I think it's just saddening when the emotional impact of social problems - real or perceived - are applied to specific people. Being white, I guess I can't really understand what's underlying the assumption (?) that you have to support your own race by avoiding interracial relationships. Thanks for helping to…

Doesn't she not have custody of her kids? Yeah, that's who I'd take parenting advice from.

"Shows that did have women of color on their writing staffs: Totally Biased and The Chris Rock Show, plus Real Time with Bill Maher at one point."

No, that's bullshit. If they tell her she can go, she's not violating shit. That permission *alters* the conditions of the house arrest.

Violation of her... arrest?

No one said it was! We're just saying that it is a major difference in their lives and it makes things harder.

But they don't have options for maintaining the relationship in-person either. They're stuck with neither, and I can feel a little for that.

I believe it said "high school teenager." So, he wants to go back to a normal life I guess. Not a career aspiration.

High class booth babe?

Uh, "...led to him being found guilty of rape..." All men? Hardly.

Then why not, I don't know, have people pull themselves over walls or fences? Seems like they might have whole courses with those on them. Also, I use my feet as well when climbing over things. Maybe that's just me.

Isn't that odd how their failures are inconsequential, but a handful of women can't do pull-ups and it's because they're weak and have no business in the military?

I wore a bandanna over my hair once and had to take it off so they could pat my head. Last time the machine showed something on my head so they just looked really closely at my short ponytail and back of my head (no touching!) before they let me go.

And that's another issue wrapped up in this. From what I understand, basic training isn't known for its vast swaths of free time to work on stuff like this. Maybe carving out a little time each day for people to work individually on things that might be particularly difficult for them to complete would be a good…

Exactly. Because you get foot grips! Totally different.

It does seem weird that height isn't taken into account at all. Or that there isn't an alternative that shows the same strength/muscle use without dangling from a bar.

Northern California, and they had that nickname at my school too.

I was watching old 90's videos the other day and saw Hit Me Baby and noticed that even in that video, which is pretty peppy, her face just looked so sad when she sang. I wonder how long that was going on underneath it all.

Right? She's a journalist, not a cheerleader.

My mom's was The Hustle. To this day we still ask her to do it when we need a laugh.