Nobody seems to mention that this girl isn't American, and sometimes political correctness does not travel the same way (just as the word "bloody" is a lot less acceptable in the UK than it is in the US, for instance). Just something to think about.

She actually nailed the Swedish, but she is a Finno-Swede

Nah I'm half-Filipino and it didn't sound very Tagalog-y

I can't believe they did not know that connection. Shouldn't they hire writers who can connect (extremely simple) dots?

Ah, the weather in Illinois - both in Chicago and outside of the city on the plains - would make anyone depressed.

6-8? That's depressing.

By the time I finished the piece, I see that it's not as much about shaming as I thought it was. The beginning of the piece certainly made it seem like a 'shaming' piece. I was put off by a few things; so what if I like Hello Kitty or wearing bows? I kinda keep that on the D/L, but yeah, the article could've used an…