I remember my swimming instructor "helping" me reach the bottom of the deep pool - by pushing me down to the bottom. I'm sure she wasn't trying to be mean, but it was absolutely terrifying for 11-year-old me.

Holly Hafermann aka Skylar Grey has asked 14-year-old street artist Skyler Grey (who has sold street art to Snoop Dogg and The Game among others) to please go by some other name.

Everything about this story is horrifyingly awful, but that part in particular just made my jaw drop.

Thanks for the link! I hate apocryphal quotes.

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This book has been on my to-read list for awhile (I dunno, I like to keep up with what the teens are reading these days). One cool thing about this book is that it was actually written while the author was still in high school.

I don't care! It works! Heigl says she has 9 dogs and 4 cats (plus an assortment of farm animals). I can't hate her.

I'm starting to warm up to Katherine Heigl. She was on the Tonight Show the other day and talked about her little dog named Gertrude. The dog was going to be euthanized because it was considered unadoptable, but Katherine Heigl's family adopted her. ;o; <3333

In the original story, all the daughters were exactly one year apart. So each year one of them would turn 15, get to go to the surface, and then the next sister would turn 15 the next year.

Half-siblings? haha

It was originally supposed to just end with her turning into foam, but later he decided to add the weird Christian-y angel thingy at the end.

Agreed about Ursula not actually believing anything she's saying about men not liking women who talk too much. But she actually places some sort of spell on Eric for him to fall in love with her/Vanessa - it's not just the voice he's attracted to.

lol. They cut this part out of the films (but I think it's still canon), but Triton & Ursula are actually siblings. She's pissed because he inherited a kingdom & she was cut out from it all.

It's definitely in the romance genre. Erotic romance I guess.

Seems pretty typical of a former Disney kid.

Probably because we all already know that most of Kim K is fake, so it's not a big deal

You can definitely turn it political. "Why are they having this telethon for animals? It's wrong to spend money on animals when there are people in the world who need help!" (oh, thank you Mr. Humanitarian. Do you spend a significant amount of time or money helping humanity? Oh? You don't? Well then, kindly shut the…

It's great to see Vogue showing some body diversity. HOWEVER. One point that people repeatedly bring up when these issues come up is that when bigger models are used, they're almost always naked or nearly naked. They don't get to wear real clothes. And yep, this is a lingerie spread, so.... *sigh*

A lot of date rape drugs make people act like they're incredibly drunk, which is why it can be hard for someone to distinguish between someone who's drunk or has been drugged. The drugs also produce amnesia, so even if they weren't passed out, they won't remember what happened the night before.