If you are really interested in helping white parents and their biracial children, one option would be to call DCFS or Lutheran Social Services and talk to someone in their foster/adoption program about volunteering as a trainer in their licensing program for prospective parents. In my state, we attended 9 classes…

Gosh, I love that movie. Thought I was the only one. I'm 44. Is that weird?

There is a great novel about two fictional women in WWII - one a spy, one a pilot. Totally engrossing and surprising. It's called Code Name: Verity. It's by Elizabeth Wein. Something awesome to read while waiting for the movie to happen.

All I know is you definitely don't want your kids exposed to this man, right? What a rigid and arrogant control freak. You won lessons with the bad teacher in Karate Kid. You can report him to the Better Business Bureau if you want, or just give him bad word-of-mouth, but I don't think you want those lessons. That…

Why ridiculous? Hamm's nose points down and McCarthy's points up? He has dark brown hair and she has medium brown? Sorry, don't get it.

Yes! That would be INTERESTING! So much same old same old out there. I can't be bothered.

I'm sure you do "tolerate" their views. You aren't trying to get them thrown in jail for their views, interrupting their worship services, or committing violent acts against them, right? That's tolerating their views. People have rights to their views. It's when they start trying to take away other people's rights…

I read your post to my husband. He says, "Uh, ew? Uncool!" He also noted how your husband tried to blame you because you fell asleep. Also uncool. I don't think this is a typical guy thing. And regardless, you don't like it, and you get a say!

Poll taxes? Really? Holy crap. Going to Google this now...

Maybe try www.HolyClothing.com ? Lots of people wear her dresses for weddings. They are not satin or silk, so it's kind of an alternative wedding dress, but they have beautiful embroidery, and if you ate getting married in the woods, maybe it would work. Some are sorta hippie, sorta ren faire, all romantic and very…

I assume your sister's friends meant they couldn't afford to raise the kids without the check. There is no cost to adopt from foster care. See www.adoptuskids.org for details.

If it helps you, then I'm very glad. Hope you feel better soon!

COTD!

Jezebel, this comment should be an article! It has been said before, but it needs saying again! Patriarchy is the problem that hurts all of us, men and women alike! We all want to be seen as individuals, not gender stereotypes, don't we?

I type flox and it auto corrects flex. But I am sane! I think...

I am also skeptical about some of the "flex" stories I read on the web, but I do think that drugs are approved even when a small minority of people have serious adverse reactions. And they had to fight for that black box warning about tendon problems, which only came after enough people took it that the fraction…

I filed an Adverse Drug Reaction after taking Levaquin (same group as Cipro.) I had anxiety and DREAD first, went to lie down, then had sensory hallucinations. I knew they weren't real, but I felt light punches all over my body, as if someone was under my mattress hitting it with their fists. I also felt I could…

Aw yeah! Kudos to the students. Hope they both get rich and famous! I would love a dress that fits my boobs without falling off my shoulders. And yes, tailored looks are nice, if the armpit isn't halfway down my arm. I'm fat, not the 50 ft. tall woman!

I have to agree. I was very large chested from grade 6 on. No matter what I wore, high neck or low neck, you could see that I had large breasts. It's just the way my body is made. Seems like underneath the smoke screen of "appropriate dress," sometimes it's really about hiding your "inappropriate" female body.

Love this analogy!