)

184 Woman have outnumbered men in medical schools and law schools for decades now. Girl bossing is definitely still big in the legal world. Though the corporate medical world seems to prefer hiring indian doctors over women now.

Posted by: brak at April 17, 2026 02:59 PM (jGJov)

185 It's cool Luna is doing that, but neither FISA or any other thing on earth will move Thune on SAVE. It's critically important to stop that legislation. Everything he was ever given by the Party was to buy his loyalty on just such a day as this.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 17, 2026 02:59 PM (BI5O2)

186 Know what happens when you put a bunch of women in an office environment?
They fight.

Posted by: Change my mind at April 17, 2026 02:59 PM (A+zd0)

187 >>>>They're not fat girls they are Rubenesque Ladies. A woman with meat on her is a wonderful thing.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 17, 2026 02:52 PM (FmapG)
****
This is truth.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 17, 2026 03:00 PM (S+2Xo)

188 Didn't the Millennial Feminism do the Kotex Run in twelve parsecs?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 17, 2026 02:55 PM (0sNs1)

That's not funny! - Millennial Feminists

[Narrator] - It's very funny. Howlingly funny, even.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 17, 2026 03:00 PM (wVcYX)

189 154
Coming in hot and hard ladies! HOT AND HARD!
Posted by: Flyin' Green Dildo

Hot and lard is more like it, eh? Eh?

Posted by: Lame joke at April 17, 2026 03:00 PM (JCZqz)

190 The independent doctor is pretty much extinct. There are still some small group practices but even those are slowly going away and swallowed up by the cartels.
Posted by: Heroq at April 17, 2026 02:45 PM (b4qzS

They are converting to boutique practices. That is they are cutting their patient load by more than half but only accepting patients for an extra fee. But they offer personalized service and availability.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 17, 2026 03:01 PM (0cOSz)

191 161- it’s like getting promoted out of flying the airplane. Men are often doing what they do because they love it. Not sure whether that’s true or not for all or most women. Flying the desk sucks.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at April 17, 2026 03:01 PM (tRlHM)

192 Speaking of girl-bosses

The limp dick trifecta of Starmer, Carney, and that retard prime minister in Australia are showing the world exactly how not to run.. anything.

Starmer is a fucking joke
And Aussie idiot looks like his faggot "partner '

Jesus.. what happened to real leaders?

Posted by: melodicmetal at April 17, 2026 02:57 PM (61TgR)

======

Starmer flew to Paris for a virtual conference (instead of just joining it in London because he wants the world to burn from climate change), and they all agreed that after America is done securing the strait of Hormuz, they're going to secure the strait of Hormuz.

I cannot imagine anyone taking these people seriously, but I think roughly 1/6 of Britain takes Starmer seriously.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 17, 2026 02:58 PM (B5oTI)
_____

My read on the situation with those two femboy sissy-puss homos is that they must think Trump did a fantastic job with Iran. They are desperate to take credit for it, or at least pretend they had some role in it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 17, 2026 03:02 PM (iFTx/)

193 I prefer working for and with women.
Posted by: Bulg at April 17, 2026 02:57 PM (77rzZ)

I have sometimes enjoyed working under a woman.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 17, 2026 03:02 PM (wVcYX)

194
No gentleman describes his wife's physical appearance. So all I'll say is I'm part Italian and I love how Her Majesty looks.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 17, 2026 03:02 PM (tgvbd)

195 136 Posted by: Admiral Ackbar

I'm so tempted to click on to your link to see what horrible awaits. A different no would have got me.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

Well, using normal names is a little unfair and borders on trolling for a lot of people. I try to pick somewhat humorous images when I can, and not JUST ham-beasts.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 17, 2026 03:03 PM (JCZqz)

196 Woman have outnumbered men in medical schools...

Damn. I miss Doctor Jennifer! Slimmest fingers ever to play with my prostate.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 17, 2026 03:03 PM (2WIwB)

197 192 My read on the situation with those two femboy sissy-puss homos is that they must think Trump did a fantastic job with Iran. They are desperate to take credit for it, or at least pretend they had some role in it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 17, 2026 03:02 PM (iFTx/)

=======

"We actively worked against American interests in this action for weeks, but we're the reason America succeeded."

I mean, England wasn't as bad as Spain or Italy in this, but it wasn't good. It was also embarrassing since it couldn't keep the Phoenix near Cyprus for more than like a week.

Trump should give all of these people really harsh Indian burns every time he sees them from now on.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 17, 2026 03:04 PM (B5oTI)

198 182 Pretty much. Large healthcare systems and private equity have been destroying independent medical practices for years now.
Posted by: Cartels and oligarchs all the way down. Or up. at April 17, 2026 02:58 PM (TbWk/)

My area is completely swallowed up by University Health Systems.

Posted by: XTC at April 17, 2026 03:04 PM (iXqHn)

199 Girl bossing is definitely still big in the legal world.
Posted by: brak

And with results like KBJ, who can say it's a failure?

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 17, 2026 03:04 PM (JCZqz)

200 No gentleman describes his wife's physical appearance. So all I'll say is I'm part Italian and I love how Her Majesty looks.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 17, 2026 03:02 PM (tgvbd)

She's looking over your shoulder isn't she?

Posted by: Diogenes at April 17, 2026 03:05 PM (2WIwB)

201 180 I prefer working for and with women.
Posted by: Bulg at April 17, 2026 02:57 PM (77rzZ)

In my personal experience having women bosses, with only one notable exception, has been the absolute worst.

Posted by: Mileage varies at April 17, 2026 03:05 PM (TbWk/)

202 Progress has been made at the peace talks.
Representatives from both sides are pleased to report they have agreed on the height of the flagpoles that will be used at the facility where the talks are being held.

Posted by: From the TV show MASH at April 17, 2026 03:05 PM (A+zd0)

203 The independent doctor is pretty much extinct. There are still some small group practices but even those are slowly going away and swallowed up by the cartels.
Posted by: Heroq at April 17, 2026 02:45 PM (b4qzS)

Pretty much. Large healthcare systems and private equity have been destroying independent medical practices for years now.
Posted by: Cartels and oligarchs all the way down
___________

There are a lot of fee for service concierge docs around now. The bullshit insurance/Medicare/Medicaid paperwork is driving them to it.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 17, 2026 03:05 PM (XvL8K)

204 173- I think that’s likely true a lot- but as a prosecutor, I’m in the arena two or three times a week (not counting arraignments). Love the fight, wouldn’t care to move back into management.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at April 17, 2026 03:05 PM (tRlHM)

205 They are converting to boutique practices. That is they are cutting their patient load by more than half but only accepting patients for an extra fee. But they offer personalized service and availability.
____

If you don't mind PHI probably getting out in the webisphere, you can use your AI for medical consulting. See your GP only when you absolutely need to, and you can get AI to print you out a list of what you should tell them since you only get about 3 minutes to let him know what your symptoms/concerns are. You just have to have a bit of patience to fully interrogate your AI to make sure it isn't leaving anything out or possibly misleading you.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 17, 2026 03:06 PM (Dv3i1)

206 The Iran campaign is going to be long over by November, first of all.

Secondly...it has to pass the Senate and get Trump's signature as well.

Seriously, Democrats taking the House (they won't take the Senate, it's actually a higher probability that they lose the MI Senate seat than they gain NC) will affect shockingly little.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 17, 2026 02:32 PM (B5oTI)

we can certainly discuss the fragility of the R coalition, and how they can override Presidential veto. What shocks me more is your contention that Ds taking the house will "affect shockingly little". Trump's first term showed up that shockingly a lot of damage can be done.

Posted by: runner at April 17, 2026 03:06 PM (GD0B3)

207 Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 17, 2026 03:03 PM (JCZqz)

I think it's funny and have been 'caught in the trap' before because I didn't bother reading the nic.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 17, 2026 03:06 PM (0cOSz)

208 Modern feminism is desctructive, and I think you and I can agree on that, Anna Beth. And I'm so sorry for your best friend and the struggles they have gone through. That sounds heartbreaking.

But, there are all kinds of lives. And all kinds of feminism. I was a latchkey kid because my mom worked, and I LOVE I work at home and can be there when the kids get home! But my husband is currently unemployed (office politics, not his fault), and I have the "good insurance," and I love knowing I can take care of my family. I know plenty of women in the church whose husbands died or got sick, and they HAD to be the breadwinners. The church has standards to help families be the best they can be, but they also understand life is messy. And sometimes women are breadwinners.

I'm a first wave feminist...Susan B Anthony, Eliza R Snow kind of feminist. Men and women should be equal in dignity and rights, NOT this modern junk where men need to be torn down to raise up women. These third wave feminists are as different from me as a fish from a bicycle.

Posted by: LizLem at April 17, 2026 03:07 PM (Eng1Z)

209
She's looking over your shoulder isn't she?

Posted by: Diogenes at April 17, 2026 03:05 PM (2WIwB)

____________

No. But she's 72 and still a fox.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 17, 2026 03:07 PM (tgvbd)

210 In my personal experience having women bosses, with only one notable exception, has been the absolute worst.
Posted by: Mileage varies at April 17, 2026 03:05 PM (TbWk/)
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It can always go both ways.

I've had great female bosses (I have one now).

I've also had a terrible female boss who wanted to fire me because of a PowerPoint slide I didn't fix when she asked me to (I simply forgot).

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 17, 2026 03:08 PM (gnNyN)

211 Trump should give all of these people really harsh Indian burns every time he sees them from now on.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 17, 2026 03:04 PM (B5oTI)

Just tell them "Party's over. No more defense $$$s. Also, here's an itemized bill for your delinquent contributions over the last 77 years. Have my money in 6 months or I'll sanction you to death."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 17, 2026 03:08 PM (BI5O2)

212 206 we can certainly discuss the fragility of the R coalition, and how they can override Presidential veto. What shocks me more is your contention that Ds taking the house will "affect shockingly little". Trump's first term showed up that shockingly a lot of damage can be done.

Posted by: runner at April 17, 2026 03:06 PM (GD0B3)

========

It's amazing how much damage to a Republican president Democrats can do when...Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell are Speaker and majority leader.

The problems of Trump's first term weren't Democrats. It was Republicans.

Since Republicans aren't driving Russian Collusion 2.0 this time, like they did the first time, I can say safely that the Republican Party in 2025 is different from the Republican Party in 2017.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 17, 2026 03:08 PM (B5oTI)

213 211 Trump should give all of these people really harsh Indian burns every time he sees them from now on.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 17, 2026 03:04 PM (B5oTI)

Just tell them "Party's over. No more defense $$$s. Also, here's an itemized bill for your delinquent contributions over the last 77 years. Have my money in 6 months or I'll sanction you to death."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 17, 2026 03:08 PM (BI5O2)

======

What?

No Indian burns?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 17, 2026 03:08 PM (B5oTI)

214 >>>2010 was 16 years ago.
Posted by: According to my Bomar calculator at April 17, 2026 02:21 PM (A+zd0)

Damn, dude. That hit hard for some reason.

Posted by: Max Power at April 17, 2026 03:09 PM (q177U)

215 Ok, I give up. What word?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 17, 2026 03:09 PM (diia5)

216 214 >>>2010 was 16 years ago.
Posted by: According to my Bomar calculator at April 17, 2026 02:21 PM (A+zd0)

Damn, dude. That hit hard for some reason.

Posted by: Max Power at April 17, 2026 03:09 PM (q177U)

=======

I was just about to be born.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 17, 2026 03:09 PM (B5oTI)

217 People don't quit jobs as much as they quit bosses.

Posted by: Truism of the day at April 17, 2026 03:09 PM (A+zd0)

218
I've had three female supervisors. The one that I respected most was old school who came up through the ranks when there were very few women in the technical ranks in our manufacturing company. She was all business, always professional and you knew where you stood with her.

The remaining ones were not even close to being in her class.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 17, 2026 03:10 PM (xG4kz)

219 about how her husband out-woked her into becoming the side chick in her own marriage

You'd have to have a heart of stone not to laugh.

It's funny how relentlessly terrible feminism turns out to be for females.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 17, 2026 03:10 PM (bnBn1)

220 213 What?

No Indian burns?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 17, 2026 03:08 PM (B5oTI)

Stick them to ZOD's Flesh-Dissolving Flypaper Wall.

Posted by: XTC at April 17, 2026 03:10 PM (iXqHn)

221 Afternoon.

Posted by: Robert at April 17, 2026 03:10 PM (dpXJq)

222 Woman have outnumbered men in medical schools...

Damn. I miss Doctor Jennifer! Slimmest fingers ever to play with my prostate.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 17, 2026 03:03 PM (2WIwB)

When it was time for my second DRE, I scheduled the physical with another doctor in the family practice group, a female with an Asian-sounding last name.

I thought myself so clever. She's bound to be petite with thin fingers; not at all like the Greek male doc with kielbasa fingers at the first DRE.

In she walked - an Amazonian Serena Williams.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 17, 2026 03:11 PM (wVcYX)

223 My read on the situation with those two femboy sissy-puss homos is that they must think Trump did a fantastic job with Iran. They are desperate to take credit for it, or at least pretend they had some role in it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 17, 2026 03:02 PM (iFTx/)

=======

"We actively worked against American interests in this action for weeks, but we're the reason America succeeded."

I mean, England wasn't as bad as Spain or Italy in this, but it wasn't good. It was also embarrassing since it couldn't keep the Phoenix near Cyprus for more than like a week.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 17, 2026 03:04 PM (B5oTI)
____

A secondary positive result of the Iran war is exposing how comically inept, impotent, and unreliable our Euro "allies" are. I think even some on our side were still clinging to the idea that NATO was a serious military coalition that wasn't just a grundle of Eurotrash commies fucking over the USA. Even the bitterest bitter clinger has to see the light now. As does the rest of the world. The old world order is deader than dead.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 17, 2026 03:11 PM (iFTx/)

224 My mom and dad both worked. Income was not separated. My father let my mother handle the checkbook and pay the bills. Neither spent money without the other being aware.

Today that's the rarest of rare of the newly married.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 17, 2026 03:11 PM (0cOSz)

225 223 A secondary positive result of the Iran war is exposing how comically inept, impotent, and unreliable our Euro "allies" are. I think even some on our side were still clinging to the idea that NATO was a serious military coalition that wasn't just a grundle of Eurotrash commies fucking over the USA. Even the bitterest bitter clinger has to see the light now. As does the rest of the world. The old world order is deader than dead.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 17, 2026 03:11 PM (iFTx/)

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It is our NATO obligation to give arms to non-NATO country Ukraine.

It is not their NATO obligation to allow us to fly over their countries when we need to refuel our aircraft.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 17, 2026 03:12 PM (B5oTI)

226 I thought myself so clever. She's bound to be petite with thin fingers; not at all like the Greek male doc with kielbasa fingers at the first DRE.

In she walked - an Amazonian Serena Williams.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 17, 2026 03:11 PM (wVcYX)

Death...by SNU SNU!

Posted by: Robert at April 17, 2026 03:12 PM (dpXJq)

227 215 Ok, I give up. What word?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 17, 2026 03:09 PM (diia5)

SEEEEM-PRIIINIII!!!!

Posted by: Mr. Gumby, whose brain hurts at April 17, 2026 03:13 PM (LxER7)

228 The people that benefitted from rabid Girlbossery, Woke, DEI, and MeToo gained too much to just let it go and move on. So I suspect a part of it will always be with us. But hopefully it gets reduced, and finally mocked out of cultural favor.

Posted by: LizLem at April 17, 2026 03:13 PM (Eng1Z)

229 Even the bitterest bitter clinger has to see the light now. As does the rest of the world. The old world order is deader than dead.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 17, 2026 03:11 PM (iFTx/)

Nah, there are certain people who just love NATO sexually. They can't ever be convinced.

But it's down to just a few retirees who came out of the defense/foreign service sectors. Enough time in Foggy Bottom or the five-sided nuthouse will liquefy your brain.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 17, 2026 03:14 PM (BI5O2)

230 2010 was 16 years ago.
Posted by: According to my Bomar calculator at April 17, 2026 02:21 PM (A+zd0)

Damn, dude. That hit hard for some reason.
Posted by: Max Power at April 17, 2026 03:09 PM (q177U)
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You know the girl in Kiss's sleazy "Christine Sixteen" song?

She's 65 now.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 17, 2026 03:14 PM (iFTx/)

231 215 Ok, I give up. What word?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 17, 2026 03:09 PM (diia5)

Bird. Bird is the word.

Posted by: Everybody's heard about the bird at April 17, 2026 03:15 PM (TbWk/)

232 229
Nah, there are certain people who just love NATO sexually. They can't ever be convinced.

But it's down to just a few retirees who came out of the defense/foreign service sectors. Enough time in Foggy Bottom or the five-sided nuthouse will liquefy your brain.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 17, 2026 03:14 PM (BI5O2)

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It's unclear if Trump can just pull out of NATO completely unilaterally. I think there's some mild ambiguity, but it's most likely a no.

So, what he should do instead is promise the same number of troops and materials as Spain going forward.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 17, 2026 03:16 PM (B5oTI)

233 Wow. Liz Claman has huge knockers.

Don’t know how I missed that.

Posted by: The Crow at April 17, 2026 03:16 PM (zQLjY)

234 She's looking over your shoulder isn't she?

Posted by: Diogenes at April 17, 2026 03:05 PM (2WIwB)

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No. But she's 72 and still a fox.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 17, 2026 03:07 PM

~~Blink Say you support 9mm, crossbows, catapults, Ginger, and beans in chili if your comments are being held hostage.~~

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 17, 2026 03:17 PM (0sNs1)

235 Pretty much. Large healthcare systems and private equity have been destroying independent medical practices for years now.
Posted by: Cartels and oligarchs
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And it tells. The quality of healthcare has diminished considerably over the last 20 years or so. Obamacare has accelerated that. It is more and more obvious to me that docs have simply become employees. It is apparent in their attitudes.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2026 03:18 PM (XeU6L)

236 Watching on an infrequent basis your friend's kids grow up hits you too. One day they're in Cub Scouts and next day they are graduating from college.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 17, 2026 03:18 PM (0cOSz)

237 Lisa Leonard Dalton, the dynamic wobbling dancing girl in Rick Derringer's "Hang On Sloopy" video is still with us. She graduated high school in 1973. She was 19 years old in the video.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 17, 2026 03:19 PM (wVcYX)

238 Nood, commie Mamdani

Posted by: SciVo at April 17, 2026 03:19 PM (Sy6m/)

239 Girl bossing is definitely still big in the legal world.
Posted by: brak

And with results like KBJ, who can say it's a failure?
Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 17, 2026 03:04 PM (JCZqz)

I always preferred working for male partners, with one exception (she was a low-key lesbian and like a guy to work for). I tried to be a good boss, but definitely could get more easily annoyed than most men which wasn't great for my secretaries or jrs.

Posted by: LASue at April 17, 2026 03:20 PM (AEg6O)

240 One of my neighbors kids got arrested for GTO. I said to him, “boy they grow up fast don’t they”. I guess that probably wasn’t the right moment for that.

Posted by: The Crow at April 17, 2026 03:20 PM (zQLjY)

241 >233 Wow. Liz Claman has huge knockers.

Don’t know how I missed that.
Posted by: The Crow at April 17, 2026 03:16 PM
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That's my line.

Posted by: Gene Wilder at April 17, 2026 03:20 PM (A+zd0)

242 My last girl boss gave me the first bad performance review I ever received, in a year where it was known the company would be laying off, and that 'low performers,' as always, would be first gone- in effect firing me.

So I promptly found a new gig, and announced to her that I was leaving.

And she broke down sobbing.

JFC

Posted by: 2009Refugee at April 17, 2026 03:20 PM (gpQ8/)

243 Even the bitterest bitter clinger has to see the light now. As does the rest of the world. The old world order is deader than dead.

Posted by: Elric The Blade

It's outlived its usefullness by 35 years and counting for a reason: it's just too good a grift.

Unless someone's willing to go all Pacific and root out the dead-enders with flamethrowers, they've probably got another decade at least.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 17, 2026 03:21 PM (OUMaO)

244 Holy crap. I had no idea who this woman is. I'm somewhat familiar with her hubby's music. (Nothing special.)

It's funny to me about the "ethical non monogomy" movement. The only time I dabbled in feminism was in college, when the National Organization of Women had a presentation on campus. I went with some classmates.

The president, Patricia Ireland, turned most of us off. She was a polyamorous lawyer. Yes, she had a husband and a female "significant other" (remember that term?) She and the other Boomer feminists were completely disconnected from our working girls' lives. While we wanted to get married, some of them pushed the idea that men were bad and we needed to be at least bisexual if not lesbian.

I had no idea that modern "feminists" are still pushing that crap.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at April 17, 2026 03:25 PM (fxCK2)

245 I have had some very competent female co-workers. The ratio of competent to not-so-competent roughly has tracked the same male ratio. I've never had a female supervisor.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2026 03:26 PM (XeU6L)

246 Posted by: LizLem at April 17, 2026 03:07 PM (Eng1Z)

Thanks for articulating that so well. When somebody says "feminist" now I don't know what they mean, but I generally think it's means something nasty. I do not hate men. I do not think women are superior to men. I stayed home for a while after our son was born and also homeschooled him after a miserable time her had in the lower middle school. One of my best bosses was an old school type. Tough but fair and I learned a lot from her. I've had some miserable women bosses as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 17, 2026 03:26 PM (PFs9e)

247 246- Meant " old school tough" woman type.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 17, 2026 03:27 PM (PFs9e)

248 Nood, commie Mamdani
Posted by: SciVo
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Mamdani a Commie?!
Who knew?

Posted by: NYC voters at April 17, 2026 03:28 PM (XeU6L)

249 I think it's psychobabble from the very beginning.

REAL 'girl bosses' are the women - including grandmothers, mothers & more - doing the necessary heavy lifting for their families & society w/o applause.

Even despite a job, paycheck, the ability to have authority outside the home, there is/was a definite distinction from the BS 'GirlBosses' who are somewhat or, occasionally, very educated 'actresses' with a chief goal of being noticed & included into some inter-circle 'owned' by the most powerful, BAMN.

O's elections, who'd he employ? Eva Longoria, Jurnee Smollett, and Kerry Washington were all prominent supporters and active participants in President Barack Obama's 2012 reelection campaign.

Longoria, spearheaded the "Futuro Fund," a fundraising effort aimed at the Latino community, which contributed over $30 million, and was also named a co-chair of the 2012 inauguration committee. Smollett-Bell served as a surrogate for Obama's 2008 & 2012 campaigns.

Washington spoke at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, focusing on voting rights and voter apathy, and also teamed with Eva Longoria and Scarlett Johansson for an ad by MoveOn to target Romney on women's issues.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 17, 2026 03:33 PM (NFX2v)

250 Kitten Natividad had the best breasts of all time

Posted by: Ghost of Titties Past at April 17, 2026 03:34 PM (jrgJz)

251 I don't like glasses on girls .

Well of course you don't. They can see what you look like.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at April 17, 2026 03:45 PM (zdLoL)

252 @250

>>Kitten Natividad had the best breasts of all time

The best package that has ever existed is Lynda Carter, followed by Raquel Welch, followed by Sophia Loren, all other configurations are invalid.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 17, 2026 03:52 PM (XV/Pl)

253 Sounds exhausting. Who’d buy a book like that? These people are filled with neuroses and psychoses. They probably don’t make a suicide pod in her size.

Posted by: Unkaren at April 17, 2026 03:56 PM (utGqj)

254 Mommy wars are old, fake, and about rationalizing individual choices.

Posted by: mspatriot at April 17, 2026 07:07 PM (yv+EB)

255 Guy Fieri the food guy is being cancelled. His crime? He dared to say hello to Andrew Tate at a MMA fight. Instead of telling the online blue hairs to fuck off, he of course groveled and apologized.

Woke is not dead my friends. Not by a long shot.

Posted by: Heroq at April 17, 2026 07:10 PM (b4qzS)

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