that’s because macarrão is the general word (along with massa) for pasta

If he were autistic, he would appear aloof from time to time. Not from being unhappy, just being neutral.

I had filed this away as a do-not-see in my mind when I first heard about it because oddly enough I think the movie was originally set in Brazil. My spouse is Brazilian so I take note of potentially cringe-inducing embarrassments. Sure enough, these articles mention that it is set in Brazil. So perhaps they figured…

Saks Jandel just closed!!

I hear you. Good points.

It’s good that TS tried to learn more, but she veered into the condescending. TS consistently tried to establish her credentials as fighter for diversity...so she was open to listening to MC’s concerns, but only insofar as they did not shake up her self-conception. She defended herself and the film where she could…

I think that both things are true: MC did mischaracterize the interaction and TS was too quick to brush off her role in (and benefit from) whitewashing. TS comes across at once open to concerns, but at the same time very much closed off to them. She is adamant that she is someone who values diversity and that be…

It seems weird to me that a candidate would wait in line. Campaigning is generally not allowed inside of polling places. In DC, if you’re wearing a pin for a candidate, you have to remove it, for example. So the actual candidate being inside of the polling place would seem to violate the spirit of “no campaigning”.…

But why not? All doctors, including dermatologists or psychiatrists, or pathologists, go through all areas of medical training before they specialize. Any doctor can handle basic evaluation of a situation.

hahaha! Seriously though, this article in the Atlantic posits that Christians don’t need an exemplar and instead want a champion.

I don’t know about their bottoms’ durability. I have some tops and tights that are good quality, seem well-made. Good luck!

If you haven’t looked at Uniqlo, that might be an option for you. Many of their adult pants have elastic waistbands. Most of their boys’ pants definitely do. https://www.uniqlo.com/us/boys/bottoms.html

The article mentions two different abusers. The first abuser, who abused 11-year-old Haim, is referred to as “a producer”. The second abuser is the subject of the article, the “A-lister”. The second abuser started when Haim was mid-teens.

According to the gas station owner, they were peeing on the side of the gas station. When asked to use to bathroom, they refused. And also they broke the door of the bathroom and broke some signage.

Thank you. This story has had all my attention. I was just patiently waiting for the facts to trickle out, feeling that something was very fishy.

I just don’t understand the coyness. It doesn’t strike me as mean so much as annoying that someone would say “there’s many a tale to tell” and leave it at that. She’s already burning the bridge—might as well tell the tale.

Certainly has been. I remember reading articles about her in Teen or YM where she discussed going to Starbucks everyday before high school. And I thought that sounded awesome.

Agreed that determining age is so difficult. My idea of what a teen looks like is sooo skewed due to actors in their 20s playing teens. I know that the actors are older, but it creeps in my mind when picturing a teenager.

Her struggle with Rheumatoid Arthritis is so vastly different from Brooks’ (who lied that he was sick) and Yolanda’s (who is unwell, but claims to have a disorder that science-based medicine does not recognize) cases. The comparison doesn’t seem to fit. RA is a well-established autoimmune disorder, not a medical…

Agreed. The difference between pieces about the US and this is that a large portion of the readership is American and can place an article about American culture into context (other articles, lived experiences, etc.). This article is about Brazil, a country many Americans have little knowledge of, and paints a pretty…