And unless this 18 year old had instructions on what she wished for her funeral, burial, etc. then presumably someone - likely her parents and maybe this fiance - decided what outfit she’d be buried in, what music would be played, what flowers, what (if anything) would go in the casket with her (hell, whether she’d be…

She is being used as a puppet by the Liberty Council, or whatever they call themselves. When they lose this manufactured kerfuffle and disappear into the sunset, she is going to find herself without a job and very much alone.

Honestly, I find that some of the most bigoted and hypocritical Christians tend to be 'newer' ones that were hellions earlier in life. I think that once they've latched onto Christianity they feel like they have to make up for lost time or something by being extreme in all they're views.

I’ve long suspected that this is the case with many bigoted people who claim gay (or black, or Hispanic, or Muslim) friends and that they’re almost always talking about a kindly acquaintance or a long-suffering employee or a schoolmate who has better things to do than confront the idiot who always ends up in their…

Well, new converts and especially new born-again Christians can be REALLY intense about their beliefs. I think it has to do with needing to belong and be a good member of whatever religion a person has found - which can be a really important and powerful experience.

Those are hepatitis causing viruses. Hepatitis comes from a myriad of causes, for example Alcoholic hepatitis is very common, autoimmune hepatitis has been known to occur. Also common is hepatitis from toxins for example pesticides as purported in this article and from bush teas.

I mean those things will definitely make you healthier but they don’t guarantee weight loss.

Yeah, it’s not a nickname. Like “be a dear” or “be a mensch” or whatever, as you say. It’s just a super condescending way to tell someone to do something for you.

“Be a peach” isn’t really a nickname in this case, is it? It’s just an old saying, like “be a dear” or “do me a solid.” I wouldn’t expect someone to call me “solid” after doing whatever they requested lol.

I LOVE this column. So excited to get to read it when it goes up every week!! Thank you Madeleine!

I blanched and felt the worst second-hand embarassment at the ‘peach’ comment. I would be pretty upset if my boss called me that, I couldn’t imagine how I would react if one of my subordinates called me ‘peach’.

Some people just can’t stop themselves tho, especially when they start drinking. But yeah, it’s like World War I fighting...so much blood for so little gain.

She didn’t call her Peach as a nickname though. It’s an old colloquialism as she said, used when trying to ask someone for a favor. There’s a difference: “Would you be awesomesauce and do...” vs. “Hey Sweetie, could you...” Peach replaces Awesomesauce and Sweetie, respectively. I don’t like either personally but…

https://www.net-a-porter.com/product/605454… It gets worse

Thankfully our savior has already revealed himself.

oh god it’s real. I thought it was a silly graphic but it actually fucking looks like that jesus skateboarding christ

That looks like something a kindergarten teacher would pick up at Dress Barn.

Boomba and Critter are the BEST names. Also when I was a kid I wanted to be Samantha or Sunny and when I went on a class trip to a Mennonite village I told the sales people my name was Sunshine.

I’m going to quote Ali Wentworth here (because I read her book for some reason) And honestly this should be true for both women and men.

I’m sure this isn’t what you meant, but I was a virgin until my 20s and I wouldn’t have put up with this MRA bullshit. Inexperience doesn’t equal idiocy.