With manatees there are no overlords. There are only friends and boat propellers.

Florida doesn’t deserve manatees. Actually no one does. Too pure for this world.

Caitlyn is the type of woman who spent 60 years as a rich, famous, white man, so that’s how she acts. It’s just extra not cute now because we expect women make better choices and behave better than she does.

That’s absolutely absurd. Angie’s jewelry and the cameras could also have been pawned and could have fed those children for months! Are you mad they didn’t do that too?

No, I understand what you’re saying, you just misunderstand the nature of the nature of the exercise. You’ve clearly just never taken an acting class or spoken on a personal level with young people with a destitute/exploitative background, at least not since globalization happened. You’re hearing some things that…

I think 100% of the people deriding this exercise have never taken a real acting class and have no idea what they’re talking about

So what you’re literally saying is that poor kids shouldn’t even be given the chance opportunities because if it doesn’t work out, they will be sad.

You think this is their number one problem? They’re being given an opportunity, the reason for the whole thing is they’re trying let these kids tell their own stories instead of hiring some American kid to do it poorly. Yes, there is a potential for crushing disappointment but if these kids are being exploited by a…

Asking a child to imagine the reality of their own life as an acting exercise is by far and away the least of these children’s problems.

namaste ;)

Right! Do they think that basic cognitive function— the ability to hear and follow basic directions and then using your imagination— is something that only their precious little cornfed babies can have, doubtless as a result of their relentless helicopter parenting? BITCH PLEASE

Thank you. I know I can be a little zealous and.. colorful with my language, I’m sorry if I bit your head off a little. I definitely use Jezebel as a place to vent my frustration but I too often get carried away and sort of forget there’s a human face reading my words on the other end, and I get super rude. It’s not…

In this case intellectually understanding the scenario would negate the emotional exploitation scenario because it’s a fucking improv exercise.

I fucking feel you. I’ve struggled with depression and anxiety since I was about nine, never got the adhd diagnosed because I was good at hiding it and basically internalizing it. Now people don’t believe I have it because I seem fine when I’m with them... After I’ve arrived an hour and a half late, and spent 70% of…

That’s not the same thing at all though

Maybe look up the word before you use it?

You are suggesting that poor people cannot understand directions when clearly given to them.

Well shucks, aren’t we just a couple members of a mutual admiration society now?

Oh honey. I think your heart is in the right place but your head is screwed on backwards.