"There are no sacred cows."

When I lived in Tanzania, I once saw a show where they took people from Dar es Salaam and made them "live the village life." You know, carrying water, pit toilet, stuff like that. It put a weird, sad twist on the Survivor type show for me. It's one thing to do it in what is essentially a man-made atmosphere, but…

No one is saying they need to be protected from her! We're just saying she's a dumbass who lives in a fantasy land.

Just because you don't understand those words doesn't mean that we don't or that they don't mean anything.

" And when those people act like they know what is best for the tribespeople. "

Just had to read his take-down book for a class. Three Cups of Deceit. I work for a nonprofit, and it's like, a step-by-step lesson in how to sink an NGO. Insane.

Doubt all you like. I lived in East Africa, and you would be amazed what people will do get a foreigner to leave them alone. And like I said, letting her do it does not open doors to anyone else. What's ok for American women is still not ok for Maasai women, no matter how many American women do it. To them, we're…

You may not understand the gender dynamics here, but in that part of Africa, white women are basically honorary men most of the time. Just because he let her do it (and I highly doubt she was held to the same standards, see "only way to get her off his back about it") certainly does not mean that he's let the girls…

She very well may be the first, at least in that group, but I'm with you on the rest.

Why can I only recommend once?!

Seriously, Maasai women are not well-respected in my experience. This will change nothing for them. But they made the white woman feel good, which that tribe is excellent at. It's how they keep themselves a tourist destination and provides a chunk of income since pastoralism is increasingly less feasible with all…

Gross gross gross. Saw this on BUST's feed. She did not convince them of anything. They did whatever she wanted so she'd get her feel goods and maybe send back some money or something and get off their case. Maasai are not going to be progressive now, and that's a fact. But they do know how to tell tourists what…

The stupid - it burns!

ding ding ding! They're not going to be popular indefinitely, and they've been going for a decade now.

Are women with only sons just the worst? I wonder, like that study that showed that men became more supportive of equality after having daughters, if women who only have sons become less supportive or something. Because between this lady and Princeton Mom... I can't even. They're just the worst.

to get someone foolish or not from around there to say they want to try. Then you get to watch them run around in a field of cow pies in the dark. Just like snipe hunting. In the end, you get to laugh at the gullible.

My fiance's mom does stuff like this to him. But he's back in school, so it's less supportive and more "helpful" reminders on what he should be focusing on. He can post about a game he played and she's all "Don't forget about your paper this week!" Yeah, thanks Mom, he's a grown-ass man and posting about his paper…

Exactly, the whole point of this is to give rural women access, right? I'm from rural CA; it's not all SF and Hollywood. When the world doesn't come to an end, maybe the "flyover states" will adopt it.