Oh, Christ, no. The pedophilia subtext. After a few books, it was just... text.

Not exactly a retelling of an ancient myth, but Goddess of Love, with Vanna White (yes, really) playing Venus.

What about Juliet Marillier?

No. Not true. These animals are NOT domesticated. They have not been bred to live with humans the way that dogs and cats have. Dogs have been bred for centuries to have traits that make them favorable to living among humankind. These are wild creatures, period.

There is a new book out, YA fiction (of course!)— Truthwitch by Susan Dennard. I read it and immediately got a copy for my middle school classroom library. The friendship between the two young women protagonists is central to the book, taking precedence over all things romance. And it’s a healthy, non-exploitative…

I read it was a satellite. It’s what woke Baby Beast.

I grew up drinking water that was contaminated with C-8. Brita doesn't touch that.

I grew up in Parkersburg, WV. http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/we…

When I was looking at homes to buy, the realtor and I walked into a home where he suddenly ordered me to go to the front room (but not out of the house) and to dial 911 but not press send... yet.

Right. And I just want to mention that this particular song has made my BLACK students feel like they can approach me and inquire. And my few white students, who often feel very put upon, have an inroad into understanding that even though they are “the minority” in their individual situation at school, they are by no…

I’m not even trying to do the “damned by faint praise thing,” but I want to say that as a middle school teacher, I appreciate Macklemore. I teach 95% minority, low-income students in the inner city. They listen to all kinds of hip hop, including fluffy stuff on the radio. When “Same Love” came out, there was a…

Have you spent much time around anyone with that IQ? Saying their ability to consent to sex is “iffy” is really not an accurate statement.

Right. It's a complicated, heart-breaking issue. I teach at a K-8 campus where two children of an intellectually disabled mother attended. She should not have had those children. She actively interfered with their education until both were failing. We had to call CPS repeatedly because of things one of the children…

My son’s father, who is abusive and negligent, gets more supervised visitation time than this.

I wrote a few pieces, only lightly fictionalized, about growing up Pentecostal/Assemblies of God and going to Jesus camp every summer. After a writer’s workshop, I went back and toned them down. The scaled back versions just sounded more true to life and believable than the actual truth of things that happened.

When someone has a personality disorder, it can be hard even for professionals to detect. My child was planned with a partner I loved very much and thought I knew deeply. Then it was like he had a personality transplant. In private, he became someone I couldn’t recognize. I hear similar stories from other (ex)partners…

I feel you. For me, it’s Frail and Iconoclast.

Hey! Another Parkersburgian here. Born and raised.

My child (age 5) is currently angry with me because I don’t believe in Santa Claus. He also finds my atheism suspect. It’s so weird. This is never how I thought it would go down.

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