Okey dokey, GLAAD. Only ever known people to say the word was perfectly fine with them. But I'll add it to the list of words I cannot say.

You're literally reiterating the second half of my comment, did you read it in its entirety?

The Daily Mail reports on stories across the world. I once read an article about something that happened in Holladay, Tennessee on their site. It might a rule of thumb to assume, but it's the journalist's job to clearly state where the event occurred, which is probably why Mark went back in and edited it to add…

Thanks, but look who's talking!

Oh. My. God. Now THAT is the kind of spirit day I could get behind!

No, transvestite is okay: "Transvestite should not be confused with transgender or transsexual (“person who lives as a member of a sex different from their birth sex”). Transvestites generally have less or no desire to change their sex; they simply enjoy being able to cross-dress from time to time."

Hahahaha! YES. Accurate.

Now that's a GREAT idea! (Also points for Lake Woebegone reference.)

This is just such an obvious fear of obscurity on Kim's part. What could be a chance to celebrate & support a talented & driven woman making it to the top of the charts in a difficult genre is wasted on petty jabs and bad music.

Hmm, I'm confused. Do you think I'm defending these idiotic girls? "Oh for god's sake" was me rolling my eyes at their decision to dress like this. I do think it's normal for a teen to think this would be funny and not understand why it would be offensive. To me, however, what's worse is the kind of parent like ol'…

Very well said. I didn't mean to imply I thought it was done to mock, I just meant more along the lines of you just don't know what's going on in someone's life - case in point, your friend. I can't imagine how weird and strange that would be for him at the time. I'm thankful that more people are talking about issues…

Related note: "troglodyte" will forever be one of my very favorite words. Thank you for deploying it so nicely here.

Exactly. Throw in the part about the fact that I graduated well before social media existed, and I'm glad photo documentation of my idiocy is left to blurry prints from disposable cameras in a shoebox at my parents' house somewhere...

I'm with you, and I grew up in small town Iowa. I don't know whether people just knew better, or the administration cut us off at the pass by making sure spirit days were left to specific decades and the like. Probably the latter, because again, kids (self included as a teen) think inappropriate things are funny.

You're totally right. Even while reading your comment my initial thought process was, "how funny! Oh man, I bet there were some great guys in dresses! Wait, that's no good..." Haha. Yeah, I'm sure the adults there thought that was harmless.

SHUT UP. You will begin describing your costume immediately, thank you.

Of course I have. I'm not saying the second you shut them down everything will be sunshine & roses. But the question was whether the adults or teens are worse here, not whether or not it's difficult to get teens to do what you say.

Right? The only thing offensive about those is the fashion itself.

Oh for god's sake. All of our spirit days in high school were usually based on something harmless, like different decades. OMG, WEAR A POODLE SKIRT AND CAT EYE GLASSES! OMG, WEAR TIE DYE AND JOHN LENNON GLASSES! OMG, CRIMP YOUR HAIR AND WEAR GIANT SHOULDER PADS! (Of course I never participated, because angst.) In an…

Yeah, those two are made for each other.