I think this comment reflects why mental illness has so much stigma. If you knew people with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia you would realise how unfair that comment was. This is not what either of those things look like. Stop using people with mental illness as an excuse for obsessive, abusive behaviour. There is…

Yes, it’s a more complicated case to prove but it has been done before. Presuemeably they have more on her than they’re saying, because they wouldn’t be doing it unless they were reasonably sure they could win.

I think the murder charge is an ambit claim that will be dropped once they get to a plea. She agrees to plea to manslaughter and they agree to remove the murder charge. They can’t add new charges in later so they start out with both.

That reply went to the wrong person. Sorry, Kinja.

At the same time they only have an interview with him because he’s doing a promotional tour so to say that they don’t do promotional interviews like it was ever supposed to be a Bruce Jenner two hour heart to heart about RDJ’s deepest thoughts and feelings is a stretch.

Maybe if you misrepresented yourself all you have left is to stick by the promises you made when you ran for office?

I’ve seen politicans do that in the past, say ‘Look I don’t personally agree with this, but the overwhelming majority of people in my electorate do and I’m here to represent them not myself so I will vote for it.’ Which I think happened on a bill loosening abortion restrictions a while back.

Could there also be an element of ‘It’s less important for my wife to have these characteristics because I know I’ll be there, but I can’t be sure how my daughter’s life will go and so want her to have independence to be ok on her own and intelligence to make good choices when she needs to’?

It’s clearly a sign that blue is a colour that tends to suit gingers. Which the royal baby could be by the way.

I first shaved in response to a comment from my cousin. We were both confused though because he told me I should be shaving my arms. It was a while before I worked out that no one else was doing that and it was weird.

It seems like there is some pearl clutching from the media about sex ed conversations happening too young in schools. Like if you warn girls about this stuff they will turn into sex monsters. That moral alarm ignores how young this stuff actually starts. I was first catcalled when I was eleven and from the Reddit…

Perhaps the play had a plot point centred around everyone eating carrot cake?

Way to make Jesus sound like a selfish megalomaniacal jerk.

According to Muslim friends, girls are generally really excited to get their first hijab because it is a coming of age thing, a signal of growing up, much like ear piercings and getting my first bra was for me.

Social and cultural and religious pressures are not exclusive to Muslim women.

I wrapped my hair up in a scarf on a howlingly windy day and stepped out thinking I was rocking the Grace Kelly look only to experience racial slurs being hurled at me for the first time in my life.

I’m pretty certain you can’t. After all that is the loophole they’re closing. Everything I’ve read has said that the exemption is for religious or medical reasons only and that only one religious group (Christian Science it turns out) is eligible for that exemption.

I agreed with Howard on gun control. I figure I can cope with agreeing with one coalition policy every ten to fifteen years.

I can see why you would think that from a non-Australian perspective (I’m assuming) but this really isn’t ‘welfare’ in that sense. It’s more like tax breaks and rebates you get just for having a kid. Anyone earning less than $150,000 p/a is eligible for these payments.

Welfare is a bit different and isn’t what they are talking about here. The Family Tax Benefit is a tax break available to pretty much everyone as long as you have a kid. The Childcare Rebate is either not means tested or is set so high that virtually everyone can get it. Australia’s welfare system is generous and not…