From Wikipedia - While the two terms are sometimes used interchangeably, Hispanic is a narrower term which mostly refers to persons of Spanish-speaking origin or ancestry, while Latino is more frequently used to refer more generally to anyone of Latin American origin or ancestry, including Brazilians. Hispanic thus…

According to the US Census (link), you're legally Hispanic if you say you are. It takes a special kind of mind to get confused by that.

Don't know how serious a situation would have to be for me to attempt this. My husband and I try to leave arguments out of the bedroom. Also, were the men who were being 'denied' the ones responsible for the road disrepair? If not, this really seems like nothing more than a publicity stunt, albeit one for a really…

I should have. Didn't recognize the name.

The fact that horrible things happen around the world doesn't mean that we shouldn't try to improve North American attitudes as well.

Ugh. Childbirth honestly scares the crap out of me.

Please don't extend what I said about one specific example so widely. The girl in Greece, at least, was being sent out to beg in the streets. She had likely been kidnapped or trafficked. Since the investigation of the authorities in this case led to her release, I'm not too concerned about the details. Should I…

Previous articles gained hundreds of comments relating personal experiences with criminality related to the Roma communities, as well as defenders relating stories of how badly they are treated in Europe. In these two cases, it seems clear that the parents had no legal reasons to have the girls in their custody, so I…

Your story makes me want to cry. I by no means think that men are blameless- just look at the comments of any youtube video that stars a woman who isn't conventionally beautiful. I was often in the same boat as you growing up, but in my case, it was the women who I feared more. I think it comes from both genders,…

It's learned sexism, to be sure, but I really don't think we can put all the blame on men. Growing up, I heard my older sisters mocking different style choices and body types more than my brothers. Maybe it stems from having little power- if women couldn't control a lot in their lives (in past generations), they…

I think women themselves are to blame for a lot of this. We get so used to judging and being cruel to each other from a young age. I remember in grade school that I didn't care one bit what my male classmates thought, but I was terrified of the mean comments that my 'friends' would say. Why can't we stop the stupid…

I make a kick-ass bolognese sauce that takes 5-6 hours. And I bake my own bread. So there.

Step stools placed precariously on the stairs? It will be one more excuse to keep young kids out of the house too. Win-win!

That was it! I knew it was something like that, but didn't really want to google the individual words while at work...

I can't find it right now, but a while ago I came across a site that was nothing other than a collection of interesting and beautiful home libraries. I got a number of ideas for when we build our dream house!

This was based on asking the parents what they think of their kids. Couldn't that just suggest that parents like their first kid the best?

I don't know anyone who does that, and I know a bunch of women who've cut off hair long enough to donate multiple times. I think it's a total Hollywood-created myth.

Thing is, she doesn't really look like a man. She looks like a woman with short hair.

Your upbringing sounds like mine, but with just a bit less country. My mother stayed at home when she could to raise us, but when money was tight she cleaned houses and worked in a chicken barn to bring in money. We were not allowed to turn down work- if my mom had to drive any of us to our jobs kicking and…

That's what I wrote about in a separate post. I would (and have) taken the crappiest, least impressive jobs possible in the past to avoid being out of work. I don't get people who refuse to work retail, call centres, or anything else that they consider 'beneath' them. You're unemployed!