I want to slap everyone who is questioning why the child was out that late with her mother. If the mother went to someone’s house to do hair, what is the problem with her bringing her child with her? If she is a single mother, what else is she supposed to do? Fucking people.

This is a bit misleading. Cleveland High IS racially integrated, about 60/40. East side is 99%black. The real segregation is along income lines.

Unrelated but Jezebelles in Alberta: thoughts and prayers. 😘

No, don’t remake it! Trick children into watching the original! Laugh at their broken tears! IT’S HOW THEY LEARN.

Having lived in both “some parts of the US” and Thailand - there is a huge difference! Temperature is not the only thing involved. There is the humidity (which is much higher that those “some parts”) and then the fact that the sun is more intense in Thailand due to its lower latitude. I thought I was prepared for the…

I said this on another thread, but some zoos do actually help and protect animals. I’m actually not the biggest zoo fan, but hearing of the work the San Diego Zoo and others have done has changed my mind a bit. These tigers are dying out and a lot of zoos have gone into the “business” of cultivation and sustainability…

Have you never been to a zoo? Your post just seems judgmental especially in the face of death. Maybe zoos do suck, but why are they dumbass hicks and not also children in wonder, why is she an imbecile when it’s not like they go around handing out zoo jobs and she probably had an extensive wealth of knowledge about…

Well, I don’t mean to be crass, but with the name “Horst Hans Henkels,” he’s a snack that practically markets itself!

The plaque is a nice gesture and starting place. IDK how I feel about all the renaming of things, though. Certainly some people should have no monuments, but it’s tricky with former presidents. If the standard for removal is owned/supported slaves/slavery or participated in segregation...a whole lot of things will…

Pay fucking attention to the crimes being discussed in either instance.

7th grade. I’m not a violent person, squeamish about blood/violence/cruelty in movies and books, but yeah, I fantasized at great length about beating and even killing the nastiest kid I ever met: Candice S. She mercilessly teased CJ, another kid who was even nerdier and poorer than I was. She’d make him cry DURING…

Sucks for parents who can’t find evening sitters.

How is this not considered a weapon of mass destruction??? I am just laying on my floor, rolling around and groaning from how overwhelming this is. I can’t. I CAN’T.

“I don’t want to go bankrupt because I got cancer...”

Where I’m from, maternity leave (and recently, paternity leave) is paid for by the state for - hold onto your knickers - more than 120 days, out of which 40-something are MANDATORY postnatal maternal leave. Basically, if a baby has recently come out of you, your ass is staying home for at least a month and a half,…

This is beyond insane. As a Swede, I do forget how fortunate we are to have such good parental leave, and honestly I just can’t wrap my head around how on earth parents make it work in the US? Or even in other places in Europe - my husband is Spanish and we were considering settling down there. However, they only have…

Seriously. It’s like people think taxes should be used for defense and nothing else. wtf. Some things are more efficiently handled by a centralized government. That’s why we have one. Let’s fucking use it.

Once again, Margaret Atwood says it best:

The last thing I want when I’m depressed and don’t want to go anywhere is for someone to come into MY space with soup and company, no matter how delicious the soup or how charming the company. When I want to be alone, that’s just what I want: aloneness.

Why is it the woman’s job to ensure a man stand up for a child?