IIRC, the generally-understood reason Ongina hadn’t been on All Stars yet was because she couldn’t pass the psych eval. I didn’t really give that any merit, but after seeing her these two episodes, particularly this second one, I wonder if it was the truth. I adore her, but it was the right decision to send her…

And how many of us happily live here. In the rain. For life.

I was fully prepared to see Mimi Imfurst appear as the “lip sync assassin” against India. With all the rigga morris that goes on, there was a >0 chance.

Passions!

Where’s the creepy doll that comes to life?

“would these “medical professionals” have advised them to do the same thing?”

Child who grew up in the system here. “You don’t “rehome” any child ever” is a lovely sentiment but utterly unrealistic, and takes away from the great points you make about the flaws in the adoption systems, particularly international. There are valid reasons to remove a child from a home, whether an adopted child or…

“bloviating” is such a great word. I like to pretend it was invented just for him. 

IIRC the little girl from Child of Rage got the help she needed and grew up successfully, which unfortunately is so often not the case. I can only hope the people who took the youtubers’ little boy are aware of his needs and able to work with professionals to provide them. I think it shows incredible strength on a…

As someone who grew up in a family that went through a similar situation, I can hope the adopted parents did it for the right reasons. I’ve never watched their videos, and the optics of giving up a “problem” child they’ve presumably made money on are awful. I was adopted (domestically) and my parents fostered and…

And consider lobsters and crabs, freakish giant sea bugs, delicacies. 

This is actually not all that uncommon after a long-term foster. As far as the state is concerned, once a child ages out there is no more relationship between them and their foster parents. I don’t know if it’s still the case in California but it used to be that they actively discouraged any continuing contact, so…

He’s obviously lying either way, but it sounds to me more like he’s trying to paint it as a staffer or volunteer’s words, maybe even a family member’s, not a hacker’s.

But what is the meaningful difference between archaeology and grave robbing?

Episode 2 was the best, with the best celebrities. Vanessa Williams, a talk show host I think I’d heard of, and a basketball wife. I’ll call that...decent.

Jackie is absolutely my favorite of the season, too. Heidi close second. I’m hoping for a Gigi or Jaida win. Crystal’s fine but I just don’t see her as America’s Next Drag Superstar. Plus, they crowned a “weird” queen last season, and IDK if they’ll want to do that twice in a row.

I like them, too. I feel like they’re charming artifacts from before everyone understood the uncanny valley. 

Bless you.

I’m an Old (read: over 30) and I’m still not sure what the difference between Vine and TikTok is.

Crystal’s the one to beat? Come on now. Jaida crashed this episode but she’s been consistently strong until now. And it’s clear you don’t like Gigi but when she’s strong she’s stellar. Jackie’s my personal favorite this season but let’s be honest, she’s not going to win. I’ll gladly buy a ticket, though, when she’s in…