And Daydream Nation, and Pretty Little Liars, and any number of other examples. The public doesn't lose its mind over this stuff, it accepts and even embraces it.

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I'm not interested in any third option that involves throwing more people in prison. Especially juveniles. If you start issuing harsher sentences and longer jail time for any crime, that creates a need for more prisons, and once they exist there is an incentive to keep them full. There are more societally healthy ways…

Also, I recall at least one reference to "taking shots" on her album. And she's a celebrity who attended events where there are boatloads of alcohol. I highly doubt she's a complete stranger to it; if she was reluctant to drink it probably has more to do with the situation/company she was in than an aversion to…

I'd still rather have our justice system than America's, though.

They are all majoring in Art History with a minor in Fashion Studies.

Weirdest interaction I ever had: a drunk dude asking if he could have my umbrella because he needed a colorful one for the party he was heading to. He offered me his (black) umbrella in exchange, which was way better quality than my cheap (but colorful!) drugstore one. I said ok and we switched. When I got off the…

I always admired people who went backpacking/ hostel-hopping 100% alone. I've done both but I've always been lucky enough to have people who can and want to do it with me. I'm pretty introverted so I think I might actually like being alone, but it's just never been the right time and now I am focusing so hard on…

People who can pee in the street impress me. I've peed in the woods plenty of times, but the street, I duno, I think I'd be scared! How do you do it? Go in a dark ally?

I don't think she should be absolved of responsibility, but I do think there's a lot more going on here than just her being an asshole. Her assholery is not happening in a vacuum, we are all complicit in this kind of thinking and by touting out people like her, extreme examples as you say, we are essentially absolving…

To me the problem isn't so much her, it's the fetish America has for "self-made" individuals. She's just claiming to be what people want celebrities to be, what is valued in the larger culture. There's absolutely nothing wrong or shameful, or there shouldn't be, about having some help on the road to success—almost…

I kind of agree, it seems like the media just uses it as a cheap way to get a clickable quote. It's great when celebrities publicly support feminism but this trend of the media soliciting their opinions just makes it seem like everyone has to "pick a side" regardless of how much they actually know about feminism.…

That really sucks. I never had to deal with having my period during the (brief) time I lived in India because I was amenorrheic at the time due to being underweight, but I did notice how hard it was do be out and about as a female in any capacity. People stare at you and you really don't feel safe (or at least I…

This reminds me of when the movie Margaret came out and everyone was complaining about Anna Paquin still playing a teenager, not realizing that it had been filmed like six years before it was released. (Also, I freaking loved that movie.)

Don't feel bad! Honestly I almost always do this. It's not that I'm antisocial (well I kind of am lately, but that's another story) but there have been years where I partied hard on every other important party day—Halloween, St, Pat's, Canada Day (basically 4th of July for we of the north), my birthday, everyone…

I don't know. I guess this is a "sad" Christmas, as a close relative has just passed. On the other hand...I feel grateful for what I have. Christmas when I was younger was kind of about presents and fancy vacations, and I don't even care about any of that or miss it right now. I love my family and I'm happy to be with…

Your life sounds so awesome. Two military pilots as a couple? That has to be the most badass thing ever. I mean I know there must be loads of challenges, it's so far from my own experience I have no idea but I can't help feeling a bit envious reading your comments, haha.

Re: social media, I think if you are going to talk about this stuff on social media (which can sometimes be a good thing and bring greater light to an issue), it's good to do so by sharing articles/ blog posts/ whatever written by POC, rather than writing your own long rants on Facebook or wherever.

I am amazed in general by people who are able to raise children at such a young age (though I know not all the student-parents are young, some just late-ish in getting their education). I didn't think about anyone but me, me, me in my early 20s. My cousin is only a couple years older than me and has several kids…

This. I feel like most of the people who trot out the "it's so much worse elsewhere, we have it great!" are people who haven't looked too closely at their own society. Like yeah, sure, *I* personally have it great, I am privileged as fuck, but that doesn't mean the country in which I live (Canada) is a place where all…