It's very common as fancy dress where I am. But it's in England and we have a different history. I don't think Americans should get to impose their values on everything. That's not to say that black people haven't suffered in our country, they have, but out history is totally different.

Agreed with Carrie Brookes. There are few things worse than people who refuse to call out evil or simple cruelty because of this modern neuroses about cultural relativism. Cultural relativism is relative itself and deliberate cruelty towards a child is an unnatural behaviour that speaks of a culture in major need of…

I like to think she's just spotted a major fittie and is trying to get a good ogle in.

I know, I know practically nothing about Indian culture but what what what? Why would parents do something so spiteful and pointless? I mean, it's not going to magically make the baby change gender or disappear.

Ah yes, of course, it was Watling. I knew something didn't sound right while I was writing it. Don't write comments at 2am, kids!

I've never seen Toddlers and Tiaras, but I was kind of bowled over at how much that kid gave off the vibe of a baby Belle Watson, the brothel madam from Gone with the Wind. Creepy.

Thanks. I always wondered exactly why I was such a lame person and now I know...

Number of songs Glenn Miller wrote about Chattanooga: 1

This reminds me in a rather unpleasant way of the manner in which Julian Assange's rape allegations were treated in the left-wing press, in the UK anyway. The women are constantly belittled, accused of being stooges and basically it was implied that these whiny women were totally making us lose sight of the bigger…

Which has what relevance to a fashion print at all? Guilt/indignation are not always the most logical of emotions. For example, Australian Aborigines were subject to violence and discrimination for years, but I don't think in there right mind would not recognise an 'Aboriginal' pattern when they saw one, even though…

I struggle slightly to work up the expected ire here. Yes, it's called Navajo and it isn't actually made by Navajo people. But then, I also have a leopard print bag which is neither made of nor made by leopards. And I have even been known to refer to Dutch courage when it is well known that the Dutch people are not…

Ugh, add me to the list! I went to a part last year as Annie Hall and maximum three people got it. And the theme of the party was CINEMA!

It's mildly terrifying that someone,, somewhere cooked up this horrible scheme apparently on behalf of her daughter and was like "Yeah, I'm pretty sure this is what love looks like."

Haha, well I'm only 20! Even when I was 15/16, I still only sent two or three a day. Probably less, seeing as my Saturday job paid £26 a week and there was no way I was going to waste it on something I could do for free on the Internet. Even now, texts are strictly information-only. You want to chat, get online...

True. It wasn't so much the cost that bothered me, as the sheer quantity of texting that implied. Though maybe I'm just easily shocked because I send about two per day :D

He sent 2000 messages in two weeks?! I mean, I understand that he's a deaf-mute, but that surely represents pretty much constant texting throughout waking hours. Someone needs to get this guy a library card, stat.

Learning about how gay people got from where they were a hundred years ago to where they are now could be made a really interesting, relevant topic for teaching. But the mention of 'potentially gay, like probably, I mean a lot of people thought so anyway' Langston Hughes makes me wary. Please just educate the students…

I think we will welcome this news. The two monarchs of the modern age who've left the strongest imprint on our collective consciousness (in my opinion, at least) were Victoria and our dear Liz, and very few people stop to consider that they were both anomalies in terms of the usual way succession worked.

I'm surreptitiously looking around for her now. Although why she would be living my wardrobe, I can't quite fathom.

I guess I'd say that religious people (at least all the ones I've met) accept the reality of temptation and understand the importance of trying to avoid it. This goes double for young people, perceived to be more vulnerable to external influences. Therefore, why would they offer birth control in the belief that 'good'…