I'm against both. It's time we humans grew up.

Why Would a Straight Couple Want a Civil Partnership? (BBC)

40?

Huh?

COTD

THANK YOU.

Rivers is Jewish.

Seriously.

Good.

/sarcasm

This.

Mine does, too. Mine grows like six inches in a year, no lie. I also have LOTS of hair.

This was the thing that stood out to me, too. Unthinkable previously. It makes me irrationally happy. As a fellow human being.

Ditto.

Never woulda seen this in previous generations. Not in a million years. That's pure Diana.

I LOVE HIM.

Ditto. That's why I like Shahs, and when I like Shahs the best. Seeing a peek into the lives of these people whose culture, background, and lifestyles are so different from mine, and their fun shenanigans and real emotions with friends and family. That's why RHONJ was so good season one when it was about stage mom…

I'm white, I watch these shows, and I agree 100%. It is MORE damaging to black women, because black women are countering more broad-brush negative stereotypes than white women in America. Ergo, there is an element of racism in this particular flavor of voyeurism. It makes me *more* uncomfortable than, say, the…

I have one of those names in my tree—my grandmother's maiden name. Could be Irish, could be French. Spelling leans toward Irish, but said relatives have been low-church Protestants for as long as anyone can remember, and married into a bunch of Scottish and Scots-Irish names, so... who knows?