And she’s not even a young Boomer. Like Obama is technically a Boomer. But admittedly seems closer to me a “young” Gen Xer, than my “old” Boomer parents.

The same thing happened with “person first language.” Which was based on the idea that descriptions like disabled person or Autistic person emphasized the disability over the person. Except that it came largely from the social workers and parents of disabled children. Many Autistic and disabled adults consider the…

I know several people who had strong feelings about desired gender and did some grieving. One of them was way too public about it. She’s a great mother, but someday someone is going to say something to her kid. It will slip out. I feel like if people find out in the delivery room, the presence of that actual baby…

It doesn’t excuse his behavior. But it’s the kind of thing that often paralyzes the person responding. Especially because our health care access is tied to employment.

I suspect no one is willing to fire the guy with Stage 4 cancer.

It's in her Instagram profile with contact info for the agent. Apparently the same one that repped Mama June.

Yes. And they probably will need to cut/shave it as the acetone loosens it. I don't think she gets that she's almost certainly losing her hair over this.

She's hired a talent manager apparently. These are not the actions of someone who just wants her health care covered. I mean if people want to give her money and she finds a way to make money on this, that's fine. It's not the worst 15 minutes of fame. 

She’s raised like $11,000 in her GoFundMe. And she left the ER because the only solvent is acetone and she finds it painful. (Which I’m sure it, but nothing else is going to work.)

We all make mistakes. But suing over this is basically what is wrong with America. The warning label says skin. And while skin is not hair, you scalp is both skin and hair. Every mistake everyone makes is not someone else's fault.

Not only that, but there is a pretty significant difference between say making food the way your (step) Grandma taught you and taking advantages educational/professional for Latinas.

Yes! Also, it’s ok to just want to dabble in things. I took several sets of pottery classes. I am not that good. Like not that good compared to other middle aged lady dabblers. I ended up quitting partly because it got expensive but partly because the instructors didn’t seem to get that this was not important enough…

I get that, but I will tell you that absolutely no Texan would consider me "from" Texas based on the 6 whole weeks I lived their after my birth. Especially if I mention it was Austin and my Dad was in grad school.

I think that's what is going to make how this plays out interesting. Because there are big principles (where I would be team Girl Scouts) and then what local parents are doing that will probably change pretty regularly based on what the parents of kids of a given age are like. 

The huge age difference with no acknowledgement that it exists or that it means the occasional clashing cultural reference is just odd. I’m 46 and five years older than my partner. That’s a minimal age difference now. But like Newsies was formative for him and I didn’t see it until recently because I was busy counting…

I think the on the ground leadership of the local troops matters so much. You are absolutely right about Boy Scouts. But our neighborhood troop has leaders of a variety of sexual orientations and religious backgrounds. If I had kids, I’d rather my kids be part of that than have a daughter be in the kind of be a good,…

I don't think it's an obvious move either. But lots of girls had a dramatically different experience of Girl Scouting. Mine was mostly, be good, be quiet, don't make trouble, and do crafts. My Girl Scout leader hated the outdoors. I never did a single outdoor thing as a Girl Scout. Local troops can vary so…

I definitely think it would be Table Flipping Jesus. Martin Luther also had thoughts on Christians and plagues: https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2020/may-web-only/martin-luther-plague-pandemic-coronavirus-covid-flee-letter.html

My childhood crushes are all terrible people. It's embarrassing.

It's not fool proof protection, but it's *better* than one guy with no training making stuff up.