GertrudeRises
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GertrudeRises

Let's not make fun of mental illness, please.

Hey all. I just wanted to give lots of thanks to all those who replied to my bad-boy-obsession-themed Saturday Night Social post. You all gave incredibly useful and insightful advice and it was my first advice-seeking Saturday night post where literally no one ended up giving me a mean/judgmental reply. Usually there

My daughter looks nothing like my husband and I. She's a petite blonde with tall, dark parents. Genes are funny.

I go where the news/assignments I get take me. No ragrets.

I was a coach for a number of years and worked with a very clueless woman who assumed if a child did not appear 100% white, then he / she was adopted. One time she loudly proclaimed that a girl was adopted and how great it was that we had so many adopted girls in our program. The thing is, the girl is biracial and

She does seem to have the daughter's wellbeing at heart. But, as ungenerous as it sounds, something sticks in my gut about the couple's willingness to bring up a white baby in a racially homogenous, intolerant area. Don't white kids need to understand diversity as well?

And when 50% of the population is women? Why don't you see those women everywhere?

Too many white people there as well.

My brother is not a transsexual or transgender, or gay and he was raped almost every day he was in prison over 40 years ago. No one cared about him.

I know we're not supposed to talk about Beyonce's original nose, but I'd still like to talk about Beyonce's original nose.

I totally did the same thing. I think it is the lack of defined eyebrows, they really change a person's face when they are plucked that thin. If you look at pictures of her now they are thicker and darker, framing her eyes more.

LOL, yes. Or this recent gem: Umm, I'm white and I have baby hairs!

I totally understand because I have curly hair, too!

I'm just patiently waiting to hear from the gaggle of Jez commenters who love to say cultural appropriation does not exist. Or better yet the people who will inevitably compare this to black women using relaxers.

The problem is, by saying you only feel sympathy for their children and not for these women stuck doing something they regretted, you're ensuring that women will continue to feel ashamed for having these feelings and they won't speak about this frankly to people close to them or anyone else, and will keep these

I mean, you can't have it both ways. I know it's hard to practice self-love and respect for your body, she has girls and women looking up to her, modeling themselves after her, taking her photos as cues about how they should look and how their body should be, and she can't even be real with that, despite her song

she's an extremely narcissistic control freak (who can forget her "documentary" where she talked about having every image and sound of hers stored in some climate controlled room - even pics taken by fans - she has to control everything, always be perfect).

Yes

This is the look I associate with her. I think she's going for intense emotion but I'm never sure. There's a stiffness to her that is constant. This is just my take - obviously everyone in Hollywood disagrees. :)