I’m certain the legal process they’re referring to is an attempt to emancipate her.

I’m wondering how effective this is going to be. I’m assuming the state of Texas views this as therapy (instead of just not making it illegal yet). Additionally as long as it is legal I’m wondering if she wouldn’t just be sent back to her parents even if a court order prevented sending her back to the camp.

I wonder if she broke her shins from backpedaling so hard.

Dear Leslie Rasmussen,

She really should just stop.

This was my last one before Serious Ballet time en pointe et all. I wish you had a princess class so you too could dress up as whatever the eff you wanted that day in ballet.

ETA: In hindsight, this may have been a “subtle” way to hint at wanting a puppy to my parents.

Awww so cute! Reminds me of a cooler version of myself, who went to Princess Day as...a puppy. Not as a fun a pic since you can only see one princess. Also mad turnout skills on that little Elsa-esque there.

Being a scholarship student on top of everything else is just so hard. Depending on the kind of scholarship she had, the pressure to deliver near perfect grades from the first day, perfect attendance, no stepping out of line even an inch EVER for your entire college years etc is pretty insane.

Also, not to mention what the taste of freedom from home can do to someone at that age who’s not emotionally ready.

So many kids drop out their freshman year because they get that it’s finally their life to do what they want — this might have been her big push.

Glad she’s okay though

She’s a full scholarship student from Kentucky, and a black woman at the School of Engineering, a place where there are not a ton of people who are a) black or b) black women. At 19, I’m assuming she’s also a freshman. SEAS is pretty cut-throat and Columbia undergrad is also not exactly known for their advising…

God the Father, and Jesus are equal persons in the Godhead, along with the Holy Spirit. It’s how the Trinity works, man.

So Jesus hung out with tax collectors, lepers and prostitutes, but doesn’t want this guy to help a woman with a Berrnie Sanders bumper sticker?

I always knew god hated socialists.

“And when I got in my truck, you know, I was so proud, because I felt like I finally drew a line in the sand and stood up for what I believed.”

The Lord is apparantly backing away from Good Samaritans and investing strongly in Self-Righteous Assholes.

True, but I think our society is too harsh on revenge fantasies. It’s our monotheism speaking, always claiming that revenge is incompatible with justice. I never agreed with that statement in its absolutist formulation. I embrace revenge fantasies as the absolute right of any victim.

What you’re saying is “this lady has inappropriate, dangerous thoughts.” Not cool.

Disagree completely. She shows no signs of “dangerous mental instability” and it’s incredibly patronizing to suggest that she has one when she is, in fact, being blunt about fantasies it is perfectly normal to have.

It seems to me the practice shooting and the mental processes around it are very different from the act of actually killing people, especially people who didn’t rape you, like in your examples. You’re slippery-sloping this and it’s not intellectually honest.

...No. If Philip Roth was allowed to write the same fucking story over and over, about boring, ruthless men on navel-gazing quests for sexual fulfillment — and win prizes for it — and be called one of the greatest writers of his generation — I think we as a culture can afford Beyoncé space to take what is personal to h…