They're to trap the souls of the little girls they look like. Like in "Alma."

Fun fact: Rousseau really did paint little penises in the lion's eyes in the painting, but they were painted over by an art collector who bought it in the 30s. The painting was restored in the 70s, and the above picture in this article is how "The Dream" appears today.

They see the choice part as being the threat. Because, historically, everything in the world has gone so wonderfully when women were controlled and not allowed to be educated or allowed to decide if and when they had children. If women all over were allowed to make informed choices regarding their own lives, bad…

I know a lot of people have said this already, but keeping cats indoors is much safer for them in most environments. I think it IS cruel to keep a cat without providing what it needs for mental stimulation and exercise. I live in a one-bedroom second floor apartment, and my cats are happy indoors. They have cat trees,…

I enjoyed the article and think you should have been paid for it, but even though I know this is silly, I wish you'd reviewed the food more. I've never eaten at a lot of what I guess are considered chain restaurants, and sometimes wonder about the food in a lot of them. :P I mean, I'm sure a lot of it is crap, so…

Ha. Ha. Seriously, though, I'm just honestly curious about what sort of thinking leads to this. Because it's inevitable that whenever there's an article about someone working to help animals or giving money to help animals, at least a couple people will make comments like the ones you're making here. I remember one…

Do you put all your income that doesn't go directly toward your survival into charities that help "the most important things in the world"? Because if you don't, maybe you shouldn't complain about this. Sure, you might think that it's different, since you may not have hundreds of thousands to throw around. But the…

Seriously? Why is it that whenever people making these sort of remarks come out to whine, it's ALWAYS when the there's an article about helping animals? I mean, maybe I'm missing it, but I never see these comments when it's about someone spending their own money on something for pleasure. But as soon as it's anything…

I think that one large difference between that and modern times is that families and communities were closer-knit back then, allowing people to rely on each other more than they do today. Now, extended families are spread pretty far across the country in many cases, and not many people have close friends they can…

If you're living paycheck to paycheck, have no one else you can rely on for support, and will be homeless within a month if you lose your job and can't find another one right away, you'd be insane to go on strike from your job. Especially if you have family to support. :(

Racism does have a lot to do with skin lightening products in some cultures. But in other cultures, wanting fair skin isn't about wanting to look like someone of European ancestry. Among people of a similar ethnic background, men tend to have darker skin than women. This is due to differences in melanin and…

Knif.

Didn't he work at a Home Depot location? I thought he worked at their offices, but someone told me earlier that he worked at an actual Home Depot store.

The horrible thing is, I don't think extended Safe Haven laws would help in a lot of cases where the parent would be willing to kill their kid because they decided they didn't want the child anymore. There's a difference between a girl or woman dropping off a very young baby at a safe place, and someone doing the same…

Now whenever someone brings up that Dear Prudence letter about the incest twins, I'm going to picture them as looking like the guys in your story. :P

Ugh, canvases piling up are one of the reasons I don't paint as often as I should. I think your style here is pretty unique, it makes me think of a sort of more natural/ fantasy abstract, if that makes sense. Also, the next time someone asks about buying a piece, if they are someone you trust, ask them what they think…

Who is to say she wasn't able to achieve this through help from government programs? I know several single mothers who work and go to school, and they receive SNAP benefits and grants for schooling- AS THEY SHOULD. Just because she worked doesn't mean she was making enough to support her child, and it doesn't mean she…

This is sort of something I'd had issues with as well. I've had a lot of advice suggesting some sort of time + cost of materials formula, but I don't think it is that simple when it comes to art. The materials part can be figured out easily enough, but who is to say what a starting artist's time is worth? I make just…

A lot of things feel good on freshly shaved legs, like when I get under clean sheets in bed, or when my cats rub against my legs. And it feels gross when I don't, mostly because I wear a lot of skirts and dresses to work, which require pantyhose (can't have bare legs at my job). It feels like the stubbly little leg…

That sounds like a wonderful thing, but not for the woman in this article. I don't know that I would trust her to not get over-attached and maybe try to steal a baby. She seems pretty needy and not all there mentally. :(