That’s what I was going to say. If there is video of me using a public restroom somewhere on the internet I just really hope that (A) it doesn’t show my face and (B) I never have to know about it.

Exactly. Atticus was not a believer in civil rights, just in the law. Lest we forget, the law in many ways did and does support white supremacy.

Ugh I HATE that you’re going through that. I hate that anyone goes through it. I hope you’ve got a good support system/network. I know two women who went through cancer treatments in their 20s and I think that made a huge impact for them.

Even if there is “brainwashing” going on, her behavior is so far out of line it makes my head spin. We as a country have got to stop incarcerating juveniles for no reason. It is one of our most destructive habits.

I’m glad your brother is good! I can’t imagine how scary it would be to watch a young sibling go through that. There is nothing cute or romantic about cancer, it is just awful.

I’m thinking of the relatively-recent-and-gaining-momentum rash of bigger-budget movies where one of the main characters (protagonist or their love interest) has cancer, specifically. I feel like there’s a kind of understandable but still bizarre cultural tendency to romanticize cancer, and the movies are an outgrowth…

Weird how cancer dramas have spun out into their own genre. Even teen versions!

Right? There’s no “leaving it alone” which one of the reasons why the analogies Rubio is making do not hold up.

Yup. This one and the Elie Saab are making me question my minimalist proclivities.

I also feel like it’s a-ok to criticize or hate America, but that’s not what she was getting at. Her words were code for “I hate and am better than fat people.”

Some really ambitious parent suggested/executed that idea, and I bet the normal parents were happy when it failed so spectacularly.

This also happened with my mom. It was like her values complete;y changed. Wedding is over, she is back to normal thank god.

You are right, but the best is store bought cookie dough, microwaved. Put a chunk in the microwave like 20-30 seconds depending on how big it is. I do this in a bowl. It puffs up and then you eat it warm with a spoon and it’s glorious. You are welcome.

This is perfection. I have recently had several friends flake on me in spectacular ways. Rationally I know it’s a fluke but irrationally I’m like WHY DOES EVERYONE HATE ME NOW WHAT DID I DO WRONG? Your perfect approximation of flakiness made me remember it is not about me, it’s about them.

WAIT I just realized the cookies are smaller too? this is a garbage cookie.

I don’t *hate* the creme part, but I feel like I will like this creme to cookie ratio better. Cookie > creme.

I have never tried this and I will remedy that error asap.

The jez post implies that the mom called the police to say “oh whoops that’s on me” (ie an admission of fault) and that her story “doesn’t check out.” From the CNN story, we see that she came forward to say that was her baby and we see nothing of her even having a story, much less one that doesn’t check out.

Apparently. I like how “natural reaction” is code for “knee-jerk blame the mom as if fathers/other caregivers/accidents didn’t exist” and that Jezebel is so hyped to ignore the caveat.

This blog post takes wild liberties with the source article, in such a way that it unfortunately reinforces the sexist instinct to blame the mother even without information to support. I think that’s the “natural” assumption the police warn against in the CNN article.