Do not use the term “female circumcision”. That gives the practice a legitimacy that it does not deserve. I understand that it is legal in some (predominantly African) countries, but that doesn’t change anything. Pretty much every charity that fights against this practice, and almost all medical schools, agree that…

Their facebook page suggests that the locals are not impressed. My husband has been reading his favourite comments:

I have a facebook friend in Asheville who is going to the mat on this one. I think she could single-handedly get them shut down she’s so ferocious. Love it.

The apology isn’t even any good.

Hi, randilyn. I have loved your posts here for a long time.

Because using them for sex and then discarding them is an act of aggression that makes the men feel powerful.

I wish them nothing but financial failure. Accountability means dealing with the full weight and consequences of your actions and by mixing business with their “pleasure”, i.e. misogyny and what sounds like sexual assault in at least one case, they deserve to be shuttered and fail. I for one am tired of this shit.

Wouldn’t you think that referring to everyone simply by the first name would denote an equal respect of power for the people interacting?

Frankly, I’d be fine with adults I don’t know well calling me “Ms Pye,” too.

Thank you. I hoped someone was going to make that point.

I’m also a white New Englander raised by hippies

Yes. This. Also, historically, for centuries no one called any black people by any honorifics at all. Racist whites called our grandparents “boy” or “gal” no matter how old they were or how educated or how respected within our own community. So it’s a big deal to call someone “Mr. or Ms. So-and-s0,” and I was ALWAYS…

I actually don’t think you get it at all, at least in your ability to empathize with people who have different cultural beliefs around this.

I must be a dickbag neighbor, then. Someone should tell the constant assortment of children eating various snacks I provided because my kid was hungry & goldfish crackers are cheap that I'm awful for preferring they don't address me as their buddy.

I think it’s more about familiarity. I’m not your pal, kiddo.

My nieces and nephews don’t call me Aunt Coco. I don’t even know what to say. I just...yeah. What the fuck is that?

Ok, this made me laugh hard. Possibly because a friend told me I was being “a real fucking Adolf Loos” last week while shopping for office supplies.

Jez. Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck.

White male entitlement at it’s best.

Around the Pee Dee region (Florence, Darlington, Myrtle Beach, and all parts in between) the dish of choice was Chicken Bog. Very similar to perlo but also a tad easier to make. I think I’ve covered it before but I’ll list off how to make it again here.