An older kid in foster care has probably been through a lot, that a baby hasn’t gone through. Things that many parents don’t feel equipped to handle.

If your parents have the means and the generosity I see no reason to not take help. The job market is tough right now. Whatever you can do to get a leg off. Is it not fair? Sure, but life isn’t fair.

It’s true, I’ll freely admit that. I coasted through two years of art school on my parent’s dime. I bought a house at 22, and part of my closing costs were paid for by my parents. I quit a horrible fucking job at 26 and was able to cash out a CD that had been taken out for me by my grandmother to get through the…

I hate when men describe themselves as feminists. You can say you support feminism. But don’t say you’re an actual feminist. More often than not it’s bullshit. Like in this douche’s case. I can’t get over the fact that his porn was described as “feminist porn for the thinking woman.” L O L. I admit I did like a couple…

I never know what to do with these kinds of cases. I am a survivor of rape, and deeply believe in showing support and compassion to victims, but at the same time I am deeply uncomfortable with the idea that a person’s personal and professional life can and should be ruined based on two tweets, with absolutely no…

So as a rape victim I don’t relate and I shouldn’t have to to be considered a feminist. I don’t want to be lumped in with those of you who would shame me for that under the excuse of sex-positivity. Or is it just the kinky among us who get to dictate what everyone has to feel about everything? Ya, you’re right: this…

There is a big difference between sex-negative and rape-simulation-negative feminism. I think BDSM is great for consenting adults. i find the need to simulate rape skeevy.

Nope. Some kinks should be shamed. Pedophilia? Animal crushing?

Please remember that kink shaming is not okay

Having a problem with porn that exists to satisfy men’s rape fantasies doesn’t make you sex negative, any more than you being okay with it makes you the enlightened feminist scholar you think it does.

I never understood the Deen love. Boyish smile or no, I’ve seen him in way too many videos that simulate rape, and I could never understand how someone who purports, even mildly, toward feminist self-identification could justify that.

I had no idea. I’m a 50 yo (white) American and when I was growing up Kool Aid meant summer. I didn’t realize it was particularly associated with black people.

Anyone remember those white sticks you’d dip in Kool Aid? So yum when you’re 12 or 13.

My take: Jay and Adnan were both involved. Jay is lying about some crucial particulars to minimize his involvement, hence the wild inaccuracies in his story. Adnan knows the state’s timeline is off and it didn’t go down the way Jay is saying it did, but he can’t explain why without implicating himself, so he’s chosen…

Not OP but because 1) there is someone else (who has no motive) saying he did it and 2) if he was an abusive boyfriend literally everyone else could think he was a nice guy, only his partner(s) would know the truth.

It’s hideous.

Then why did you ask me the question?

Others have gone into the reasons on different threads and, certainly, there are better answers around the Internet to your question than I could provide in general.

This “Unicorn” group is already doing these things, ostensibly with an adult guiding them. It’s ridiculously easy to start and run a Girl Scout troop, so there’s no reason AT ALL why they couldn’t do that.

They need a leader who is going to go ‘Oh, you want to go camping, sure! Let’s figure this out. You can help research and plan’.

here is my two cents nobody asked for: Not quite sure why the Unicorns can’t just form their own Girl Scout troop and do outdoor stuff with girls their own age. The whole point of these organizations is to develop skills and friendships among a gender-specific peer group. If you don’t want to participate according to…