Nope. As someone who is pretty much devastated at my horse of twenty seven years dying two days ago this makes me so mad. Animals aren’t accessories. Especially horses. One of the first lessons I was taught as a kid is that the horse in front of you is capable of killing you even if it’s just because it’s spooked.…

I’m an old (was an adult during the 80's. This was the very accepted, family-friendly norm to present the sexuality of a young woman on TV. She was a good girl (aka a virgin) being seduced by the dark side. Or she did a bad thing (had sex) and had a very bad outcome (got pregnant). Then she contemplates an abortion…

It has been around in Hawaii for generations, that’s where the term originates from. It’s a Native Hawaiian word, and originally was used to refer to people who were part Native Hawaiian (indigenous) and part Caucasian. Over the years as the racial makeup of Hawaii changed (the state is predominantly Asian and…

Sure, looks 16 in a still photo or at a bare glance. Not “looks, acts, communicates and behaves as if 16.” I’m going to assume the 29 year old didn’t assault a polaroid and I am sure there were plenty of indicators that she was much younger than 16.

We grew up asking “what’s your nationality” with that representing where our great grandparents came from, but it feels outdated.

I’m mixed race and get similar questions, but I will admit to on some occasions asking someone their ethnic background. None of them have ever shown any discomfort, but if they asked why I wanted to know I would just say I was curious.

I appreciate this article and all of its points, and I’m sorry you’ve dealt with this crap, too. I have to admit something (please don’t shame me) - I’m an immigrant (I was born in South Africa); we are German Jews who spread out all over the place after the Holocaust. I was born in SA and then we moved to the U.S.…

Me, too. I grew up in a small border town and I truly enjoy meeting people from other cultures as an immigrant myself. Though I’m Mexican, my accent is apparently weird and it sounds like I’m from somewhere else. People ask me all the time. I don’t take offense; I ask people where they’re from because I think it’s…

Honestly, when I lived in Silicon Valley, I worked with people from all over the world, and I personally love hearing about where people are from if they aren’t from the US. I hadn’t ever traveled outside the USA at that point, and I learned a lot at a young age about the world outside the US. I didn’t quiz people and…

I am just literally fascinated by where people are from. I grew up in a tiny little town in Oregon. You grew up in a suburb of LA? Cool, what was that like.

Living in NYC, and particularly working in the professional services sector, a lot of people are from elsewhere. So a pretty standard “getting to know you” question is “Did you grow up around NYC, or somewhere else?” and can usually be asked without making people feel marginalized. In other places, especially places…

But I love to find out where people are from. I live in an area where I don’t run into a lot of people that grew up here so it’s fun to find out where people did grow up. And sometimes I find out the lady in the next office over went to my high school!

Yeah, that makes sense, and I get that. Just in the article itself it seemed strange to juxtapose that specific objection with the comment about how much of the animal is used.

Absolutely, I do a ton of Vegetarian Crock-Pot stuff. It’s ridiculously easy, and makes a ton of food all in one sitting, perfect for meal prep.

Sure, no problem at all.

Yes yes yes but when it comes down to it....is it nice? Is it right to kill something else just because we can and want to? Ask any child and they will say no. That’s the cold hard truth about eating meat. It’s not right. It’s not nice. It’s just wrong.

One issue people who don’t eat pork have with those who do eat it is how smart pigs are [...] but a good thing about pig is that there’s very minimal waste; basically everything is used for food.

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You know it’s interesting that this is the only time I’ve ever seen Melania with a genuinely warm smile. Like she actually enjoyed meeting Michelle.

It was frosty in the car, but warm in the White House.