Hair is such an interesting cultural symbol. I'm a latina with quite long spiral that I manage to keep from puffing out in every direction with lots of work. I get comments on my hair all the time from everyone. Particularly when I'm in the whiter areas of where I live, I have total strangers (usually middle aged or…

I'm right there with you for the same reasons (except I'm a different race than you).

Glad I could help and I agree with the whole racial territory things.

I'm latina and my boyfriend is white. We don't get a whole lot side eye when we're together but I've had latino men scoff at when they find out my boyfriend is white. I also live in an area where interracial relationships are pretty common (SoCal), so that might be another reason it's not as big of a thing, in…

I'd say pick your battles as well. You teach art history? Maybe if the art is based in Christian society allow her to use BC/AD and anything else must use the religious neutral term? But that might get too complicated, and if you really value consistency I'm sure you'd hate it. I'd talk to her and say something like…

But you probably were aware that if you were to get married, that's how you wanted to get married (with zero fuss). In that way, you already knew how you wanted your wedding. People have preferences that allow them to know how they want general events in their life to go.

Did she teach classes for University of Phoenix, because she sounds like a teacher my mom once described.

That actually does sound kind of fun, minus the period.

Uh oh does this mean the advertisements are working?

I feel like fountain has the shortest shelf-life but is the best tasting at the first few sips. I'd say my greatest net enjoyment of even diet would put glass bottle right before fountain. But maybe that's because I'm a slow drinker.

Nothing to do with health. I am uncomfortable with the egg industry so try not to eat too many (I also don't eat meat though I do consume lots of dairy). I pretty much only consume eggs if they are in something pre-made.

Gilmore Girls is my favorite show of all time, I am so sad it is not on Netflix. The entire show, but especially Lauren Graham and Kelly Bishop are WAY underrated.

I like the idea of a month dedicating raising awareness to women's issues, but I share some of the same reservations as Hermione Stranger. In addition, in the US, February is very famously Black History Month, and I would be very hesitant to push for something that would "compete"with that. Not that the movements are…

Oh boy, I love quiche and have always wanted to try my hand at making one, but I try to limit my egg purchasing/intake. We are ordering a veggie pizza from papa johns and I am going to toss a nice romaine salad with some fresh tomatoes from my dad's garden, some very crumbly, feta-like cheese that I made (yes made!)…

"Leave me the fuck alone."

Yeah, though all the other stuff mentioned bugs me, this bugs me the most. Don't tell people how they or their creations identify. I'm taking Sesame Street at its word because they are their characters. I wouldn't insist someone is wrong about their orientation, so I'm not going to insist that they are wrong about the…

Yeah, after I hit publish I realized that was a big assumption to make.

I was confused too, but I think the ruling was coming down to whether the ninth circuit should have even taken the case, not the merits of prop 8. So the majority ruled that the ninth circuit should dismiss the case and whatever the California court decided would stand. The dissenters said, no, the ninth circuit…

Yeah that made my eyes bulge out of my head. I am a non-white person living in a non-white community and we have plenty of racists.

Seriously? This reminds me of that stupid S.Korea plastic surgery article. We have no idea whether these women are victims or not. College educated and entering into consensual arrangements. That doesn't mean they CAN'T be victims, but that would probably be a case by case basis as opposed to this stupid…