Not surprised it’s a parent complaining. I know several college profs and they have relayed stories of upset parents complaining about grades they’ve given or to get information that’s covered by FERPA and HIPAA laws. It’s a bit hard for me to wrap my brain around because I come from a very different culture than most…

Hey Jia, did you see your tweet in this write up on how to change the lives of nail salon workers? I agree with the author on funding the labor dept so they can go after the bad guys..

If she was in China they’d just think she got back from her taijiquan/wushu practice!

Wow, you got people projecting their issues all over your comment! It sounds to me that you figured out what works for your family and rolling with it. After all every family is unique, and what works with one kid, may not work with another. :)

Loved this write up and makeover! In my early twenties i would’ve been classified as a tomboy, but i’m a cis het gal (which is a whole ‘nother can of cultural worms, cuz mixed). Nowadays i’m the master of middle-aged frump, but I’m still not a heavy make-up wearer, even though i know how to do a full face for special…

What?! Nobody has posted this yet?

Dangit my Taiwanese in laws are devout Buddhists of a sect where this is not allowed. It’s going to be soo boring when they pass. On the other hand their sect has a cool program for getting families to let med students practice on their deceased relatives... I should see if they’re part of the program. :)

So... do they take on this guy? Cuz my friends who are into woo have moved on to his stuff now... some people just want to believe...

I posted this story on my social media and one of my friends responded with this link: http://www.chrisbeatcancer.com/ With the admonition that not everyone is making things up. Can we say backfire in full effect? I’d also live it if it turned out that this guy was a fraud too...

I’d also add look at the leadership of schools and training programs too.

Just out of curiosity, what are the racial/ethnic percentages of the people who hire and fire teachers? Or the people who train them? That’s the other half to this problem. I can’t click through cuz I used up my free stories for the month.

Btw PBS has been killing it on the race and white millennials front. I’m not really surprised, unfortunately...

This here is why i've been very happy that we have separate bathrooms. He can keeps his all messy, hang out on the john while stinking it up or reading stuff on his phone and if we both need a toilet there's another one i can use! There is far less conflict in our marriage cuz i can just shut the door and not have to…

Fabulous piece! I know that in the early Twentieth century orientalism made a bit of a comeback in terms of the Art Nouveau movement. Did you happen to see if this influenced the makeup trends of this era? I know as the 20th century chugs along it comes back in fashion in unexpected ways, like the caftan. :)

Ah, that makes sense, I'm still learning characters and it's not a clear picture. So I went with what I know. Have you discovered hanzismatter?

I don't know what your tattoo means in Japanese but in Chinese those two characters together mean center if I'm reading it right. 中心 these are the characters, the pinyin is zhong xin. But the story behind it is sweet. :)

Glad to help! One of my earliest posts on another subkinja was a bit on how we got to here starting with the Scopes Trial. Cuz i'm a nerd like that :) The thing i tell people that all groups, religious or not, there is a tendency for there to be a public face while there's a lot of movement and change that's going on…

I'm still waiting for a Dorothy Day retrospective!!

It does esp since this divide has been evident since the 90's if not earlier. I used to study American Evangelicalism (i've since switched fields) but for most of the 20th century the views loudly proclaimed now by 'Christians' in the media and in politics were considered very fringe by most mainline protestants. In…

There were a lot of women leaders of various christian sects during that time, but they're not going to count cuz Jesus was male along with most of the writers of the Bible.