I do this all the time. It has to do with the weird pressures of the marketplace and social stressors of public changing rooms. I only buy things that I like and want but if I get it home and realize that my purchase was impulsive then I return it. If I really liked that thing in the store but two weeks later, I…

Akeelah and the Bee was a great one!

I have recently been rereading Mountains Beyond Mountains about Paul Farmer and his work with Partners in Health and I always come back to statements that he's made about his role in providing care for HIV and tuberculosis patients in the developing world (mostly Haiti). For me, reading his words make so apparent the…

I believe that -8 or more is "legal blindness." But I don't know if that fact actually determines eligibility for aid.

Here's the other thing: no matter how much you spend or don't spend on your dress and no matter how much you love it; 15 years later the photos will mortify you. Maybe that's part of the fun of it all.

"Tampon" translates from French as "plug." I was once in Paris and desperate for tampons but I was terrified that asking for "plugs" would be terribly crass so I ended up sheepishly requesting "the things for ladies" from the man at the corner store. He knew exactly what I meant. "Tampon?" Yes, tampon.

I really don't object to people spending money on things that are important to them and I'm not the arbiter of what those things are permitted to be. I'm in the market for a $1000+ dress myself right now. I wouldn't have spent that much for prom and maybe not even for a wedding dress but in June I am being honored…

The statement is plural, it talks about "these people," not "this person." And since this article has nothing to do with communications to people outside prison I think it's safe to assume that the poster isn't talking about Ms. Stevens.

First, you don't know any of the facts of the case but assuming that it's as bad as it sounds - the statement was far more general than "this one inmate is a bad person." The sentence reads "[e]ven though inmates are bad people."

If you realize that people who are currently incarcerated will one day return to society; what makes you believe that separation from the stability and support of their families will help them to avoid re-offending? What if we made it easier for them to maintain solid community relationships with their families in…

Inmates are not "bad people." They are people who have done illegal things. Are some of them bad? Sure. Did some of them do bad things? Of course. All that defines them is that they have been convicted of doing an illegal thing (which is morally neutral). I know it seems to many people like a small difference…

I have a mixed reaction to this. I don't believe that taxpayers should pay for this sort of thing but I also don't think that a general men's prison facility is the appropriate place for a trans woman who does not feel safe there. Perhaps the bigger problem here is that trans women are put in a situation where…

Thanks, sometimes that's all we can do.

I think that's definitely part of it. It's not that seeing my mom would make me happier but it's having her really see me, if that makes sense. I hide my feelings very well - both positive and negative but I want one day for my mom to say 'hey, I know you're under a lot of pressure right now and you're also grieving…

I've been really depressed lately (in the dark place). I've finally peeled myself out of bed just far enough to try to do some of the things that might help me feel better. One of those things is going home for the weekend; mother's day weekend. My mom just told me that she's got a friend staying with her that…

There's been a whole lot of news lately about just how terrible teachers are so I always appreciate it when someone makes sure to remind us about how awesome good teachers really are.

If you want to take a break from it all; there's a beach town in Ecuador called Puerto Lopez and a little spot called Hosteria Mandala where I spent a week after the bar exam. I dream of walking away from it all one day and just spending a month there reading books and watching whales.

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I absolutely agree. When we see that parents are sending children to school with lunches that aren't healthy or nutritious that needs to be an indicator of what the community needs (nutrition education for families) rather than another place to shut down parental involvement.

I think it is the marketing equivalent but it's definitely not the same product. Somethingsomethingcarcinogenic....