They were. He switched shortly after that experience (I was essentially a baby, and my parents were young, they didn't know anything about insurance) and it was never an issue again.

Yeah, I understand that. It was just kind of triggering for me. I already feel like the medical important of cleft palate surgery is downplayed, because it's not really a thing kids die from in the US.

Yeah, Mr. FrogandToad grew up verrrrry religious, but is now less religious than I am. As a consequence, all but one of his high school friends are super into Godliness.

This little puppy makes me so happy! Growing up with a cleft lip/palate was tough, and it warms my heart that kids now have an adorable puppy to look to for inspiration!!!

Is it dicy because he's touching a kid's hair or because of the caption?

It appears that he's looking into the sun in order to look towards the kid. I think he's just squinting/reaching really far to touch the kid. But it does look like he is pissed.

I think we can feel good. Black adult president tousling black child's hair in the context of black child being offered to him to touch. I think in this case there is no "othering" or making exotic (Obama has essentially the same hair) and the child's is being pushed toward Obama, obviously to be touched.

I can get upset about cost when cost is restrictive to comfort. Just like I can get upset about the cost of education even though you can get a poor education for less. Just like I can get upset at the cost of adequate healthcare even though you can get terrible healthcare on the cheap. Or think it's bullshit that…

A few things: PP is becoming scarce, as you know. Also, on religious college campuses, condoms are NOT everywhere. This probably doesn't matter in tiny religious schools, but at big schools that people go to regardless of their religion (like Boston College or Notre Dame) it's a problem.

My bf was just at a wedding that was full of a) anti-divorce sentiment, even though the bride's parents had just divorced b) taking the husband as the "leader" of the household c) a serious level of smug self-righteousness on the part of the minister that this marriage was condoned by God and overseen by Him and so it…

You're either not seeing or conveniently ignoring everyone who's telling you that for them, condoms are not cheap, but I'll give it a shot anyway. Most people are saying that they're paying 10 for a box of 12 condoms. That's pretty expensive, right off. Then if you take into account that different people have…

Speaking as a woman, those unlubricated durex ones are the absolute worst. Ouch.

It doesn't actually work that way. The incoming class of freshmen at my school was almost 1/3 international students. The vast majority of those students were full-paying students. For example: we have a huge Chinese population. Less than 10 students from China get aid.

If your friend is a total asshole, sure. In the case of the friendship in this article, sure. But doing this as anything but a last resort isn't fair.

Wait. Who's baby is Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily?

There are much more respectful ways to handle relationships, I think. I've been on the other side of one of these, and it's really unfair.

Yeah that too. I was just talking about skin color and appearance of the princesses, but if you actually look at the content and lyrics, it gets so much worse.

Well, the problem is that it goes beyond just the skin color of the princesses. Take Jasmine, for example. Her skin color is middle-eastern-ish, but her facial features are clearly Americanized, as are Aladdin's. Animators have stated that they modeled Aladdin and Jasmine off of Tom Cruise and Jennifer Conolly. And…

Yeah, I agree that that's what our economy needs.

So I grew up in a pretty conservative part of south-central PA. On most political issues, we kinda suck. The basic responses I get when I question anyone's views are "well...God says."