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Jezebel, the headline "Will Charlize Theron Help Jennifer Aniston Score a Black Kid?" is OFFENSIVE. To Blacks. To Children. To Adoptive Families. Children are not commodities. Adopted children of color are not celebrity fashion accessories. I realize that many people mistakenly believe they are, but there's no need…

Motherhood is like going back to junior high at times. It sucks. But since you can't control other people, I would urge the author to try not to get so upset about someone not saying hi. The woman could be horrible, or she could be hard of hearing, spaced out, whatever. Don't let a really small thing send you into a…

Strangely, it is, and it's an assignment I hope goes away, since it can be awkward for some kids for a variety of reasons. And I want to clarify my earlier comment; I don't think what this mom is doing is a great idea, but it's her choice. I just really don't get calling it "smart." I'd like to see less…

Yes, terribly smart to consider absolutely anything and everything for sale. And when the child goes to kindergarten and has to tell the class the story of how her parents chose her name as part of a get-to-know-you assignment, won't this little child be proud of her smart, smart mama?

Stupid and uncomfortable shit = hazing, which although rampant, is against the rules on pretty much every campus. And in this case, spreading the stupidity and discomfort far beyond the pledge class.

Well, the comments so far are discouraging. White kids rapping the N word to black students who felt annoyed and offended isn't racist, according to some readers — it's just what frats do! Of course. The people of color in the situation don't get to decide what it was — what do they know?

Well said.

Since I've been a vocal critic, I want to thank you for acknowledging this. I think many readers expected Jezebel to cover the Quvenzhane story; I still can't wrap my head around the fact that the staff didn't. For me, as a mother of a 9 yr old girl, what happened to that little girl was shattering.

Said perfectly! Your example is spot on.

Ok, so this is about the history of a word that was in the news this week...fine. But why didn't Jezebel cover that news event. It got buried in Dirt Bag with a couple of lines. And then, Jezebel runs a full post on how insulting it was for a fashion writer to call Melissa McCarthy's DRESS elephant gray. Something is…

Maybe this is partly a generational thing. I'm almost 50, but I have a 30 year old friend who uses the C- word too, and makes the same kind of argument you do. I don't buy it though. Some African Americans have tried to reclaim the N word, but it still offends, and even if you think the N word has been successfully…

Honestly, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND Jezebel anymore. A whole post on Melissa McCarthy being insulted by a fashion writer, and yet you buried the whole Quevenzhane Wallace controversy in the middle of Dirt Bag. A child gets called a c*nt, and you essentially ignore it, but an plus size adult woman's dress is referred to as…