I believe her prompt was "solid rationale from government propaganda." Obviously, solid doesn't belong there... there is no solid rationale in government propaganda. I don't see the word "information," but if I missed it, that's obviously the wrong word too. "Use rationale from government propaganda" would not have…

So true. I have a friend who is 37. She looks... 37. She cannot accept that (to the level of wearing hello kitty knee socks, pigtails with pink bows, and riding a bright pink bicycle everywhere...and only associating with people 10 years younger than her.) The thing is, when she says "you'll never guess how old I am,"…

Just did exactly what you suggested. Wow. Amazing poem and a good example of the power of "seeing" someone completely your opposite.

I'm kind of with Setton. If she'd just asked students to write as a Nazi about why Jews are horrible, that would be different. But she asked them to use "solid information from government propaganda" to make their case. That makes it a bit different in my mind... presumably they had access to examples or were expected…

Not mine. My pregnant friend went to PP at 12 weeks or so hoping to check she wasn't pregnant with twins (her insurance wasn't kicking in until she was 16 weeks, and there are multitudes of twins in her family) and they didn't offer ultrasounds. They did have her pee on a stick (again.) She knew she was pregnant,…

I can't say I agree with you; maybe it's my experience of motherhood, I don't know. I am 100% pro-choice when it comes to abortion in the first trimester, for any reason; I couldn't personally go through with a second or third-trimester abortion unless I faced serious risks to my physical or mental health carrying a…

So... how does one become an approved commenter?

Okay. Thank you. I agree he could have easily said nothing, and I could have too... but he did say something, and I felt I had a relevant comment. The article WAS about people having/not having racial or religious preferences, after all.

Um, "constantly" point out that I don't find certain people attractive? Have I mentioned this before and don't remember it? Because I'm pretty sure this is the first time I've ever commented on this.

I've seen this too. My friend desperately chased a commitment with a Jewish guy (by heritage, I don't think he actually had faith) for years... he was perfectly happy to date her, but he openly told her (and my husband, and others) that he would never marry her because she wasn't Jewish. She was 100% willing to…

Same here. If I wasn't married I'd be open to dating someone of any religion, but not if they were especially devout or fundamentalist or wanted/needed to "convert" me. Quite happy as a (very) lapsed Catholic, thanks.

I have to defend stfuerin. For reasons I don't understand at all, I have only ever been physically attracted to men with blue or green eyes who are taller than me. The men I dated before my husband all looked and were very different in other ways (including being biracial) but... they had blue or green eyes and were…

I've said it before commenting on earlier posts about this song and again, I hope this is relevant information and not humble-bragging, but I know LL (or "Todd Smith," as he prefers to be called) quite well socially. He is a lovely, humble, genuine person who always remembers the last thing you talked about, even if…

Highly doubt it. Nicole is known for being a major witch herself - I'm actually surprised it wasn't her who told Rebel to f*** off.

Yes, it doesn't help anyone. My sister-in-law is 28 and plays 16 on TV; she looks the part and plays it well (one of her "16-year-old" friends is a mature-looking 14, and you'd never guess they're any different in age.) But photoshopping headshots should be banned... what you look like is what you look like, and it's…

Oh god yes. What is with that? I've spoken on here about a friend who is yet to "make it" at 37, and I'm sure the main reason is because she's still trying to get cast as a cute college co-ed or maybe even the sexy high school senior, because "I look so young!" Only she doesn't. She looks 37, or pretty damn close. She…

As someone who knows a lot of working film and TV actors who never craved fame, they just loved to act: agreed. It's a shame the two go hand-in-hand, because contrary to popular opinion, there are plenty of actors who would just like to do their job and go home like anyone else.

I've met a girl who signed up with an agency and was flown to India to donate her eggs there, for couples who needed an egg donor as well as a surrogate - I'm guessing the egg "harvesting" is considerably cheaper there, too, since her trip was entirely paid for and she made some good money out of it. Unfortunately, I…

I remember a news story about an Indian surrogate carrying a baby for a Chinese couple - they got divorced while she was pregnant, and neither wanted or claimed the baby. I never got the follow-up. Going to look for that now...

Oh, the tragedy! What on earth did she do the other two days a week? (Oh wait, I think I know: take a bunch of speed and blow the pool boy.)